transfer center
Introduction
The Modal Transfer Centers (CETRAM), commonly called whereabouts, which bring together various types and organizations of public passenger transportation, in the State of Mexico are known as Multimodal Transfer Stations (ETRAM). They are part of the transportation systems of the City and the State of Mexico, their objective is to facilitate the mobility of passengers between the transportation networks that converge there. They began serving sedan-type units called combis, and later began serving large vans, minibuses and buses, coming in a considerable percentage from the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico.
Since December 14, 2010, CETRAM is a Deconcentrated Body attached to the General Office of the Federal District. Of the 47 existing CETRAMs in Mexico City, 37 are located in terminal stations with the highest influx of passengers of the Collective Transportation System - Metro.[1] In the State of Mexico, the ETRAMs are part of the Mexican Mobility System.
History
The Modal Transfer Centers in Mexico City were created in 1969, as a complement to the Metro stations. They were administered by the Collective Transportation System until 1993. By 1970, as a result of the construction of foreign bus terminals and road axes, stops and routes began to proliferate, thanks to the opening of new Metro stations.
In the early 1980s, with the increase in transportation demand, wagons and the well-known minibuses began to proliferate. In 1983 the General Transportation Coordination was created.
In 1993 and 1994, control of whereabouts remained in the hands of the political delegations, but in 1994 control passed to the General Coordination of Transport, which in 1995 became the Secretariat of Transport and Roads (Setravi"), currently Semovi"). The creation of Setravi occurred as a result of the economic crisis of that year. Due to the dissolution of the state company Autotransportes Urbanos de Pasajeros Ruta 100 (known colloquially as Ruta 100), it was decided to grant the transportation concession to private companies, decreeing the Transportation Law.
From 1996 to 2002, the control of the CETRAM changed instances within Setravi, until it ended up being administered by the General Directorate of Transport Regulation.[2].
On December 14, 2010, the “Decree creating the Coordination of the Modal Transfer Centers of the Federal District” was published in the , a Deconcentrated Body attached to the General Office of the Federal District.