translated from Spanish: Travel by public transport decreased 18% during the week with days in phase 2

During this day, the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications delivered a new Mobility Report, which specifies the average vehicle flows and travel in the Metropolitan Public Transport System and EFE services during the past week, in addition to the mobility behaviour during the first quarantine weekend in the Metropolitan Region by the start of phase 2 of the Step-by-Step Plan.In this regard. , public transport travel decreased by 18% between Monday 7 and Sunday 13 December, compared to the previous week, a 52% drop compared to the week of 9 March and 64% compared to 2019.” During this weekend, the first quarantine for the pushback to Phase 2 in the Metropolitan Region, we saw an obvious reduction in mobility. For example, during this Saturday there was a 68% decrease in public transport transactions, compared to Saturday, March 14. In contrast to 2019 the drop was 77%. During Sunday, meantime, we saw a decrease of 65% compared to March and 76% compared to 2019,” said Minister of Transport and Telecommunications Gloria Hutt.In terms of average vehicle flows, during morning rush hour, between Monday 7 and Friday, December 11, there was a decrease of 0.09% compared to the previous week , which equates to a 18.05% drop from March. In particular, the UOCT analyzed the situation during Saturday and Sunday, between 9 and 12:00 hours, the most mobile time range during the weekends, in the 34 communes it has connected to the control center, within which the 32 of The Great Santiago are considered, in addition to Puente Alto and San Bernardo.Si on Saturday compared to December 5 , when of these communes, 19 were in total quarantine, 11 in phase 2 and another 4 in phase 3, the decrease was 25.73%. Compared to Saturday, December 5, when 7 communes were in phase 2, 14 in phase 3 and 13 in phase 4, the drop was 51.20%. The only date compared to an increase, in this case by 22.96%, was with Saturday, July 7, when the 34 communes considered for analysis were quarantined. Compared to Sunday 13 December, there was also an increase of 27.25% compared to Sunday 12 July, while in contrast to Sunday 6 September and Sunday 6 December there was a fall of 15.84% and 51.19%, respectively. Compared to this morning rush hour, Gran Santiago had an average 17.67% increase in vehicle flows, compared to Monday last week, a 14.06% drop from March. Finally, with respect to EFE services, between Monday 7 and Sunday 13 December, Metrotren Rancagua had a decrease of 18.7% compared to the previous week, while Alameda-Chillán toured 5.1%.

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