The National Commission for the Regulation of Automotive Transport (CNRT) has drawn up “more than 106 infraction acts for $ 18 million” to the bus companies that maintain the employer lockout in more than 100 lines of the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA), causing the interruption and reduction of services.
This was stated by the executive director of the CNRT, José Arteaga, who told Télam Radio that the Buenos Aires government was also notified “so that it reestablishes the debt of approximately $1,300 million with the urban transportation system.”
Because of the conflict, which has been unresolved for more than two weeks, the buses of the affected lines do not circulate between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., while on the rest of the days they operate with reduced frequenciessimilar to those of Saturdays, approximately 30% less than on a normal day.
The measure of force is headed by the Business Chamber of Autotransport of Passengers (CEAP), the Business Chamber of Urban Transport of Buenos Aires (Cetuba) and the Chamber of Transport of the Province of Buenos Aires (Ctpba), which argue delays in the payment of subsidies despite the transfers made from the Nation to remedy these situations.
“The CNRT has already notified and summoned all the companies and business chambers to restore all the services and frequencies,” Arteaga explained.
“The CNRT has already notified and summoned all the companies and business chambers to restore all the services and frequencies”
Within the framework of these measures, the CNRT “issued more than 106 infraction records for $18 million, for non-compliance with the lack of service, especially between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. and also for the lack of daily frequency between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.” accurate.
He also indicated that he also the Buenos Aires government was notified “so that they restore the debt of approximately $1,300 million with the urban transportation system, as the province of Buenos Aires and the National Ministry of Transportation have been doing.”
In this context, the official stressed that it is “an employer conflict” and not a “labour” one, due to “a debt that subsists after the departure of the Minister (of Economy), Martín Guzmán.”
The same, which totals $ 11,000 million, is being “ordered and gradually canceled” by the national government, assured Arteaga and indicated that during the past week a payment for “$ 3,900 million” was already made.
Finally, he reiterated that the bus system in the AMBA is “oversized” since the data from the SUBE system indicate that there are still 800,000 fewer passengers than in 2019 while maintaining the same amount of fleet as in that year.
The “lock-out” affects the services of lines 2, 4, 15, 29, 33, 37, 39, 45, 46, 47, 49, 53, 59, 61, 62, 64, 70, 80, 86. 88, 93, 95, 96, 97, 102, 105, 114, 118, 123, 124, 126, 129, 154, 160, 166, 179, 180, 181, 185 and 193.
It also includes lines 203, 205, 218, 228 F, 236, 244, 248 C, 269, 284, 288, 291, 295, 302, 303, 306, 311, 312, 313, 315, 318, 320, 325 , 328, 329, 333, 338, 350, 351, 355, 378, 382, 390, 395, 406, 407, 422, 437, 440, 441, 443, 461, 462, 463, 464, 500, 501, 502 , 503, 504, 506A, 509, 511, 518, 520, 522, 524, 527, 541, 543, 544, and 549.
