© John Coletti
From this Monday, January 3, the new rates of the public transport service in the Antioquia capital began to govern.
The value of accessing the public transport service in the capital of Antioquia increased $ 150, so the new rate was $ 2,550 for urban routes and $ 2,650 for townships, This was pointed out by Víctor Hugo Piedrahíta, technical undersecretary of the Ministry of Mobility.
Rates on routes of townships
The Ministry of Mobility indicated that the authorized rates for the routes that cross the townships of Medellín they were as follows:
San Cristobal
The routes San Cristóbal – San Javier La Loma – Centro; San Cristóbal – La Asomadera – Downtown; San Cristóbal – Doña María; Las Flores – Moravia – Center; New West – Las Flores; New West – Tyrol; Y San Cristóbal – Road connection, now has a value of $ 2,550.
While the paths El Llano – Parque de San Cristóbal were worth $ 2,200; and El Llano – Centro, $ 2,700.
For their part, the routes to Las Playas; to La Cuchilla; to the path Yolombó – Parque San Cristóbal; Yet the Vereda Boquerón- Parque San Cristóbal cost $ 2,300
Finally, the routes Vereda Alto de Boquerón – Medellín was $ 3,200, the San Cristóbal – San Javier La Loma – Downtown $ 2,750; and the alternate route San Cristóbal – La Asomadera – Centro went up to $ 2,750.
The route between the township San Sebastián de Palmitas and Medellín was worth $ 3,900.
Santa Elena
The route Santa Elena – Las Brisas – Medellín it already has a cost of $ 2,850.
The Santa Elena – Mazo – Las Brisas – Medellín routes; Santa Elena – Barro Blanco – Las Brisas – Medellín; Santa Elena – Perico – Las Brisas – Medellín; Santa Elena – El Plan – Las Brisas – Medellín; Santa Elena – El Cerro – Las Brisas – Medellín; and Santa Elena – Barro Blanco – Medellín were worth $ 3,050.
While the routes Santa Elena – Piedras Blancas – Medellín; and Santa Elena – Piedras Blancas – Las Brisas – Medellín have a cost of $ 3,650.
New taxi rates
For the taxi service, the minimum run was set at $ 5,800, the start or flagging at $ 3,800, the contracted hour $ 25,500, the ride to the airport at $ 90,000 (including the toll), the value dropped for each 78 meters $ 120 and the value of waiting for 60 seconds amounts to $ 220.
“After two years without updating the rate for individual public transport in the city, the Ministry of Mobility managed, in consultation with all the actors of individual public transport, to update the rate for next year”, assured Víctor Piedrahíta, Technical Undersecretary of Mobility.
Taxi drivers must pay the transit rights on behalf of the Ministry of Mobility of Medellín, perform the calibration of the taximeter and its inspection. For this they have until March 1 to carry out the process of updating the rate through the calibration of the taximeter.
After the above, in authorized sites, a sticker that goes on the panoramic glass and a security seal on the taximeter will be installed, which indicates that the vehicle is authorized to collect the new rate.
In addition, they must carry in the back of the passenger seat, the control card with the updated rates.