Councilmember Héctor Riveros Moreno announced that he will be presenting a proposal before the State Congress regarding the amendment on the city's Transit Regulations. Members of the Tijuana Activa Association and Cetys University were also there to showcase the results of three citizen's surveys relating to the city's public transit service and Uber.
"What is a fact is that Uber needs to be regulated, it cannot be banned, this is what the city locals are saying", said Juan José Alonso Llera, a Cetys University teacher, who shared the survey data applied to 600 people via electronically, out of those, 93% said they were in favor of Uber service.
The results of a second digital survey made by the Tijuana Activa Association where more than 7 thousand locals participated in, showed that on a scale from 1 to 10, (1 being the lowest score and 10 the highest), Tijuana's public transit service failed with an average score of 3. Adding that 87% of them believe the public transit service's main problem is its high fees and low quality.
Surveys regarding Uber in Tijuana
The last survey done by the same association, this time physically, also showed similar results given by 200 people, who catalogued the public transit as low quality, where the main reasons where the driver's appearance or behavior, the units conditions and the environment contamination these units cause.
The only councilmember who voted against the Municipal Transit Regulations' article 58 amendments, said he lamented the Uber vehicle impound that happened this past Tuesday and emphasized that despite the regulations amendments having already taken effect, the city government fails to specify the new regulations. "They don't offer any information so that whoever is interested in adhering to the new guidelines and try and register their vehicle", explained Riveros.
The council member highlighted that the survey results are being considered to elaborate a proposal that will presented to the State Congress and local Tijuana government, along with legislator Mario Osuna Jiménez, a proposal that Riveros considers should define the difference between what's private and what's public transit in order to establish the appropriate regulations.
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Translated by: edgar.martinez@sandiegored.com
