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The managing director of the Public Transport Authority, Jose Guillen, director general of Transport and Ports, Carmen Sandoval, and Council Member for Housing, Transport and Trade of the City of Murcia, Antonio Castillo, were delivered today at the Bus Station Murcia of the first 'UNIBON' a group of academics in the region.

The four university students received personalized cards that can make unlimited travel on all public transport routes, urban and interurban, the municipality of Murcia, with a single monthly charge of twenty dollars.

According to Guillén, "The acquisition process is simple UNIBON ticket, since it can be ordered via the Internet at www.unibono.es, and choose where to collect from those available, the offices of the Public Transport Authority, Latbus those of the Liberty Avenue or the road to El Palmar, in the information services of the University of Murcia and UCAM or Murcia Bus Station. "

Once collected, the activation and monthly payment can be made on buses in the municipality of Murcia, thus facilitating full access to the new UNIBON.

For director of the Public Transport "is a longstanding demand of the university community is finally satisfied and, moreover, is the first step towards extending the fare integration in the region, resulting in an expanding future this measure to the entire community. "

In this regard, he said, "the intention is to create in the manner of the great Spanish and European capitals, a single ticket that will solve the problem of transshipment in the inner cities, and can be extended to the entire region."

Thus, delivery of the first UNIBON heralds a new form of access to public transport, which will allow more than 40,000 people (students, faculty, staff and services of the universities) to travel more by paying less money, a new effort by the government of the Region to improve service to citizens.

Collaboration between the Community and Town Hall

Guillén as "the UNIBON is the result of ongoing cooperation framework established between the city of Murcia and the Ministry of Public Works and Planning, for future cohesion through the Public Transport Authority, in order to jointly promote the management public transport within the municipality of Murcia and improve citizen service. "

For its part, the director general of Transport and Highways said, "thanks to UNIBON card that young people can use either to attend the University and their leisure, providing easy access to public transport and is encouraged use, thus contributing to energy savings and reduction of congestion in cities, which directly impacts on environmental quality in the region and its sustainability. "

Finally, the managing director of the Public Transport Authority recalled the commitment being made by the Executive Murcia, through the Ministry of Public Works to improve regional public transport, "by implementing the most appropriate media and systems to achieve a regional network of clean and competitive transport that meets the real needs of Murcia. "

Source: CARM