{"id":99712,"date":"2024-02-08T19:31:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/?p=99712"},"modified":"2024-02-08T19:52:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:52:16","slug":"latin-americans-spend-25-days-per-year-commuting-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/en\/latin-americans-spend-25-days-per-year-commuting-study-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin Americans spend 25 days per year commuting, study shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico City, Feb 8 (EFE).- Latin Americans spend an average of <strong>92 minutes a day commuting<\/strong>, equivalent to 25 days a year, according to data from the study <strong>\u201cUnlocking the power of urban mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean,\u201d<\/strong> published by <strong>Visa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The report also highlights the need to introduce payment methods with mobile devices <strong>to encourage the modernization and use of public transport.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For people to start preferring public transport to private means of transportation, <strong>programs and policies<\/strong> that improve access and comfort, services with better coverage, a modern fleet of vehicles, shorter travel times, and simpler payment options are needed,&#8221; the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The countries in the region with the <strong>highest penetration of contactless payment methods<\/strong>, such as cell phones or smart watches, are Chile (93%), Peru (88%), and Guatemala and Panama (80%).<\/p>\n<p>According to Visa, a survey by the multinational among 75 companies around the world revealed that <strong>80% saw an increase in passengers<\/strong> due to the implementation of universal payment systems, while 94% of public transport users expect contactless technology for their convenience.<\/p>\n<h2>Different payment options<\/h2>\n<p>In cities such as Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Guatemala City, and San Jos\u00e9 (Costa Rica), <strong>total transactions increased by close to 10% among users who started using bank cards on public transport,<\/strong> while there was a rise in the reactivation of travel cards that had been inactive for at least three months.<\/p>\n<p>With universal or <strong>open-loop payment systems<\/strong>, passengers can pay securely and conveniently with the cards they use to make other purchases at different businesses, the company said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Visa&#8217;s latest research found that 94% of public transport users now expect to be able to pay with (contactless) <strong>\u201ctap-to-ride\u201d<\/strong> technology, while 83% of transport providers do not yet have a plan to implement the technology, so it is clear that we are passing the tipping point,&#8221; <strong>Visa\u2019s Vice President for Products in the Andean Region and Latin America and the Caribbean Urban Mobility, Humberto Guihur,<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are evolving to a world where <strong>consumers expect to be able to pay with a (contactless) &#8216;tap&#8217; on public transport<\/strong>, so it is only a matter of time before systems adopt this technology,&#8221; he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Sustainable urban mobility<\/h2>\n<p>The report also shows that in Latin America and the Caribbean work has been done <strong>to reduce the carbon footprint<\/strong>. For example, Santiago de Chile has a fleet of 287 electric buses and eight charging terminals.<\/p>\n<p>In Bogot\u00e1 (Colombia) new charging stations will supply 379 electric buses and in Peru the first electric bus was introduced in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, these projects already include open-loop payment technology, which allows passengers <strong>to access with various methods<\/strong>, because &#8220;when users feel they can pay with their preferred card or app, they tend to travel more frequently because of the security and confidence this provides.&#8221; EFE<\/p>\n<p>EFE has received support from Visa in the production of this content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico City, Feb 8 (EFE).- Latin Americans spend an average of 92 minutes a day commuting, equivalent to 25 days a year, according to data from the study \u201cUnlocking the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198164071,"featured_media":99713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[123771,123785],"tags":[128283],"class_list":["post-99712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-trends","tag-visa-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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