Panel SA: Bus companies take a stand over charter to Brasília

The arm wrestling around regulation in the chartered bus market will be taken to Brasília this Tuesday (28).

Representatives of the companies participate in a joint meeting between parliamentarians from the CVT (Commission on Road and Transport) with members of the Ministries of Economy, Infrastructure, Tourism, Civil House and ANTT (National Land Transport Agency).

Without regulation, startups that operate with collective charter, such as Buser, and traditional bus services are fighting in the Judiciary.

Marcelo Nunes, president of Abrafrec (Brazilian Association of Collaborative Charterers), which brings together service providers for platforms such as Buser, says that companies are demanding market opening. According to him, there is an analogy with the dispute that took place between taxi and Uber.

Abrati (Brazilian Association of Land Passenger Transport Companies) said that it follows the movement.

For the entity, it is necessary to treat the private chartered service differently from the public road transport of regular passengers, which serves to serve millions of people who depend on transport with frequency, universality, capillarity and structure.

“Certainly, the legislature will pay close attention when dealing with rights conquered by the population over so many years and will not be easily deceived with arguments that are not sustainable or that jeopardize mobility in the country”, says Abrati in a note.

Joana Cunha with Paul Ricardo Martins and Gilmara Santos