The Abinader administration announced that the Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle bus routes have been assigned to the Central Nacional Movimiento Choferil del Transporte (Mochotran) and the 129 routes affiliated to this transportation association.
The president of Mochotran, Alfredo Pulinario “Cambita”, said 94 new electric bus units will circulate on the Charles de Gaulle Avenue in Santo Domingo and 41 on the Winston Churchill Avenue in the National District.
The busses will have capacity for 90 passengers and payment will be via cell phones. The busses will be air-conditioned and offer Wifi. On board, security cameras will offer enhanced safety. The cameras will be connected in a closed circuit to the 911 Emergency System.
Pulinario said the busses will feed the Santo Domingo Metro.
Pulinario said Mochotran drivers are being integrated into the service as employees, making wages of RD$20,000 a month for eight hours of daily work, down from the present 16-hour normal workload. The drivers and their families will be entered into the Social Security system and will get a day off and paid vacations.
He made the announcement during a press conference presided by Rafael Arias, director of the National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (Intrant). A starting date for the new bus service was not given.
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El Caribe
18 March 2021