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All vehicles of Coimbra Municipal Transport Services (SMTUC) have free access points to the Internet, announced the mayor of the city, Manuel Machado.
The 134 vehicles of the SMTUC fleet, in service in the municipality of Coimbra, "are already connected to the Internet via the Coimbra + network for free wi-fi access," said Manuel Machado, who spoke to reporters today. end of the afternoon, in the premises of the municipal company.
The network 'Coimbra +', launched in April 2015, counts since 24 access points installed, mainly in the city center, and 'already has about 190 000 users', goes from serving now also those who travel in the urban transport of Coimbra.
The extension of free access to the network in the buses is part of the investment of about 464 thousand euros, which also provides for "the installation of 31" points. access " [ponto de acesso] in each of the past and present ward council seats "and 39 other access points in the municipality, whose process is ongoing.
Coimbra + will now have more than two hundred hot spots, including around 100 in areas of tourist and cultural interest, points of commerce and intense economic activity, as well as in educational institutions, for example.
The investment of the chamber to ensure free Internet access is aimed above all at improving the "attractiveness" of the city and county and, simultaneously, the living and working conditions of the citizens, Manuel said. Machado.
By offering free urban Internet access to passengers, the Chamber also intends to make this service more attractive and increase the number of users, said the Socialist mayor, noting that for this reason the SMTUC had also reshaped some of the their buses and renew the fleet.
The Chamber is awaiting the receipt of eight electric buses and the procedure for the purchase of two electric minibuses is underway and has already submitted an application for the Operational Program Sustainable Development and Efficiency in Resource Utilization (POSEUR) for the purchase of 14 electric vehicles (five "standard" buses and nine minibuses), for a total investment of around 11 million euros.
In addition, stressed the mayor of Coimbra, the municipality of Coimbra bears "fully the social cost of transport, which represents about nine million euros per year".
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