Tarija City will start from Monday, July 29th. The region’s first 100% electric urban bus Which will replace the current car. The service, which has 30 stops and registers 20,000 users annually, is witnessing significant progress in environmental sustainability.
Mayor of Tarija, Alba Biguan and Valverdehighlighting “the city council’s commitment to sustainability and the promotion of public transport, but at the same time considering the accessibility of a vehicle that takes into account people with mobility problems and those carrying strollers with children, as well as the blind and hearing impaired.”
For his part, the Secretary of Transportation and Infrastructure in the State Administration of the Region said, Mark SanglasHe pointed out that “we are working to promote the right to carbon-free mobility and this is our commitment and the commitment of the Tarija City Council, and from the government we allocate more resources to it every day.”
in other hand, Valeriano Diaz Revilla“Our decarbonization goal is clear by integrating the latest generation of vehicles also into urban and intercity services, bringing greater environmental efficiency, safety and comfort to passengers,” stressed ALSA’s Director – Mediterranean Region. ALSA also reports that with the use of electric vehicles instead of diesel, every month a Save 3800 liters of diesel Which involves avoiding emissions of 5,700 kilograms of carbon dioxide.
Features of the new urban bus
The MAN Lion’s City E10 bus is 10 metres long and can accommodate 27 seated and 50 standing passengers. In terms of accessibility, the vehicle has a double ramp, two wheelchair spaces and a stroller mounted in its central door, as well as four seats for people with reduced mobility. However, one Audio-Visual Guidance System Inside the car for the blind and hearing impaired.
The car, which has an autonomy of around 300 kilometres, will be recharged daily at Motor Tàrrega facilities, through an agreement between ALSA and Targara. The technology used, the most advanced in lithium-ion batteries, allows it to be fully charged in less than three hours.
Agreement between the City Council, Generalitat and ALSA
In May 2023, they signed an agreement between the State Territory Administration, ALSA – concessionaire for the management of urban buses since August 2013 – and the Tarija City Council, for the regular service of city buses and other improvements for an amount of 110,249.36 euros.
The agreement includes Improvements already implemented in January of this year, Such as the investment with the installation of three canopies with seats (10,865.70 euros), the arrangement and painting works of all the information totems and seats in the stations and also a new vinyl cover with the timetables for each of the stations (7,219.26 euros)
24 years since the launch of the Tàrrega city bus
On August 21, 2000, the first urban bus was inaugurated in Tarija, the first experimental service, which is scheduled to take shape in April 2003, with an agreement between the city council and the passenger transport company Alsina Graells, which intentionally built a bus for the city. In addition to the city bus, there is also a specific bus service for the cities grouped in Tarija.
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