07/04/2020 - 16:37
- Clarín.com
- Cities
The start of the new phase of quarantine in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) due to the increase in cases of coronavirus generated that nearly 300,000 people have stopped circulating in the City, according to data released by the Government. porteño.
According to the report of the Secretary of Transportation, the new phase with greater restrictions that began last Wednesday meant a decrease of 20% in the vehicles that circulate through the City and 33% in public transportation .
In detail, it is pointed out that since Wednesday there were 42,500 subway trips per day, 4% of the usual trips; while in the three 110,800 trips were registered on average per day, 8% of the normal ones.
In the collectives there were 1,546 trips on average per day (16% of the usual ones) and 504,000 vehicles passed per day, which represents 42% of the usual passes.
The impact of the reduction in circulation is even more exposed when it is pointed out that before the new phase of isolation that the Government ordered per day, 1,070,000 trips were made by subway, 1,360,000 by trains, 9,680,000 by buses and 1,200,000 vehicle passes.
With the return to phase 1 in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, controls were reinforced at 40 vehicular accesses (20 enabled and 20 semi-disabled) and at the 26 pedestrian crossings arranged, and internal checkpoints were also provided at the points of greatest influx of cars.
