With the socialization of adjustments and the schedule of a new tenderthe Metropolitan Area of Barranquilla (AMB) resumed the process for the implementation of the intelligent system in Individual Public Transportation (TPI), which includes the taximeter.
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In a meeting with businessmen, owners and union associations of taxi drivers, the director of the AMB, Libardo García, presented the changes and adjustments requested during the observation period.
Some adjustment requests related to the uncertainties derived from the effects of the pandemic were found to be pertinent
Currently, there are 17 companies authorized by the AMB to provide the service, which have 14,363 affiliated taxiswhich on average each perform 17 races per day.
According to the official, the recommendations received during the observation stage of the bidding process were taken into account, aimed at the selection of the technological operator that will guarantee the implementation of the SIT.
“Some adjustment requests related to the uncertainties derived from the effects of the pandemic on the shortage of electronic components required by the system were found to be pertinent,” García said.
He added that they also analyzed the racing demand mobilized by this mode of individual transportation, the instability of the exchange rate, among others, which had a direct impact on the financial model of the structuring.
Due to the above, he recalled that it was necessary to “stop along the way” to adjust and make the implementation of the SIT viable and sustainable.
The settings that are socializing
The system maintains elements such as a taximeter (AVL) that guarantees the collection of a fair rate
In this sense, he indicated that among the adjustments, the vision of strengthening aspects such as security, quality of service and restore citizen confidence in legal transport.
“The system maintains elements such as a taximeter (AVL) that guarantees the collection of a fair rate, connected to an electronic screen that allows viewing the service, the identity of the driver and a monitoring system that allows the authority to validate compliance with the regulations. service provision conditions”, stated the director of the AMB.
He estimated that the adjustments made to the new SIT-TPI bidding process generate positive impacts for its different actors, mitigating the financing riskincluding technological renovation and a competitive operational rate for the sector.
The foregoing, as he pointed out, reduces the sustainability costs of the project by 18.2 percent, for which he thanked the commitment and willingness of all the actors involved in the project.
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The financing of the system
He reiterated that the financing of the SIT will result from the selection of a technological operator that is in charge of making the investments required to implement the solution.
These expenses will be remunerated over time through a quality factor of 450 pesos per race, avoiding that the on-board kit devices and operating costs represent a burden for owners and drivers, according to the socialization.
The union expressed the need to advance in its implementation and harmonize its start-up with greater controls on the illegality that affects the individual public transport sector.
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