The Department of Traffic and Transport allow pets with mobility problems using public transport, bus and tram.
The owner of the pet, through a system of appointment should be directed to the Municipal Health Services to request special permission.
They assess the condition of mobility suffered by the pet and extend the certificate for the City Council Transport Service issued the authorization, temporary or permanent, in which the conditions in which they must have this access be set.
The intention is to include sufficient guarantees of security for both the pet and the rest of users.
The authorization should be established conditions and the accreditation of the condition of the pet, the user certification / responsible for it and the requirements for the safe use of public transport.
Pets have to travel with a responsible adult age, strapped, and other measures to ensure the safety of other passengers and the animal itself.
This measure, temporary and only for public transport concessions the City of Murcia character will move to the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia and the Directorate General for Transport for the feasibility study of its application in the Public Transport Regional Entitlement.
The initiative, approved in plenary, comes from the known case of Moma, a bitch with paralysis on his hind legs and to use a special cart with wheels.
Its owner asked her to access to public transport.
Thus, Murcia countries like Germany and Belgium who already have equated this measure.
Councilman Traffic and Transport, Javier Iniesta, announced this personally as the owner of the bitch Moma, which has been very pleased with this initiative
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia