Although since last Monday the flow of passengers at the bus terminal kilometer 9 of the Duarte Highway, it is from this Friday, December 23 that the largest number of people are expected to move to their towns to enjoy the Good night with their relatives.
The movement of passengers was greater yesterday Thursday than in past weeks, but not in the proportion that always happens on the eve of Good night.
Brudy Hernández, manager of the company transportation Aetra Bus, reported that this week there has been an increase of about 500 more people than usual, but that as of this Friday that number increases considerably.
He indicated that the price of the tickets remains the same because as the economic situation is, it is difficult to increase.
Some passengers They said they decided to travel earlier to avoid the crowds. “In this way, one does not have to pay an increase as they almost always do,” said Ramona Padilla, a traveler to La Vega.
Félix Matos said that he sees everything normal and that it is his custom to travel before the 24th, because he does not like to be on the road with as much traffic as it happens on December 24, 31 and at Easter.
Inspectors from the National Institute of Traffic and Transportation Terrestrial (Intrant) supervised the buses. They checked the tires, brakes and those that are fine, a sticker is placed on the front window confirming that it was supervised.
