The President’s plan to reduce fuel consumption by the fleet of small cars that serve the major metropolitan areas has been put on hold, according to General Jose Sigfrido Fernandez Fadul. The general told a group of reporters from El Caribe that AMET was postponing the move until 10 October in order to get more of the cars painted and registered. The officer warned that any car that was not registered and correctly identified would not be allowed to work in Santo Domingo. He mentioned the fact that he has 1,300 AMET agents at his disposal to enforce the President’s program. Both AMET and the OTTT joined in announcing the small delay. OTTT (the Technical Office for Ground Transportation) chief German Pena Guadalupe agreed that the city needed more time to get the vehicles registered. AMET has identified 162 routes covered by the “publico” service, and the OTTT has 73 under its watch. General Fernandez Fadul urged passengers to not use any vehicle that was not registered, for their own protection and for the general welfare. In Santo Domingo cars will have either a green or a yellow top and will work on alternate days of the week. In the provinces, the car roofs will be painted either green or yellow. As part of the registration process, the two official agencies are setting up a data bank that will store the drivers’ names, the car’s owners and the routes that they are supposed to serve.