The Ministry of Public Works and Planning, through the Public Transport Authority and the Ministry of Universities, Enterprise and Innovation, through the Directorate General of Universities, have been reduced by 53 percent the price of bus bonus for students of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena moving between this city and Murcia and vice versa, within the policy of encouraging public transport developed by the regional executive.
Users of this service, sponsored by the Team Rector of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, and agreed with representatives of the university students, may thereby gain a bonus of 20 trips for the price of 30 euros with which to access any issue of the Murcia-Cartagena line of the concessionaire's service, during school days setting out the timetable for the University.
As noted by the director general of Universities and Scientific Policy, Eduardo Osuna, "this improvement in the provision of transport services to the university is another step in improving the performances of the university community who are held by the Directorate General Universities, in this case, thanks to the collaboration of the Public Transport Authority. "
Besides the improvement in the ticket price, the Autonomous Community has managed the provision of services more frequently than the current day, which was limited to a single issue Murcia-Cartagena at 07:30 and again back to the 14 : 15 hours, something that now will be increased considerably, since there will be expeditions leaving from Murcia at 7:00, 8:00 (2 buses), 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 11:00, 11:30, 12:30, 13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 14:45, 15:00, 16:00, 16:30, 17:00, 18:00, 19: 00, 19:30, 20:00, 21:00 and 22:00, leaving from Cartagena at 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:00, 8:45, 9:15, 9 : 45, 10:15, 11:45, 12:15, 13:15, 13:45, 14:15, 14:45, 15:30, 16:15, 16:45, 17:45, 18:45 , 19:15, 20:00, 20:45, 20:45 and 21:45.
More than twenty expeditions daily
In this way, said the managing director of the Public Transport Authority, Jose Guillen, "get flexibility in the movement of academics between the two cities, since students can move at any time between them, and not just the current frequency, limited to a daily issue for the university, which now spends more than twenty. "
With this, the regional government continues the line already underway with the university or UNIBON 'eldíade' campaigns for the promotion of public transport with the regional government seeks to increase the number of citizens who know and use public transport for their daily trips within the region.
According to Jose Guillen, "in addition to this, with the recent integration of the City of Murcia in Entity, every day we get closer to transport a single authority at the regional level to ensure continuous improvement of public transport services centrally, and we hope that from now on will be integrating more municipalities.
Source: CARM