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In the municipality of Murcia, where it is effective tariff simplification, grows by more than 10 percent the number of passengers of public transport during the month of February

Local corporations maintain the contributions made so far to the municipal public transport and the Public Transport Authority complements the rest to finance UNIBON

The Minister of Public Works and Planning, José Ballesta, and the mayor of Las Torres de Cotillas, Domingo Coronado, today signed an agreement for cooperation for the implementation of 'UNIBON' in the municipality of Las Torres de Cotillas, thus closes the tariff unification in the metropolitan area of Murcia which also includes Molina de Segura, Santomera and Alguazas.

This agreement will allow the summer before signing an agreement between the Autonomous Community, the five municipalities benefited and the concessionaire, which inter alia provides for implementing the R + D + I developed by the Public Transport Authority to improve the service provided to citizens.

"This is a real and effective measure, which has been planned by progressive stages in which it has long worked to get a promotion of public transport," said the adviser, who announced that "it is something that is being achieved, after the city of Murcia, where it is effective tariff simplification, has grown by more than 10 percent the number of passengers in February. "

In this sense, Ballesta added that "the will to bring citizens of Las Torres de Cotillas a network of public transport more affordable and attractive, and the collaboration between the two administrations, will lower the price of a single ticket in the county, increasing from the current 1.45 euros to 1.35 euros, following the introduction of tariff unification. "

Agreements between communities and municipalities require that local authorities keep the contributions made so far to the municipal public transport service and the Public Transport Authority complements the rest to finance the UNIBON, so that is not an added cost for municipalities, which also will benefit from lower average price of the ticket and the decriminalization of transshipments, which are free on all lines in the metropolitan area of Murcia.

"Thus, by removing barriers between municipalities and articulates a single transport network throughout the metropolitan area of Murcia, so that citizens no longer have to think about specific lines but in the public transport network as a whole, where limits may be moved without using the same bonuses before next summer, "added the director.

Fewer fees

Towers Cotillas In simplifying the current tariff offering will spend more than a dozen titles of transport in the town to only three, the UNIBON, Bono 10 'My Travels' and the regular ticket.

Thus, the UNIBON 'No Limits' allows unlimited travel for just 30 euros a month, a rate cut to 20 euros for all students of any formal training.

For its part, the people who opt for the bonus 10 'My Trips' may make ten travel packages an hour with free transfer at all bus lines Sewer municipalities, Santomera, Molina de Segura and Murcia, a price of ten euros.

The new bonds will not increase its prices despite the tariff increase of 1.7 percent held by the Ministry of Development, as the regional government will assume the increase to keep the price of new titles.

This payment system encourages the use of public transport and rewards users who use it most, because the more you travel unless the travel costs.

So, if you make four journeys in one hour, the fare will be $ 0.25, if three is of 0.33 euros, if the user makes two trips the cost is 0.50, while if travels only once is 1 euro.

Source: CARM