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in full debate between the City and the Nation to determine who assumes control of the urban groups the differences between the prices of the tickets of the City of Buenos Aires and other Argentine cities, in which the value is much higher, came to light.
Only the City of Buenos Aires has a minimum rate of less than 20 pesos, while in some locations in the country it triples and almost quadruples that amount. What are the different rates in the country and how to access the social rate with a discount of more than 50%.
What is the price difference between the main cities of the country and CABA
The Buenos aires city It has the lowest rate of public transport in the country and has more than half of the national budget for subsidies. In this way, the difference between the ticket prices of a bus in the City and in the interior of the country is up to four times more.
Cordoba and Santa Fe
While the ticket for public transportation in Buenos Aires ranges between 18 and 22 pesos, with the exception of the subway that costs $30, in the main cities of Córdoba and Santa Fe the value is $59.35.
Province of Buenos Aires: Mar del Plata and Bahía Blanca
Also, in the Buenos Aires province the minimum rates are around 40 pesos, but in some places like Mar del Plata ($59.90) or White Bay ($76), reach peaks of more than triple what they are worth in the suburbs.
Salta, Tierra del Fuego, Bariloche and Neuquén
jump It has the highest rate in northern Argentina, which ranges from 41 pesos to $98.50 and $106.80 for routes to Chicoana and Sumalao. Meanwhile, in the Patagonia the cheapest passenger transport ticket is in Land of Fire ($31), but in the Rio Negro city of Bariloche the amount amounts to $62 and in the main towns of Neuquen ranges between $60 and $90.
How much does the minimum ticket cost: Tucumán, Santa Cruz and Corrientes
The cheapest minimum fare is that of the City of Buenos Aires ($18) and it is the only one under 20 pesos. In the province of Tucuman the minimum is $45, while in Neuquén cities that have urban transportation, as well as in Santa Cruz and currentsit’s $60.
San Luis, Santiago del Estero, Chaco, La Rioja, Mendoza Catamarca and Misiones
On San Luis and Santiago del Estero the minimum ticket costs $35, in Chaco, with just one peso difference, costs $36; Meanwhile in La Rioja, Mendoza, Catamarca and Misiones does not exceed $30.
How much would it cost to travel without transportation subsidies?
The National state It provides a transportation subsidy that is later complemented by subsidies awarded by provincial or municipal authorities. In this first quarter, the compensations for the interior of the country were 9,600 million pesos divided into three monthly installments of $3,200 million.
The goal is to reach the 46 billion annuallyprojecting for 2022 70% more than the 28.5 billion in 2021 and a 40% increase in terms of the budget allocated to the interior of the country.
In 2021, the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) concentrated 78% of the national budget for subsidies, having received $96,215.2 million a year. The AMBA received $6,599.7 per capita against a national average of $2,695, although the average rises due to the amounts in force in the City and suburbs, no province exceeded $1,200 per person.
About $14.6 billion (from the previous budget) was allocated to the Federal capitalso it is sought to transfer the 32 local lines to the city government (GCBA) in order to redistribute that amount among all jurisdictions.
The Ministry of Transportation of the Nation distributed 14.38% of the annual budget for the province of Santa Fewhile at The Pampa 1% corresponded to him.
Both the city of Santa Fe What Córdobademanded Minister Alexis Guerrera to unify the minimum rate in a federal ticket of $18 supported by national subsidies.
The inequality between moving in CABA and the province
Due to the large number of subsidies received for the passenger transport lines that circulate through the City and the Buenos Aires suburbsthe ticket goes from 18 to 22 pesos, with the exception of the Subway (whose administration depends on the GCBA since 2013) that costs $30 and the semi-fast services that exceed double the common rate.
The ticket costs less than 30 pesos only in Catamarcawhose ticket is around $22; Missions where when paying with the SUBE card the ticket goes from $32 to $20; and mendozawhich has a system differentiated by routes that goes from $28 to $35.
Meanwhile, some cities like San martin de los andes ($79,89), Rio gallegos ($60), currents ($60) or Merlo ($60) triple the figure set in the Federal capital. Likewise, the interurban bus of Jujuy $71.85 is paid.
In the larger towns of Jujuy, Tucumán, La Pampa, Formosa and Entre Ríos the values are between 40 and 59 pesos.
How to get the social rate
The social fee It is a benefit granted by the national government that presents a discount of up to 55% to travel on public transport through the card GOES UP.
The benefit is intended for retirees and pensioners; beneficiaries of the PROGRESSUniversal Allowance for Child or Pregnancy, Program for Young People with More and Better Jobs, Promote Equality and Promote Work.
It also applies to falklands veterans; domestic work staff; social monotributists; non-contributory pensioners; beneficiaries of Unemployment Insurance or Training and Employment.
The Social Rate applies to all locations adhered to the Single Electronic Ticket System (SUBE) card, among which are the AMBA, Bahía Blanca, Cipolletti, General Pico, Resistencia, Bariloche, Pinamar, Viedma, Trelew, Paraná, San Luis, San Juan, San Martín de los Andes, Ushuaia and Venado Tuerto, among others. It can also be granted by municipalities.
If the requirements are met, the social rate will be granted through a virtual account registered with the SUBE PIN found on the digital platform of ANSES (My ANSES).
It can also be obtained in person at a SUBE Service Center, presenting yourself with the last Valid ID. The discount is made automatically once the SUBE is registered and the operation is approved.
For inquiries, you can call Call center 0800-777-UP (7823), option 2.
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