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| Murcia Tramway will maintain the current offer as the expected demand for these days is met and the capacity limitations are met | The Department of Sustainable Mobility and Youth, after analyzing the data of use of the first days of Phase 1, has decided to increase tomorrow the urban bus service that will be provided to 100% in order to adapt the offer of passenger seats to the real demand needs taking into account the established capacity limits.Murcia Tramway will maintain the current offer since the expected demand of these days is satisfied and the capacity limitations are met.Thus, according to the registered data, last Monday the Transportes de Murcia urban buses used 2,169 people and yesterday Tuesday 2,070, 5% less.In relation to a similar type day in 2019, the drop in passengers still remains around 78 - 80% depending on the day.Saturation has only been registered in 1.36% of a total of 461 expeditions, which has been offset by the increase in frequencies, frequencies that increase again, rendering the service 100% of its capacity.As for Murcia Tram, on Monday this means of transport was used by 2,907 people and yesterday, the number of passengers was reduced to 2,660, 9% less.The maximum influx per expedition has been 25 passengers when its maximum capacity allowed by the restrictions is 100. In relation to a similar type day in 2019, the decrease in travelers remains at 85-88% depending on the day.These passenger data with the offer of 6 convoys plus shuttle and frequency of 15 minutes allows to meet the expected demand.The Councilor for Sustainable Mobility and Youth, Rebeca Pérez, has indicated that "we continue to adapt our public transport service to the demands of Murcia in an agile and effective way and guaranteeing all the security measures for its users."It must be remembered that the City Council has implemented a special and specific device to guarantee safety in public transport.To the exhaustive cleaning and disinfection that has been developing in recent weeks in vehicles, the distribution to the users of public transport in the municipality of more than 24,000 masks has been added since their use is mandatory.Passengers must always maintain the safety distance and the row after the seat occupied by the driver will always be empty.Likewise, the entrance to the buses has to be done through the rear doors to avoid contact with the driver and to avoid queues and the first rows of buses and the interleaved seats have been blocked to maintain the safety distance.Both in urban buses and in the tram, a hydrogel dispenser module has been installed inside the mobile units.On the other hand, polycarbonate partitions are being placed in the driver's cabins of Transportes de Murcia buses, not being necessary on the tram since their driver travels in a single-person cabin.The use of masks and gloves for driver personnel is mandatory and interior signage has been placed with the obligations and health recommendations for users.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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