Reports are that the government is considering instituting two fees for use of mass transport. One will be for a ride on the Metro and skylift for which the decades-old fee of RD$20 for packet of rides will be kept.
Another will be for RD$35 that will allow for transferring to other mass transit vehicles, such as public transist system buses, including new Omsa buses, within 30 minutes of disembarking from the first ride, Diario Libre reports.
Dominican mass transit expert Oneximo Gonzalez was recently appointed executive vice president of the Oficina Metropolitana de Servicios de Autobuses (Omsa), apparently as the government seeks to revamp the government bus company and improve public bus services. Gonzalez already has the success of the TRAE public school bus company to show.
He told Diario Libre the measure seeks to reduce the transport burden of those who today have to combine several fares on their daily commutes to work or university.
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Diario Libre
8 October 2025