The rate of urban passenger transport in the cities of Rosario, Santa Fe and Córdoba will increase by 17% starting Monday, and thus the value of the ticket will cost $69.50, the municipalities reported this Friday.
The same percentage of increase will be applied in the three cities by decision of their respective mayors They agreed to “manage the arrival of more national subsidies that allow unlocking the parity of the interior and guarantee the operation of the service,” the sources indicated.
For the mayors of these three large urban centers, the increase in the ticket “is below the inflationary process that the country is going through and despite the still unresolved inequity in the distribution of national subsidies in relation to the AMBA”they pointed out.
From the Cordovan municipality, in the same sense, it was expressed that it ratified “the claim to the National Government for a federal ticket and greater equity in the distribution of resources in transportation.”
“The new rate is applied since the three cities expected a greater contribution from the Nation as a transport subsidy, equaling its value to 18 pesos as it is paid in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. This was established in a joint document that ratifies the claim.
According to the latest cost study carried out by the Rosario Mobility Entity (EMR), the ticket price should be $105.60, significantly above current values. In that sense, they stressed that “the difference will be absorbed by the municipalities and companies.”
Among the factors that affect the cost of the ticket, they considered as “determining” the advance of inflation, and pointed out that the 50% increase in fuel so far this year “represents the greatest impact on the system, added to the constant increases of the main inputs, such as the maintenance of the units and the salaries of the personnel”.
