📋 Tender Overview
Since the early hours of this Tuesday, the Vice Minister of Transportation, Emiliano R. Fernandez, together with his technical team, has been monitoring the development of the day on the ground and through control systems, with the aim of verifying compliance with the contingency plan and guaranteeing the mobility of citizens in the metropolitan area. The verification tasks include control of the dispatch of contingency buses and buses of lines that did not adhere to the strike, in addition to compliance with the minimum service of 60% by the companies that did communicate their adherence to the measure, through their organizations and unions, in accordance with current regulations. The operation seeks to minimize the impact on public transport users. In this regard, the vice minister explained that the contingency plan responds to the need to cover the units that are not in circulation. The contingency is just that, putting missing buses in motion. There is a regularity of many companies that are working as always, and the contingency serves to alleviate the buses that are not circulating, he said. Monitoring and control According to the system reports and real-time monitoring of the VMT, around 6:00 in the morning there were approximately 800 buses in circulation in the metropolitan area, when on a similar day last week nearly 1,000 units were operating. We have about 200 fewer buses in circulation compared to a normal day, and the contingency plan is designed to cover precisely that difference, he said. In this context, he highlighted that even companies whose unions announced their adhesion to the strike maintain units operating regularly. We have almost thirty companies with regular movement of their buses. Mobility on routes such as PY01 and PY02 is regular and that can be clearly observed, he stated. Transportation reform does not stop The vice minister also reiterated that the public transport reform does not stop. There was no agreement in the tripartite, but we were clear: the reform is not going to stop. People can no longer wait and need quality service. Today we are on the side of the citizen, alleviating the missing buses and maintaining mobility, he expressed. Finally, he indicated that the contingency buses operate at no cost to users, have identifying signs and make routes to the center of Asuncion, with departures scheduled according to demand. We are working to maintain the regularity of the system and avoid a greater impact on citizens during this day, he concluded. Date: December 16, 2025
