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Million metropolitan bus users in April! The Millennium squandered. New routes.

then collect some and figures relating to the metropolitan transportation in the month of April, along with other considerations of interest:

In just four months , the same which has been running the new transport card, metropolitan buses have tripled the number of users.

This follows from the data provided by the Department of Environment, Land and infrastructures, which show that has risen from 338,632 passengers who boarded the bus line connecting the concellos region with A Coruña in December 2010 to over one million users who made over April.
And, just between 1 and 28 this month , the Xunta recorded 997,176 passengers, nearly double those of March. them, 764,003, three in four, paid their travel card metropolitan transport.

For lines, the statistics show that at a shorter distance to the city, more people opt for the metropolitan to the detriment of private cars .

Thus, the most used route is the one that connects the bus station Corunna San Pedro de Nós, via O Burgo . Just this month, got on this bus more than 226,103 passengers. Then
by frequency of use, are urban buses A Coruña, where the Xunta only computes travel card subscribers metropolitan bus (131,243).
And thirdly, those doing the route between A Coruña and Cambre, who used 100,404 people.

• Shuttle to Alvedro

in a prominent position is also in keeping shuttle bus from Puerta Real and Alvedro airport, which accumulated more than 93,450 users only in April.

• Millennium card, still unknown in the intercity

coincide with the commissioning of the new card metropolitan transportation (TMG) , Xunta and they agreed the City Council coexistence of this means of transport Millennium card, payment support for urban bus Coruña, which since last January 21 is also valid in the canceling of metropolitan bus services s.

But the moment, the alternative is not yet widely known among users . At least as shown by the data provided by the city of La Coruña, which show that only 0.88% of trips made between February and April in long distance transportation were made with the card Millennium. (Ie, less than 1%!). More uses for the TMG Coruña city buses, although still a minority percentages.

So between February and April this was the means of payment used by 4% of users (3% used to pay the full paths urban and 1% they got her to one of the Light Rail red cars and then transfer to a metropolitan bus ). Conversely, only 0.2% of users took the free bus pass from a metropolitan to urban.

• less lines are often the least valued

metropolitan bus users generally more satisfied be the ones to catch for short distances, like A Coruña-San Pedro de Nós, while those who are most upset are focused on longer trips and those lines where the frequency of buses is passing lower. happy or unhappy, everyone agrees positive rating drivers, to those who qualify as "very attentive and helpful" .

• The Xunta has announced two new lines between Culleredo, Oleiros and Sada to strengthen the service

The delegate from the regional government in A Coruña, Diego Calvo, announced last week soon launch two new lines to strengthen the connection between the municipalities of the metropolitan area. In particular, paths proposed increase in Culleredo connections, and Sada Oleiros . Between the first two will be launched concellos a line between O Burgo and Lorbé while Sada have a circular service within the municipality itself . Calvo also pointed out that "it is now negotiating" with other municipalities in the region to introduce new lines of intercity transport.

also highlighted the "success" of the metropolitan transportation plan "because coas measures implemented achieves a major goal of the plan; increase the participation of public transport and the number of users and the use of private vehicle , so that there will be a greater mobility .

Calvo Hizo su Hincapié in speech in las mejores entered service with him he area tariff system and the functioning puesta de la nueva tarjeta metropolitan, "which already use about 80% of total users' . In this sense, in that they wanted señal be renewed three months of the word cards to 25,000 users ya adhered to the metropolitan transportation plan and, besides, have issued more than 8,000 new bonds . Calvo recalled that the cards can be purchased at the Novacaixagalicia network of offices in the region. In the city, only can be purchased at the box office, located in New cavalcade.

Along with the commissioning of new lines, the delegate of the regional government in A Coruña placed the emphasis on cost savings achieved by the metropolitan transportation plan . Thus, stressed that in addition to the new tariff system was implemented in January, "to do 40% minimum aforros" , a month later it began to apply discounts recurrence, which prevail users who made more than 40 trips week, over a thousand today, with additional discounts. "Are you Verdadeiro aforros, I needed at times of crise" said Calvo, who estimated at about 600 euros of annual savings that can benefit users of the new system .

busurbano blog Note: In comments you can read a note of media echoed in mid-April increase in the area metropolitan service Sada-Oleiros.

Source: La Voz de Galicia, Radio Galega
Images: TMG, blog busurbano assembly Report