T E N E R I F E ’ S O N LY Issue 690
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11 February 2011 - 17 February 2011
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New Micro-bus is a mighty marvel! TITSA BUS company and the Tenerife Cabildo have joined forces to create a new addition to the company’s fleet that will see some of the more remote areas of the Island covered, as well as provide transport for the disabled. The Plan to Improve Accessibility through Public Transport here in Tenerife is responsible for the addition of 28 new vehicles, microbuses designed to reach out and provide service to areas that are peripheral to the major zones. Titsa and the Cabildo, in collaboration, have presented among the 28, several Low Entry vehicles, allowing access to wheelchair users. All of these 28 buses are just 12 metres long and are specially adapted for people with reduced mobility issues. They will be introduced into the company’s fleet over the next few months. In this way, according to the announcement, the company is fulfilling its objective to become more inclusive, guaranteeing equal rights and opportunities to citizens with mobility problems that have up until now found travel on public transport to be all but impossible, in many cases. This is a major step in terms of improving quality of life issues that many disabled people have complained that they are living with here on the Island. It also fulfills the Cabildo and Titsa’s pledge to
improve the adaptability of their fleet. The new microbuses offer other benefits, according to the statement. Apparently they are better adapted for the terrain in the peripheral zones, easier to drive on the bends and will bring public transport to a lot of areas that have, until now, been largely cut off from a
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fully inclusive system. The vehicles will be largely put to use in several Municipalities, both in the north and in the south. In the north, outlying areas of Orotava, Puerto de la Cruz, Los Realejos and Icod will be served and in the south the service will be provided to Arona, Arico, Fasnia and Guimar. Of course, some of
the vehicles will also be allocated to the metropolitan areas of the capital, Santa Cruz and La Laguna. The 27-seat micro-buses not only provide a vastly better coverage geographically and accommodate the physically disabled, however. The Iveco vehicles are equipped with all the latest technology,
allowing for interior climate control for added comfort and emission controls are cutting edge, providing a much greener, eco-friendly system of public transport. In terms of security, each of the buses has two cameras installed, one inside and the other outside of the bus. And these vehicles are built to use
less fuel, once again proving the Titsa commitment to cleaner motoring. With this renovation of the fleet, the Tenerife Cabildo is confirming its commitment to improve public transport, adapt the vehicles to users’ needs and augment significantly the service to outlying areas.