President Danilo Medina and the director general of the National Transit and Ground Transport Institute (Intrant), engineer Claudia Franchesca de los Santos, met for two hours on Friday, 6 April 2018 at the Presidential Palace with the kingpins of transport in the Dominican Republic. Among these, Antonio Marte and legislator Rafael Arias (Conatra), Juan Hubieres (Fenatrano), and Alfredo “Cambita” Pulinario (Mochotran). The transport czars, many times dubbed “the owners of the country”, over the years have maneuvered to secure major privileges and monopolize key transport routes for their own profit.
De los Santos said the details of the amendments to the passenger transport system were discussed. New systems and public transport corridors are being implemented this 2018. She explained that the Transit Law 63-17 establishes that ground transport is to be collectivized and buses will replace the multi-fare paying cars on these routes, she explained. Part of the plan is to offer new plans for the transporters to improve their fleets and gradually remove the single vehicle units serving mass transport that are in bad condition.
Also present at the meeting were Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo; Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo; deputy minister of the Presidency, Zoraima Cuello, and the director of the Metropolitan Bus Services Office (OMSA), Hector Mojica; and technicians Ihael Isa, Oneximo González and Antonio Brito.
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Presidencia
9 April 2018
