Archive for September 9th, 2009
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
The Heredia – San José commuter train has reduced traffic congestion between the cuidad de las flores and the downtown San José by 25%, according to the latest calculations by transportation officials.
According to the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer), on average 3.000 people daily take the train to and from Heredia and San José, reducing the number of vehicles on the road.
The reduction translates into a savings of 15 to 20 minutes of travel time during peak hours by those who continue to drive from Heredia to San José.
Miguel Carabaguiaz, president of the Incofer, added that some 5.000 people daily are expected to use the train, further reducing traffic congestion.
Transportation officials calculate 65.000 vehicles daily travel between Heredia and San José.
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Saturday the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) will unify the two GSM cellular networks into one and is asking all customers of the GSM service to turn off their phones on Saturday night and then turn them back on Sunday.
The change will affect some 1.8 million cellular telephone users in Costa Rica, as ICE completely disconnects the Alcatel network, transferring all the lines from that network to the Ericsson network.
The changeover should go smoothly according to ICE technicians and customers should not be inconvenienced, as most cellular phones will automatically switch over to the new network.
However, in the case of phones who do not make the switch automatically, ICE will be publishing a series of technical steps for users to take to implement the change.
The change will cost ICE us$17.8 million dollars.
The change will not affect the 300.000 customers on the TDMA network.
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
The Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep) approved a hike in the price of gasoline and taxi fares.
Gasoline prices will go up ¢34 colones for a litre of regular and deisel, and ¢33 for super.
The regulating authority says that the variation of prices on international markets for the period of July 30, 2009 to August 13, 2009, is the basis for the increase.
With the adjustment, the price of gasoline jumps to ¢601 for a litre of super (up from the current ¢567); ¢582 for regular (up from ¢549); and, ¢506 for diesel (up from ¢472).
A taxi fare hike of ¢25 colones for the first kilometre and ¢30 for an additional kilometre was also approved, raising taxi fares to ¢455 for the first kilometre (up from ¢430) and ¢415 for additional kilometres (up form ¢385).
Both gasoline price and taxi fare hikes go into effect on September 16.
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
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