News of transport

PRICE RISES

Prices to rise 7% on average as IVA restored to basic food items

02-01-2020 18:13 Milk will not rise, however. Some basic food items have been exempt from IVA since Mauricio Macri scrapped the taxation last August, following his catastrophic results in the PASO primary to Alberto Fernández.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Six-month freeze for public transport fares in Greater Buenos Aires

27-12-2019 15:03 Government announces freeze of public transport fares in and around the capital for six months, as it undertakes a comprehensive review of increases.

PRESIDENT-ELECT TELLS CGT

Alberto Fernández: 'The labour movement is part of my government'

08-11-2019 17:11 Argentina's next leader praises Perón at umbrella union group's headquarters as he attends meeting and calls on union leaders to back his social-economic pact.

STRIKE ACTION

Transport chaos: Five-hour train strike leaves 500,000 stranded

01-11-2019 09:16 All overground train lines – Mitre, San Martín, Sarmiento, Roca, Belgrano Sur, Tren de la Costa and long distance lines – shut down from 4am to 9am this Friday morning as union members hold assemblies.

UNIONS AND LABOUR

With Fernández present, Yasky's CTA approves reunification talks with CGT

04-10-2019 08:58 Presidential frontrunner Alberto Fernández attends meeting in Lanús, at which CTA members vote to back opposition and open talks with CGT with view to reunification, nearly three decades on from split.

by Aurelio Tomás

BLOOMBERG

Energy companies would likely bear cost of Fernández’s utilities shift

01-10-2019 16:29 Energy companies would likely be made to pay for Alberto Fernández’s move to slow hikes in electricity and natural gas prices.

UBER IN ARGENTINA

Taxi-drivers walk off job in protest as Uber arrives in Córdoba

09-09-2019 17:40 More than 28,000 sign up to become drivers, while more than 140,000 register as users in region.

Crisis in Venezuela

Much of Venezuela experiences massive blackout

23-07-2019 15:13 Authorities blamed an "electromagnetic attack" on a series of dams located in southern Venezuela — the same culprit it attributed an almost week-long outage in March that left millions of Venezuelans without water or the ability to communicate with loved ones.

Vicious attack

Assailants slit bus driver's throat; drivers strike to demand more security

17-07-2019 09:51 Drivers in Lomas de Zamora, in Buenos Aires province, protested Wednesday to call for greater security measures on bus services.

Barracas to Palermo

BA City opens call for tenders for Subte Line F

15-07-2019 17:19 The F Line will run from Barracas, in the city's south to Palermo, in the city's north at an estimated construction cost of a US$2 billion.

Standstill

Transport union calls Friday strike across provinces

11-07-2019 09:53 Public bus services to grind to halt across the country on Friday as drivers in provinces demand same conditions as BA counterparts.

NO PARO

Transport unions lift planned 25 de Mayo strike

24-05-2019 15:19 There will be train, Subte and bus services running this Saturday, avoiding disruption on a national holiday.

AIRPORT BACKLOG

Delays and cancellations at airports despite truce with the pilots' union

17-01-2019 15:44 A 48-hour union strike was cut short when the government agreed to cooperate with pilots

by Anna Laffrey

Highlights

May 28th - Jun 3rd: Economy in brief

02-06-2018 08:17 Top stories of the week regarding the economy.

cold-blooded murder

Police arrest two men suspected of murdering bus driver

17-04-2018 14:54 Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of two suspects, as bus drivers on several key suburban lines continued striking.

US$ 744 million

BA's Ezeiza Int'l Airport to undergo 15-billion-peso makeover

13-03-2018 10:16 The total size of Argentina's busiest airport will increase from the current 58,400 square metres to 217,230 square metres.

CALL FOR TENDERS

Four major international operators interested in BA underground expansion

26-02-2018 10:57 Underground operators from Paris, London, Lyon and Berlin have expressed interest in the tender process. The current operator Metrovías is also expected to bid.

Red SUBE also kicked-off on Thursday

Public transport increases kick in as February arrives

03-02-2018 10:46 The start of February saw the first stage of hikes for public transport fares rolled out.