Santiago bus fares rise to 40 pesos amid rising costs

Drivers in Santiago, Dominican Republic, have raised bus fares by five pesos to 40 pesos, a move announced by the Regional Federation of Transport Workers of the Northern Region (Fettranreno). The organization stated that maintaining the previous 35-peso fare had become unsustainable due to increased costs for fuel, spare parts, and operations.

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The organization had maintained the fare at 35 pesos while evaluating the impact of the increase in fuels, spare parts, and other operating costs.

Several routes, including A, B, C, K, E, O, R, and T, will implement the new fare. Fettranreno clarified that this increase applies only to urban transport, with interurban routes to Puerto Plata, Mao, Nagua, and La Charca maintaining their current prices. The adjustment follows a similar five-peso increase by organizations affiliated with the National Confederation of Transport Workers (CNTT), leading other groups to adopt the same price to unify urban fares in Santiago.

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Maintaining the fare at 35 pesos is unsustainable for the sector.

However, these fare hikes lack approval from the National Institute of Transit and Land Transport (Intrant). The CNTT has urged the state agency to conduct a technical study to determine the appropriate urban bus fare in Santiago. The article notes that the driver who provided the information is a graduate of Social Communication from Universidad Dominicana O&M with over a decade of journalistic experience.

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The increase corresponds solely to urban transport.