NewsWhore
04-13-2007, 04:10 PM
The Office for the Reorganization of Transit (OPRET) will be creating a project to replace the battered vehicles that continue to provide transportation services to Dominicans, as reported in the Listin Diario. Milciades Perez said that the project would be funded by payments made by beneficiaries of the Plan. Perez said that unlike its predecessor, the Plan Renove, this time around the plan would be well handled.
Meanwhile, another report in the Listin Diario focuses on how several bus owner unions have crowded out bus companies that did not join these. Caribe Tours, Metro, La Experiencia, Omnibus Santo Domingo, Autobuses Dominicanos, Transprote Aponte, Maika, Compania Nacional de Autobuses, Union de Propietarios de Autobuses have gradually abandoned urban and interurban routes due to the insecurity of operating on routes now dominated by the unionized transporters that have received new vehicles from the government over the years. The newspaper points out that these companies offered a better service. The difference between the unions and the traditional bus companies is that the unions oblige their members to pay a registration fee for "protection" to operate on a pre-determined route. The unionized transporters also charge their affiliates for the right to operate on public streets and highways.
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Meanwhile, another report in the Listin Diario focuses on how several bus owner unions have crowded out bus companies that did not join these. Caribe Tours, Metro, La Experiencia, Omnibus Santo Domingo, Autobuses Dominicanos, Transprote Aponte, Maika, Compania Nacional de Autobuses, Union de Propietarios de Autobuses have gradually abandoned urban and interurban routes due to the insecurity of operating on routes now dominated by the unionized transporters that have received new vehicles from the government over the years. The newspaper points out that these companies offered a better service. The difference between the unions and the traditional bus companies is that the unions oblige their members to pay a registration fee for "protection" to operate on a pre-determined route. The unionized transporters also charge their affiliates for the right to operate on public streets and highways.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)