Announce second tender
A total of nine business units will replace the existing 36 lines, which require a process of corporate merger.
As in the TranSantiago also be tendered to Design a "financial manager" of the bid system.
The Ministry prepares a "council of Transportation" in Concepcion, to open a space for citizen participation in the upcoming bidding process. The next competition promises to improve the service of public transport passengers. Nello Rolleri
Veloso
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An important change in the public transport system comes to the Grand Design, with the second bid of streets in the Administration announced yesterday the Transport SEREMI, Claudio Vásquez Fernández, and to be launched operations in mid 2007. In a meeting with the bid system operators, attended by transit managers of local municipalities and police, Vasquez announced the broad outlines of what will be the new order of higher bus fares.
The main changes relate to creation of business units (which in principle will be nine), which will mean a merger of existing lines. You can implement a system of electronic payment through cards, similar to that used by Biotren, which will be managed through a "financial manager", as is done in the TranSantiago.
The SEREMI explained that the benefits of this system are that the operator "will be able to meet the demand of different sectors more directly, by creating better administrative autonomy for the operation of the system services and also the reduction influence of competition and focus and delivering a great user experience. "
Secondly, he said, "within each business unit concession services as part of this tour will mesh with some routes restructured, which achieve better reflect the travel needs of users." Tours
unrivaled business units are defined as nine: Design Center, Collao, Barrio Norte, Talcahuano, Hualpén, Chigwell, San Pedro de la Paz, Penco and Hualqui.
This means that travels to each of these sectors do not have jurisdiction, since only one business unit will operate each service area. In addition to the obligation of contracts with fixed salaries for drivers, reduced incentives for passenger and standardization of frequencies, is expected to improve service, working conditions and reduce accident rates, said Claudio Vásquez SEREMI.
The age of the fleet, which currently is 5.8 years, will be gradually restored in urban buses with low floor-model already operates Biobus-no steps and platform for easy access of wheelchairs.
employer under
public transport entrepreneurs Concepcion were satisfied with the start of the second bidding process. Carlos López Carrasco, treasurer of the Association of Owners taxibuses Provincial de Concepción, which represents over 70% of the tendered park, said they have already moved towards the creation of business units. By way of example, to San Pedro de la Paz will create a unit that will merge the current lines Llacolén, San Pedro del Mar, San Remo, Riviera San Pedro and Bio Bio.
respect to the figure of the financial manager, Lopez said they are studying the issue, and even do not rule out also participate in the tender, through training a new business.
For drivers, the new contract will maintain the current contracts of employment benefits, training, uniforms and insurance coverage. SOUTH
Journal, Thursday 16 November 2006.
The Great Design
year collective locomotion moves U.S. $ 120 million
tendered buses have incomes estimated at U.S. $ 92 million a year and taxis than $ 23 million annually. The UdeC
indicate that, with these amounts, the conditions are to improve public transport efficiency penquista.
By Nello Rolleri Veloso.
A business that sells $ 120 million annually and has no more interested in competing?.
It is a paradox of public transportation system of the Grand Design, which next month is expected to know the terms of the tender for a period of six years and that the Transport SEREMI, Claudio Vásquez Fernández, recognizes that than the current operators, no other company has expressed interest in competing.
The million dollar figures are from the "Survey of costs for public transport" by the consulting firm "Cea Fernandez & Engineers Limited" to Fesub, which is available on the website Sectra, which they estimate at $ 91.9 million annual income of urban buses and $ 23 million annual revenue taxis.
For the academic of the Faculty of Engineering UdeC, Héctor Díaz Cortés, this is a number that should interest other contractors, and that considering the concession period of six years, the business for the buses would have revenues of U.S. bid $ 600 million with a current yield of 13% of business that could almost double with an efficient administration.
The same study shows that in the Grand Design in urban buses are 76 lines totaling 1,944 vehicles, whose services have an average of 52 miles traveled. Carry
800 000 passengers in a normal business day period, which totals 232 million passengers per year, of which 54 million are students.
For taxis, there are 58 lines, totaling 2,065 cars, with an average of 90 passengers per day and 16-kilometer routes.
Héctor Díaz believes that "the conditions are ripe" for the public transportation system operate more efficiently.
