President of the Cascais Council argues that the rails could be “the great provider of transport service” of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA), extending its activity beyond the municipalities in which it operates today. For the mayor, this solution would contribute to the existence of an “integrated” transport system, which in its view will not be guaranteed if each municipality “choose your service prestadorzinho.”
“I see no reason so that does not happen, “said Carlos Carreiras, who regrets that the path indicated is not” even have to be solved. ” Recognizing that “nothing has been done in recent years work,” Social Democrat mayor argued that it is time to “correct the mistakes” of the past in the name of “social and territorial cohesion”.
Carlos Careers spoke on Mobility and Transport Forum Metropolitan System, an AML initiative which took place on Thursday, the Institute of Social and Political Sciences. In his speech, the President of the Cascais Council also stated the possibility of extending the intervention area proposed for Carris also cover the Metropolitano de Lisboa and Transtejo, “entities that have expertise and accumulated knowledge to make the provision of transport public. “
As for Cascais situation, the president said his county is” at the end of the table in terms of mobility. ” “Rail transport is what it is. Sooner, or later ends, “he said, criticizing the” permanent disinvestment over many years “in this sector.
Also the road level was black the scenario outlined by the mayor. “We are greatly underserved,” found, accusing Scotturb company to work with “arrogance, arrogance” and in ways that promote a “bad social climate.” The public transport system in Cascais, summarized, “is a perfectly break system, that one day disappear.”
The result, added Carlos Careers, is that 66% of residents of the county moving in transport single, while the percentages of those who use the train and the bus does not go beyond the 11 and 8%, respectively. “Public transport came out completely the way of life of citizens,” he lamented.
The president of Barreiro Chamber described a very different reality of this. According to Carlos Humberto Carvalho, in his municipality, which is served by Public Transport Barreiro (which is a municipal service) are more those traveling by bus than those who do drive. “I think it is the only county in the country where this happens,” he said.
The communist mayor also stressed that “it is essential” that the social pass is rethought and extended. On the issue of financing of the transport system, which “requires a lot of work, a lot of thought and creativity,” Carlos Humberto Carvalho said “not worth having illusions.”
“I do not know systems in regions sustainable metropolitan only with the values of ticketing, “he said, defending the need to continue to be” state compensation “, both linked to the public service provided by the operators to the tariff policy. “Can not a system to sustain itself without such support,” he concluded.
Who also maintained that “there is a real transport system that is profitable or sustainable without subsidy” was the president of Council of Lisbon, which stressed that this “is the reality of all countries and cities.”
in his speech, Fernando Medina considered that the public transport system currently existing in AML “is deeply disjointed and maladjusted “sporting” layer upon layer “. The “political challenge” posed today the Government and local authorities, he added, is to realize “how to pick up this confusion and to project a vision of the future.”
For the socialist mayor, this vision should include four aspects : the transport system should be “integrated” (both “in the media” as in “geographical area”), should provide “credibility” to the citizens, must be “accessible” to all (showing lower prices than the current) and also “sustainable”.
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