According to Primicias,  the National Federation of Public Transport Cooperatives (Fenacotip) has suspended the national strike initially planned for July 16-17. This decision was announced on July 15 by Abel Gómez, the manager of Fenacotip, during a press conference in Guayaquil.

Gómez explained that the suspension followed consultations with provincial leaders and was influenced by the government's declaration of a state of emergency and their underestimation of the strike threat. As a result, Fenacotip will also withdraw from dialogue tables with the government, citing ineffectiveness.

The strike was called to address road insecurity and the removal of fuel subsidies. Fenacotip is preparing a legislative proposal to include measures like panic buttons on public buses and direct GPS connections to the ECU 911 emergency system.

Gómez emphasized that normal activities would resume on July 16 and that Fenacotip would continue its advocacy efforts independently.

The National Federation of Intra and Inter Provincial Public Passenger Transportation (Fenacotip) has announced a strike of transporters for next July 16 and 17 due to the insecurity experienced by drivers on the roads. The president of Fenacotip said that work cannot continue under these conditions without the minimum help from the authorities and the Police. He also recalled that there are people who have died and that both passengers and drivers fear all the time for their safety.

The Municipality of Cuenca will construct a new bus terminal in the Narancay district, located in the southwestern part of the city. This district serves as the entrance to Cuenca from the direction of Loja/Machala.

The bus terminal will be built on the site of the current municipal food market (locally known as Plataforma Municipal Itinerante Narancay). It will have direct access to the new highway under construction in Narancay, which aims to alleviate traffic on the current road through the district. The bus terminal will accommodate interprovincial and regional buses. An electric bus will connect the terminal to the tramway, with the nearest tramway stop approximately 1 km away.

The municipality has already completed the designs for the bus terminal and is currently in the socialization phase, during which the project is explained to the public. Once this phase is completed, the construction of the bus terminal will take about a year and will cost approximately 10 million dollars.

Cuenca's current bus terminal, located east of the historic center, will remain in service after the opening of the new bus terminal. There are plans to replace the existing bus terminal with a new one in the northern part of the city, though this project is still in the study phase. Ultimately, Cuenca will have two new bus terminals: one in the southern part of the city and one in the northern part.

The National Traffic Agency has a regulation that allows pets to travel with their owners on interprovincial buses. These are the requirements that you will have to comply with:

• An signed agreement of responsibility between you and the bus company.
• You must be liable for civil and criminal actions and omissions.
• The animal must be fasting for at least four hours before the trip.
• The animal must have its own identification (collar and tag).
• The animal must have a microchip implanted.
• The animal must have a vaccination and deworming certificate for the last year.
• The animal must have certification for having been trained.
• The animal must wear a distinctive vest, a credential and a harness.

Animals can travel for free when they do not exceed 10 kilos of weight.