The Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport is today launching a new campaign to promote public transport through with real action that can save, improve sustainability and environmental care.
The first step of this groundbreaking campaign is the free shuttle buses, both urban and intercity, during the Sundays of June in the Region of Murcia.
Transport Councilwoman City of Lorca, Belén Pérez has referred to "this initiative is called eldíade, offers the possibility for any citizen of the Commonwealth of use ordinary public transport services by bus without paying the bill for five Sundays June.
There will be a special monitoring to evaluate ".
It is estimated that the time to develop "eldiade" will mobilize more than 128,000 passengers on 80 routes of 16 public transport companies involved.
The estimates also indicate that travel miles to be 160,000 in the estimated more than 10,500 shipments.
In addition, the concessionaires of public transport in the region will enable the buses that are necessary to meet the demand, whichever is higher than expected.
The campaign developed by the Ministry has done along with the National Federation of Bus Transportation Business Murcia-Murcia Fenebús, in collaboration with the municipalities of the Region.
The mayor has commented that "the Government of the Community and the city of Lorca wants to encourage use of public transport as the most efficient, to achieve greater equality, which gets more road safety, reducing accidents, and be more sustainable. "
Historically, the Ministry of Works, Housing and Transportation made these policies to subsidize the train, university transportation, rural roads, etc..
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca