industry passenger transport by path experiencing a worrying situation close companies, In recent years, after the pandemic. Investments of mobility companies security precautions And in purchase of new unitsThey encountered some negative elements that ended in the end. Removed 384 companies from the map last year.
This inflation, high fuel prices And price freeze for many school transport contracts caused 12% loss According to the data of the total sectorRoad passenger transport observatory. Supply and Demand 2023′, prepared by Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda. Therefore, the employer anatraMake an urgent request to the government collision plan.
From the association of SMEs in the bus passenger transport sector (with 850 companies partners) consider it necessary to “overcome anachronism” for their survival. not being able to put the remaining discretionary service places up for sale and seat sales for the intermediate stops of international lines,” said Anetra president, louis pedreroIt calls on the government and different parliamentary groups to be sensitive to this situation.
pedrero He sees the enactment of the Sustainable Mobility Law as a great opportunity to put an end to an anachronism that society does not understand or does not fit into a sustainable and ecological model of mobility. Outdated law of 1987, of the last century.” He also acknowledges that “the same is the case with Spanish SMEs and international routes. Inside Almost all of Europe possible sale of tickets for intermediate stops on international lines; forbidden in spain Taking the side of Romania and Hungary and against European regulations”.
The association calls for “a ‘crash plan’ to save the industry and reactivate public transport by buswhat notor stop losing passengers since 2009going from 45 million passengers to 30 million in 2019, according to the ministry. We demand that the legal framework be changed so that the sale of buses traveling with empty seats can be carried out “with legal obligation”. And they are upset that “car sharing continues to grow unhindered, the shared bus only finds limitations.” oxygen balloon It is necessary to stop the bloodshed of the sector, where companies and employment are destroyed,” he said.