This requires that the next tender to establish "clear rules and conditions known to everyone," so the state can provide a grant of service to a company that delivers a better service at a lower price.
Experts call seeking balance
Not so liberalized and highly regulated Lima London
In the Peruvian capital, Lima, there are an estimated 562 companies operating public transport with a fleet of 47 000 vehicles. The streets are a mess and it is not uncommon for some office after work to use their own car to offer informally as a taxi for several hours.
At the other extreme are cities like London and Singapore, where the problem of public transport is a major concern of the state, and the system is tightly regulated.
Garate Carlos Sanchez, consulting engineer of the MOP, in our country is not possible to reach either extreme. Neither the case of Lima, it has been shown that only leave it on the market in public transport is a mess, but neither can they implement European policies that heavily subsidize these means, because there is not the availability of resources or the provision to raise taxes for these purposes.
What we do is out of discussion, according Garate, is that only the largest investment in infrastructure will not solve the problem. It is an experience that has passed the United States, where despite the huge highways, still have congestion problems. Calls
observe what has happened in Santiago with new urban highways, which despite being tariffed with TAG, which were inaugurated recently, rapidly approaching the point of congestion.
therefore cautions that neither policy nor Transport MOP is to focus all its efforts to increase infrastructure. On the contrary, what is sought is to maintain and hopefully increase the percentage of journeys made on public transportation and discourage car use.
Biovías In Plan 2
road projects for Concepcion missing
In the discussion of public transport improvements Gran Concepción an element of vital importance is the availability of roads. The experience meant building lanes for "buses only" in the middle of the road, as Paicaví Avenue, has been assessed very positively by the experts.
MP (PS) Raúl Súnico Galdámez, ex SEREMI of Transportation, says there is no doubt that these brokers have been successful in organizing the traffic between buses and other vehicles that offer safety and comfort stops to users . Therefore
expressed optimism that the government implement a plan "Biovías 2", within which should take priority corridor May 21-Columbus, which crosses Concepcion and Talcahuano Hualpén.
Another point that has the highest level of congestion on the roundabout is now intercomunal General Bonilla. For this, the MOP is making the latest research to help you in 2007 to start improvement work, which they consider building a viaduct on the roundabout linking the bridge to Avenida Alonso de Ribera Irarrázabal. According
Sectra other congested points, representing an operating speed less than or equal to half the free-flow speed during the morning peak period are Chacabuco Avenue and some sections of Aníbal Pinto, Bulnes, San Martín, Las Heras, Lientur, Maipú, Rengo and Tucapel.
in Talcahuano, shafts with more congestion in the morning peak period are: Blast Furnace, Bilbao, Brazil, Bulnes, freesia, Britain, Juan Antonio Ríos, La Marina, Las Golondrinas and Pedro Montt. Employers criticize
Entrepreneurs have to face the vagaries of public transport policies in recent decades and this explains in part how these ads are changes. So said Luis Cardosso Morales, transportation engineer and consultant Owners Association taxibuses Provincial de Concepción.
For him there are no fears of the industry in competing for the upcoming auction and are aware that both the government and the community expects an improvement in service levels currently provided.
claims, however, are confident that the contribution of technology is the "pillar" that will allow access to these demands, to have a more reliable and secure. Add
also is working to establish "business units" that grouped the different lines of Gran Concepción. Is the step that will improve their business efficiency, said.
adviser criticized the city there are serious contradictions since on the one hand there are investments that give priority to public transport routes as "bus only" in Paicaví, and otherwise facilitating access of cars, with parking underground municipal concessions. Observatory
UdeC
The dean of the Faculty of Engineering UdeC, Joel Zambrano Valencia, announced that together with the Faculty of Architecture at the same university is preparing the creation of an "Observatory of urban policies "which is intended as a permanent center for analysis and discussion of the problems of cities, including the issue transport will have a special place. Ricardo Barriga
Utz, dean of Architecture, said that it is contributing to a discussion of urban policies, which in his view have not adequately considered in Chile's transport problems.
This observatory aims to be a point of intellectual reflection on urban issues, and generate its own independent review of government and interest groups, said Héctor Díaz, as the university must play its role to represent the interests of the community.
added that it is also important that their participation is contingent, that is to be conducted at the right time and not when policy decisions already taken.
* Journal SOUTH. Friday November 24, 2006
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