translated from Spanish: Mobility increased by 6% in the capital after the start of the “transition” phase in Providence

This day eight communes joined the Transition phase of the deconfunding plan established by the Government, one of them was Providencia and after the beginning there has been a 6% increase in mobility. The Undersecretary of Transport, José Luis Domínguez, detailed that in the first hours of 06:00 to 07:00 am there was “an increase in mobility of 6% at the city level of Santiago and, in particular, 6.8% in the commune of Providencia” compared to last week. In addition, the authority noted that in that commune it “has the particularity of a lot of floating population” and therefore have taken measures to “accelerate mobility within the commune”. In the same vein, the commune has the modification of 86 of the 178 semaphore crossings in the area, “to give more time to pedestrians crossing, in order to avoid crowds in the corners”. In addition, more than 200 additional buses have been arranged on public transport to increase supply; and the whereabouts are going to be demarcated and sanitized. For her part, the mayor of Providence, Evelyn Matthei, said this morning that “today you see a lot of traffic on the streets, and that means that we will also have a lot of monitorers on the streets.”

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