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"Build the economics of transport operators. Reduce wages, pataxte the hitchhiker. " These were the orders of the troika given to the Transport Ministers of the last three years.
The order was an order.
Buses and trolley redefined and "mow" the third of schedules, reducing responses. The electric railway downgraded its services (the trains, for reasons of cost and replacement parts, have some times 5 wagons, versus 6, while not always function as air conditioners, such as buses) and workers in all transport operators viewed the income to shrink by 40%.
"We won" exclaimed executives troika found dramatic improvement in the financial results of transport. What was the next big bet? Revenue growth. How can this be, given that transport passengers have lost, mercy crisis The answer was one: anti-free rider.
The "Rambo" of transport
In an effort to fight the phenomenon of free rider, the Ministry of Transport doubled controllers fare. Thus, the "Rambo" against stowaways metro, tram and electric totaled 90 people, compared to 58 a few months ago and on buses and trolleys the 230atoma.
In "Road Transport", the company created by the merger of the trolley buses are employed as permanent auditors only 30 people, half of them to declare most of the time ... sick, as is visible reluctance to conduct audits.
The body of the 30 auditors assisted by other 200, who are volunteers. Motivated volunteers has institutionalized the collection of 50% of the penalties paid, ie 100 to 300 per month to those who "hunt". Monthly, cut 6,000 to 8,000 fines on buses and trolleys.
The transport lost 20% of their passengers
Briefly, from 2009 to today, transport is estimated that 1 in 5 lost passengers. In absolute numbers, the ridership of OASA Group (metro, electric trams, buses and trolleybuses) shrunk at least by 167 million users since 2009.
Passengers urban transport amounted to 684 million last year (the most optimistic estimate), compared to 851 million in 2009, representing a decrease of 20%. The factors that exacerbate the contraction of transport users is the reduction of movements and disposable income, skyrocketing unemployment and of course, the increase in single ticket, which from 0.8 billion in 2008, reached 1.5 euros 2013, where to buy tickets from the drivers! In other words, an increase of 87.5% within 5 years, if the services of transport, except maybe metro worse!
As executives admit urban transport, as prolonging the recession and unemployment, the hitchhiker and exchange tickets will remain existent phenomena.
