Braga Urban Transport Company invests ten million euros in 36 new buses – Cities

Transportes Urbanos de Braga (TUB) will invest about ten million euros in 36 new buses by 2021, thus renewing 30% of its fleet, according to the statement released Saturday by the city council of Braga. 36 new buses that the municipal company intends to buy, 27 are compressed natural gas and nine electric. For the moment, there is approved financing in Municipal Assembly (AM) for the acquisition of six electric buses, but that are not yet available because the autarky of Bracarense is waiting for the Court of Auditors (ToC) approval.

There is also funding for the purchase of 14 compressed natural gas buses. According to the Mayor of Braga, Ricardo Rio, quoted in the statement, the renewal "will have quite positive impacts on the operationalization of TUB activity."

on the safety and availability of buses for service, the quality of life of citizens and the environmental sustainability of the same fleet. "

The mayor also complained that he considered discrimination against the state of the Lisbon and Porto metropolitan areas and the transportation of these two large areas." Ricardo Rio also justified the preference for vehicles powered by natural gas, instead of electricity, because the latter system "still lacks maturation and may call into question the normal operation of the TUB", which would constitute a risk when the service does not Is not yet fully reliable.