In order to reduce the effects of the pandemic that caused the outbreak of Covid-19, from April 27 to May 16, there will be restrictions on vehicle traffic from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. the following day.
Given the speed of the increase in the number of infections and hospital occupancy, some of the most severe epidemiological data since the beginning of the pandemic, the health authorities made the decision to change the restriction schedule, according to an official statement.
In order to control the spread of covid-19, the authorities decided to decree total quarantines on Saturdays and Sundays in the provinces of Panama and West Panama.
Health Minister Luis Francisco Sucre, reported that the total quarantine is established for Saturdays and Sundays, which will be in effect from this Friday, July 17, until further notice. The measure is lifted on Mondays at 5:00 am. These measures apply to Panama and West Panama.
The government decided to extend the travel restrictions until April 27, but now the ban on people and vehicles applies only between 6 p.m. and 4 a.m. the next day.
Supermarkets, grocery stores and corner shops will be able to adjust to the new restricted hours, that is, from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m., as long as they ensure that their workers are in their residences before 6 p.m., President Alejandro Giammattei reported on a national channel.
The government decided to extend for two more weeks the measures restricting freedom of movement, which includes the transit and movement of persons, crew, passengers and vehicles, between 4 pm and 5 am.
The restriction measures were decreed with the aim of containing the spread of covid-19, and the text detailing the government's provisions was published in the March 29 edition of Diario de Centro América.
In order to prevent the spread of covid-19, the government ordered an 8-day limit on freedom of movement in the country, which includes the transit and movement of persons, crew, passengers and vehicles, between 4 p.m. and 4 a.m. the following day.
The restriction will be in force from Sunday, March 22nd, until Sunday, March 29th. If the measure needs to be extended, the Guatemalan government will be informed by presidential order, reported the government.
Costa Rica's Road Safety Council tenders an intelligent transportation system for transit technology management, with a reference value of $39 million.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2019LI-000001-0058700001:
"The purpose of this tender is to contract a physical or legal company, a consortium that provides a turnkey solution of an intelligent transport system for a technological management of a safe and efficient mobility, providing electronic security, prevention and law enforcement, which combines different technological components such as: monitoring through security cameras with control radars, monitoring cameras with analytical software, information screens, information radars, media, operation, calibration of systems, maintenance, among others. All of the above, with the purpose of managing different road safety problems, with the purpose of reducing traffic accidents and deaths on the road and at the same time contribute to the reduction of vehicle flow. It will be developed in the Central Canton of San Jose and surrounding cantons, namely:
In El Salvador, professional services for the management of vehicular traffic in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador are tendered.
El Salvador Government Purchase DR-CAFTA-LA-ADACA-UE-No. 02/2019:
"Undertakes that the managers fulfill the functions related to traffic management in the Areas of Affectation of Vehicle Congestion of some critical points of El Gran San Salvador and of road arteries of the country that require traffic management.
The Directorate General of Taxation has suspended the decree that prevented agencies and distributors from importing latest model vehicles, corresponding to 2018.
The restriction on imports of 2018 models came into effect in October last year, when the Ministry of Finance issued Decree No. 39941-H.
1,018,000 vehicles are circulating in the country, of which 216,000 are motorcycles and the rest are cars, trucks and other vehicles.
Figures from the Transportation Ministry of El Salvador (VMT) point out that to date the fleet amounts to 1,018,584 units, most of them concentrated in the department of San Salvador, where official figures show 416,255 vehicles are circulating, 72,495 of which are motorcycles.
Over the past year 66,700 new vehicles were registered, only 3% more than in 2015, while between 2014 and 2015, the increase was 7%.
Of the 66,700 new vehicles registered in 2016 in Panama, 28,000 were for regular cars, 20,000 were SUVs and 2,500 were luxury cars.In the case of pickup vehicles, almost 10 thousand units were registered, 19% more than in 2015.
The union of distributors plans to close 2016 with an annual increase of between 3% and 5% in sales of new vehicles.
Industry representatives estimate that the vehicle fleet will close 2016 with an annual growth of 10%, with at least".... 15 thousand vehicles circulating in the country."
The government is considering charging a special toll on internationally transiting freight vehicles in order to increase the resources needed to fulfill commitments to Fomilenio II.
The technical secretary of the Presidency, Roberto Lorenzana, told Elsalvador.com that "... the proposal is 'fair' because 80% of goods traveling between Mexico and Panama, circulating in El Salvador, 'pay nothing' and [the trucks] do not even re-fuel here."
Of all vehicles circulating in the country at the end of 2015, 63% were automobiles, 19% motorcycles, 13% light duty vehicles and 3% heavy load vehicles.
Figures from the report "Vehicular Fleet in Central America" prepared by the Business Intelligence unit at CentralAmericaData.com, indicate that 1.3 million vehicles were in circulation up to December 2015, of which 63% were cars.
In the last four years motorcycle sales grew by 25%, and at the end of this year the industry expects to register 70,000 new units.
Crhoy.com reports that "... Figures from the Association of Motorcycle Importers and Allied Workers (AIMA) indicate that in 2006 approximately 10,000 motorcycles were registered per year, by the end of 2016 the projection is that 70,000 new units will have been registered."
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