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Cuenca Bus Sherpa Podcast

Cuenca Bus Sherpa Podcast

Christopher King
Education

English News, Information, & Updates about the Cuenca, Ecuador Public Transportation System

10 - 005 -- Looking back on the Past to Appreciate Today's Changes
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  • 10 - 005 -- Looking back on the Past to Appreciate Today's Changes

    Use our portal, cuencabussherpa.com/smartdns SmartDNSproxy works on any device, and it is faster than VPN, and you can try it for FREE! For this weeks' feature, I wanted to share an article I found about Cuenca's public bus system before the one we have currently was put in place. The article is from the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy's newsletter "Sustainable Tranport" Number 12 from the Fall of 2001. The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy works around the world to design and implement high quality transport systems and policy solutions that make cities more livable, equitable, and sustainable. ITDP is a global nonprofit at the forefront of innovation, providing technical expertise to accelerate the growth of sustainable transport and urban development around the world. Through their transport projects, policy advocacy, and research publications, they work to reduce carbon emissions, enhance social inclusion, and improve the quality of life for people in cities. You can read all about their work and their history at itdp.org, but one of the things I thought was pretty cool about them goes back to their founding in 1985, as an umbrella organization for several worldwide peace and development initiatives and advocacy efforts. Their largest campaign was Bikes Not Bombs, which sent bicycles to health and education efforts in Nicaragua. Their first shipment of several hundred bikes arrived in Nicaragua during the war with the Contras. If you would like to be a member of Cuencabussherpa.com, visit our store! For the rest of the month, we are also offering hard copies of our atlas at 50% off because they do not have the most recent major changes that hit about three weeks ago. While there are several routes that have changed though El Centro, the atlas still provide the most comprehensive maps with bus route information that are available in Cuenca. All of the routes in the atlas are from end-to-end and include all the names and locations of each stop. Thanks for listening to the Cuenca Bus Sherpa Podcast! Please send in any information or changes you'd like me to cover to cuencabussherpa@gmail.com, and keep up with the latest on cuencabussherpa.com. That's all for this week! We'll see you on the bus!

    Mon, 13 Jun 2016 - 35min
  • 9 - 004 -- Let's go over those changes again

    Two weeks after major changes to over a dozen lines passing through El Centro. We go back over all the changes. Cuenca Bus Sherpa is affiliated and endorses AirVPN and SmartDNSproxy. Use our portals: http://cuencabussherpa.com/airvpn and http://cuencabussherpa.com/smartdns Keep up with the local news via http://cuencabussherpa.com/latest-news/latest-tweets-cuenca-public-transport/ http://cuencabussherpa.com/cuencatweets Director @Tranvia_Cuenca indicó que lunes 6/junio, se entrega obra en intersecciones, G.Colombia y Manuel Vega, Hermano Miguel y Gran Colombia. Se pretende colocar sellos de Registro Municipal atoda la flota de servicio urbano @aaguilar_EMOVEP @MunicipioCuenca pic.twitter.com/0fhbhHJ3qd

    Fri, 03 Jun 2016 - 24min
  • 8 - El Centro in Chaos -- 001

    News, Information, and Updates about the public transportation system in Cuenca, Ecuador. ^

    Fri, 13 May 2016 - 17min
  • 7 - 002 -- And... They're Gone

    News: 1) Helpers are gone. 4 day study found about $30,000 a week in lost revenue due to fare-cheats. Helpers on each bus cost approximately $67,500 per week. Wilmer Bravo, President of the Chamber of transport of Cuenca, (CTC) will be asking the city council to make payment cards mandatory. They used to be called "Chulios." Political stunt? See how much they lost compared to the cost? http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eltiempo.com.ec%2Fnoticias-cuenca%2F183033-retiran-a-controladores-de-los-buses%2F http://cuencabussherpa.com/bus-system-improvements-sought-asia/ 2) City subsidizing each of the 475 buses in town $600 per month until July and retroactive back to last October. News about the helpers sudden appearance and even more sudden disappearance. More about Cuenca Bus Sherpa personalized bus-riding workshops for newcomers and tourists.

    Thu, 26 May 2016 - 00min
  • 6 - An El Centro Divided -- 003

    CuencaBusSherpa.com is a community resource for tourists, expats, and English speaking immigrants living in Cuenca Ecuador. We provide news, information, and updates about the local public transportation system including bus routes and TranVia construction. We have a lot of Changes due to Tranvia construction this week... its going to be a rough week getting used to them. Here is the news article referenced in the news: http://www.eltiempo.com.ec/noticias-cuenca/183642-el-centro-partido-en-dos-por-trabajos-del-tranva-a/ Upcoming road closures From May 23 Tram Project will close the remaining crosses both the Gran Colombia and Lamar Mariscal. According to the schedule of works, the intersections of the two tracks with Estevez de Toral will be closed from 23 May to July 31 with Colonel Talbot from 23 May to 31 July and the Miguel Vélez from 29 August to 13 November. closures of crossings both streets in Miguel Heredia be given from August 22 until 6 November, and with the Octavio Cordero from 22 August to 13 November. The road works have not yet Sangurima start date. Wifi/security on the buses - 2 buses right now, but the 75 that have the new screens will soon have it too. ROUTE UPDATES FOR EL CENTRO: Please see http://cuencabussherpa.com/whew-the-biggest-batch-of-changes-yet/ for the list of changes. Join CuencaBusSherpa.com for updates and more information about Cuenca's public transportation system.

    Mon, 23 May 2016 - 23min

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