{"id":213639,"date":"2020-02-12T13:27:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T18:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=213639"},"modified":"2020-02-12T13:27:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T18:27:05","slug":"cuban-government-seeks-to-perfect-passenger-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuban-government-seeks-to-perfect-passenger-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban government seeks to \u201cperfect\u201d passenger transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cuban government is seeking to \u201cimprove\u201d <\/span>passenger transportation<\/span><\/a>, one of the island\u2019s population\u2019s most constant complaints, said Luis Ladr\u00f3n de Guevara, director of passenger transportation at the Ministry of Transportation (MITRANS).<\/span><\/p>\n

The official said that with that objective, his ministry \u201cis working on ideas related to the use of rail transportation in the medium and long-distance interurban service, new ways of charging fares and the integration of different means of transportation,\u201d according to <\/span>statements cited<\/span><\/a> by the official newspaper <\/span>Granma<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ladr\u00f3n de Guevara also referred to the implementation of \u201csmart transportation systems applied to mobility and strengthening the quality of services, reinforcing the controls established to protect the population,\u201d although he didn\u2019t give more details about the MITRANS strategy, referred to by <\/span>Granma<\/span><\/i>, to \u201cimprove public service.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Nor did he speak explicitly of the private sector, which in recent times has been subject to new regulations and price caps, both in Havana and in other territories of the country, and which today plays a major role in passenger transportation throughout the island.<\/span><\/p>\n

Confirman los precios m\u00e1ximos de los taxis privados en La Habana<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n