TIJUANA.- With the purpose of improving public transit conditions and updating its guidelines, the city government is considering regulating companies that use mobile apps to offer their services, said Tijuana's Secretary General, Bernardo Padilla Muñoz.
Padilla Muñoz explained in a press conference, that the Instituto Municipal de Participación Ciudadana (IMPAC) has already organized discussion panels with experts on the subject and transit companies, they also applied multiple polls with the purpose of getting to know the public's opinion on urban mobility.
"After analyzing the poll results, we can see that tijuanenses want public transit to be modernized, it's been a constant request for many years now. The work progress that's been started between the city's mayor, the transit company owners and taxi mobile app representatives has the purpose of regulating the new ways of transportation and make the necessary changes to guarantee safety and affordable prices to the users", said the public official.
Carlos Mejía López, the government's director, also highlighted that the modernization project includes the comprehensive implementation of the regulations in different areas of the city, so that taxi and bus drivers provide their service according to the guidelines.
Also, the IMPAC director, Basilio Meza Gastélum, informed that the polls showed more than 51.8% of citizens know of companies that offer their transportation services through mobile apps and 67.3% are in favor of having the local government regulate these tech companies.
The city's government reassured its commitment to carry on with the comprehensive project that will improve the multiple forms of transportation. In the following weeks, we'll get to know the updates and changes done to the guidelines that will provide a more competitive field with the different transit associations, as well as user guarantees.
*Tijuana's local government newsletter
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Translated by: edgar.martinez@sandiegored.com
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