President Luis Abinader rode on one of the new buses that are now operating the Av. Winston Churchill bus corridor. The bus corridor was allotted to the Mochotrans bus association through a public-private alliance and is part of a series of new corridors that seek to improve transport service in Greater Santo Domingo. It is a follow up to the Av. Núñez de Cáceres corridor that was allotted to the Conatra transport association.
The authorities have removed conchos (multi-fare paying taxis) that offered service on the routes. To board the buses, commuters need to pay RD$35.
The new Churchill corridor covers 12 kilometers. 47 buses with capacity of 90 passengers are assigned to the route that has 64 stops. The press release on the service establishes that the 47 buses will operate daily from 5am to 11pm. Only electronic payment is being received — SDgo card, the Metro card, as well as contactless debit and credit bank cards.
The route begins in the northern part of the National District, starting at Jacobo Majluta and moving along República de Colombia, Jardines de Fontanebleau and John F. Kennedy avenues and concludes south of Winston Churchill Avenue at the Centro de los Héroes.
The corridor is implemented by the National Transport and Transit Agency (Intrant) with the participation of the Ministry of Public Works and the Traffic Safety Agency (Digesett) and the National District Mayor’s Office (ADN).
The Churchill Corridor is part of the implementation of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (PMUS), with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD), through funds provided by the European Union (EU) and the technical support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
The buses are to be monitored from Intrant’s Traffic Control Center through a GPS integrated into each of the units that will operate in the Churchill Corridor.
285 public transport drivers are now shareholders of the new corridor company, generating more than 300 direct jobs. It is estimated that 50,000 vehicles circulate daily on the route that connects with four universities, 167 commercial establishments, nine banks, nine study centers, 102 financial centers, 10 health centers, eight recreational parks and, in addition, with lines 1 and 2 of the Metro.
Presidency Minister Lisandro Macarrulla said during the ceremony marking the start of the route that the corridor falls under the administration’s Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan that seeks to make Greater Santo Domingo a more attractive and sustainable city.
Meanwhile, the director of Intrant, Rafael Arias explained the drivers of concho cars that operated in very limited conditions now work with a defined schedule. The corridor constitutes a new business structure in which 285 drivers become shareholders of the new corridor company.
Alfredo Pulinario, (Cambita), president of the Mochotran Consortium, valued the current government’s transportation policy.
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14 February 2022