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The Public Transport Authority (EFA), composed of the Autonomous Region and the Municipality of Murcia, has awarded the service for the implementation of a new electronic banking system in the regional bus fleet that will collect all information relating to operators public transport operating in the region, aiming to analyze, manage and plan more effectively the regional public transportation system, and advance towards the establishment of a single tariff zones in the Community.

As stated by the Managing Director of this autonomous body under the Ministry of Public Works and Planning, Jose Guillen, "from the EFA we are committed to providing the citizens of the region a quality public transport that meets their demands, for what is essential to implement technological advances that allow for a better service to users and ensure environmentally and economically sustainable mobility in the regional territory. "

With the new EFA can centralize information on the collection of bus lines, the operations performed by users, the flow of passengers and occupation, which according to managing director of the EFA, "is aimed future definition of a common charging rules to where EFA has already taken its first steps with the creation of UNIBON the benefit of the university community of the Region. "

The managing director of EFA UNIBON recalled that, an initiative focused on the university community that allows unlimited travel, allows access to the university campus from anywhere in Murcia, and to decriminalize the transfers, making them all free the municipality of Murcia for a single monthly fee of 20 euros.

According to Guillén, "with about 5,000 trips a day, the UNIBON has been welcomed as a measure aimed at a functional and economic mobility in the region."

Actions to improve transport

Also, Guillen recalled the recent award of service for the development and supply of Control and Monitoring System Satellite implement the Autonomous Region in the regional bus fleet, a new system that will be built from the new Control Centre to Public Transport Launch the EPT for overseeing all regional bus lines, ensuring the quality of public transport services in the region.

On the other hand, referred to the new Atlas of Transmission of Murcia, a document that is already available to citizens and to collect all information about stations, stops, routes, line, operators, routes, lines link, timetables and fares of public transport operators operating in the 45 municipalities of the Community.

The Atlas is available for access and download at the website www.entidadpublicadeltransporte.com.

Accessibility and sustainability

With regard to urban transport accessibility, Guillen said that "the subsidies in recent years from the Ministry, through the Directorate General for Transport and Ports, have now allowed 95 percent of municipal buses Murcia are equipped with platforms that facilitate access for people with reduced mobility, something critical to ensure access for all citizens in this public service. "

He also recalled that "users of public transport in the municipality of Murcia bonds have different characteristics to suit the specific needs of different groups, youth, students, large families, disabled or retired, which makes the Murcia City in the town with more options pricing in Spain. "

Finally, Guillen welcomed the latest developments in public transportation have made possible the use of biodiesel in line 4 of the city of Murcia, which has one of the longest urban routes, "a pilot that once completed, can be extended to other lines, "he said.

Source: CARM