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 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.