Since last Monday titsa apply some changes in the bus service provided in the Abona region (Arico, Granadilla de Abona and San Miguel de Abona), modifications that generate complaints among users and local councils in the area. The councilors of Transport assure that the variations “were introduced without prior consultation with local administrations, which are receiving many complaints from citizens these days.”
The municipal governments of Granadilla de Abona, Arico and San Miguel de Abona yesterday made public their discomfort with the Ministry of Transport and Mobility of the Cabildo de Tenerife because “they do not understand” these changes in the Titsa lines “and that it be done without prior consultation to the users themselves and to the municipalities». The consistories assured that the insular area of Transport has not responded to the demands that were transferred “long ago”. They consider that “it is an offense” for the population, which sees the average waiting time increase from 20 minutes to between 30 and 40 with the new regulation of the bus service.
Between the modifications “that affect these thousands of bus users” They cite the case of lines 110 (Santa Cruz-Costa Adeje) and 112 (Santa Cruz-Los Cristianos), “which no longer pick up passengers at the San Isidro stop”, located next to the highway. “These services were widely used” by workers in the restaurant sector, in the direction of the tourist area, and for procedures and medical and hospital assistance in the direction of Santa Cruz.
Another case is line 450, which passed through Abona Avenue, in San Isidro (El Risco), which has reduced its frequency “being the last one leaving from Costa Adeje, at 9:10 p.m.”, which means that those who work in the tourist area do not have public transport after that time to get home.
Line 452 was created to complement line 450. It passes through San Isidro, but “it no longer enters Los Cristianos and only passes through La Caleta and reaches the station located in Costa Adeje”.
The Rtour of the new line 010 is direct to Tenerife South Airport, «so it only favors tourists and not workers in the service sector». The schedule of the line used by the students of the IES El Médano has also been modified, so the connections “no longer adapt to the needs of the students,” according to the AMPA complaints.
The Councilors for Transport, Fredi oramasDavinia García and Rosa Albina Ramos argue that «this mobility policy, based on incomprehensible cuts and adjustments that are not adapted to the real needs of the population, does nothing to help the commitment that is to be made for sustainable mobility and for reducing the traffic”.
More trips, more seats and less time
The insular director of Mobility, José Alberto León, defends that with the reorganization, trips on the TF-1 in the South increase by 48% and maintains that they are produced “in response to the high demand that has been detected and that, on occasions , forced to leave passengers at the stops »when the buses were at maximum capacity. Another positive fact is that “travel time is reduced” from The Americas and Los Cristianos to Santa Cruz in 20 minutes and 10 minutes, respectively. León explains that the difficulties encountered in San Isidro to use the 110 en route to Santa Cruz now have the alternative of the 10, which runs every 30 minutes and guarantees seats. He highlights the creation of line 452, between San Isidro and Las Américas, which extends to La Caleta. León considers that “the majority of users have expressed their satisfaction with the change, which offers them more seats and more speed to reach their destination.” In his opinion, “a controversy that does not exist is being sought,” alluding to the fact that the three Transport councilors belong to CC, although in Arico and San Miguel no changes are applied to the service.
