The number of passengers they do fell 5.8% in 2024 compared to 2023, according to data from the statistical report released by (National Land Transportation Agency). The fall is attributed by experts A, among other factors.
According to the agency, the total passengers on interstate bus trips totaled 40.7 million last year, a drop of 2.5 million.
Lawyer Alexandre Schiller, partner of Dickstein Advogados, states that one of the factors that contributed to the fall was the legal insecurity caused by the sector regulatory framework, approved in 2023 and that defined the criteria for the exploration of the lines. In December last year, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office published an opinion in which it states that the new milestone “restricts competition and favors large groups of the sector.”
Schiller says that the lawsuits that question the new rules end up crashing the market and braking investment from companies. “Not even the old ones will make investment in buying new buses because they do not know what will happen tomorrow, nor the new ones come in. So you have no competition,” he says. “Markets remain monopolized. A regime of high inefficiency of the regulatory agency.”
“And what happens is that ticket prices are very high. If you see, it does not attract a certain category of users, who prefer to go by plane, as it is expensive to go by bus,” he adds.
In a statement, ANTT attributed the reduction to “multiple factors that influence population mobility”, including the “demand behavior in a post scenario, changes in the consumption profile of families, growth of alternative transport models (such as application charter) and macroeconomic oscillations that impact the income and purchasing power of the population.”
About Marco, the agency states that “expectation remains to strengthen the sector, with more legal certainty, transparency, bureaucracy and expansion of competition, factors that favor the medium and long term the increase in supply and the improvement of the quality of service provided to the citizen.”
“The agency points out that regulatory transitions of this magnitude require a natural period of adaptation by operators and internal systems and, thus, ANTT has promoted constant dialogue with regulated entities and society,” he adds. “Thus, the agency reaffirms its commitment to the continuous improvement of the regulatory framework always seeking a safe and quality interstate road transport service to users.”
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