Oficina Metropolitana de Servicios de Autobuses (OMSA), engineer Ignacio Ditrén announced that a semi-express bus route will operate on the 27 de Febrero corridor as of next week. Instead of the 49 stops made by the OMSA buses so far, the express buses will make 12 stops. The express service will be attractive to those who have preferred to use the "voladoras" or small mini-buses complaining that the OMSA buses were "too slow." The buses will stop every four or five stops, instead of every stop. Every 10 minutes they will depart from the Manoguayabo terminal on the West side of Santo Domingo. West-East stopsManoguayabo OMSA terminal Av. 27 de Febrero with Av. Isabel Aguiar Av. Núñez de Cáceres Plaza Central (Av. 27 de Febrero/Av. Winston Churchill) Av. Tiradentes Plaza Criolla (Av. 27 de Febrero/Av. Máximo Gómez) Av. Leopoldo Navarro Francisco Henríquez Carvajal corner Abreu Av. Mexico corner Duarte Av. Las Americas corner Venezuela, Distribuidor San Vicente de Paul East-West stopsAv. Las Americas corner Venezuela Instituto José Reyes Huacalito 27 de Febrero corner Henríquez y Carvajal Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center Av. Tiradentes Plaza Central Av. Núñez de Cáceres Ministry of Armed Forces Isabel Aguiar Manoguayabo OMSA terminal Ditrén also announced that the second Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) bus route, along the Av. John F. Kennedy, which runs parallel to the Av. 27 de Febrero but further North, would start 5 April. Ditrén said that in the first 58 days in operation, OMSA buses have transported 2,320,703 passengers. OMSA expects that by the end of this month total users of the service will have increased to 3,371,322 people. The buses cross the city for RD$3.00.
