📋 Tender Overview
At this stage, fines will not be applied and driver awareness will be prioritized. This measure will reduce travel times from 20 to 6 minutes.Starting today, the white march of the bus lane on Abancay Avenue began, an operational improvement implemented by the Urban Transportation Authority for Lima and Callao (ATU), an entity attached to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC), with the aim of improving the fluidity of public transportation, reducing undue stops and allowing users to save several minutes in their travel times.
We are on the first day of the white march, with the lanes just being implemented. This measure offers multiple benefits for users: travel time is reduced from approximately 20 minutes to just 6 minutes, and for operators the commercial speed is increased from 11 km/h to 20 km/h. This will allow them to reach destinations more quickly and safely, said Pavel Flores, spokesperson for the ATU.
The intervention includes the segregation of exclusive lanes for buses using road safety devices such as bollards and tollantas in the section that goes from Jiron Amazonas to Nicolas de Pierola Avenue. 23 regular public transport routes and four Purple Corridor services travel through these lanes, which now have circulation priority.
Taxi stands on adjacent roads
For people who travel to areas with high commercial traffic such as Mesa Redonda and the Central Market, the ATU recalled that nine authorized taxi stops have been set up on nearby roads.
These stops are located in block 6 of the Huallaga jiron, block 6 of the Andahuaylas jiron, block 6 of the Ucayali jiron (at the height of the Central Market), blocks 7 and 8 of the Ayacucho jiron, as well as three stops in block 4 of the Cusco jiron and one in block 5 of the same jiron. All are properly signposted.
Police orientation and support stage
During the first days of operation of the bus lane, no fines will be applied. In this stage, awareness and guidance for drivers will be prioritized, with the presence of ATU personnel on the road.
Likewise, the National Police will provide support at intersections to facilitate right turns, while the traffic light studies, carried out by the Urban Mobility Management of the Municipality of Lima, are concluded.
Through this measure, the ATU reaffirms its commitment to promoting more orderly, efficient and safe public transportation, prioritizing the movement of thousands of users who travel through the center of Lima daily.
