Horacio Rodríguez Larreta questioned the removal of the 50% discount that the second subway trip received when the user had previously taken a train trip. The legislator from Confianza y Desarrollo argued that the change increases the cost of a daily journey without any changes in distance, employment, or means used. Under the new scheme, the passenger pays the full fare on both segments.
To measure the effect, Larreta presented the case of a person who travels from Moreno to downtown Buenos Aires. According to his calculation, the train costs 730 pesos and the subway 1.685 pesos, so the trip totals 2.415 pesos. In the opposite direction, from downtown to Moreno, the discount continues and the total is 2.050 pesos. The difference of 365 pesos per day would reach 7.300 pesos in 20 business days.
The former Head of Government attributed the asymmetry to the lack of coordination between Gobierno nacional and the City. His argument is that the Metropolitan Area already functions as a unit for those who live in one jurisdiction and work in another, while the administration of transportation remains fragmented. The Nation and the City had not publicly responded to his questions by the time of publication.
As an alternative, he proposed creating a single daily multimodal pass for the entire AMBA. The instrument would allow combining train, subway, and bus during the day without each change of jurisdiction adding a full cost. The proposal seeks to transfer the integration that already exists in users' movements to a common fare structure, although price, funding, and compensation mechanism between operators were not detailed.
Larreta linked the transportation issue with a broader metropolitan agenda. He also suggested covering some sections of the avenida General Paz to create green spaces, bike lanes, and connections between neighborhoods. The proposal attempts to transform a jurisdictional boundary into a meeting zone, but it represents a political and urban approach: it was not presented as an approved project nor accompanied by an execution schedule.
The next data point will be to check whether either of the two initiatives obtains parliamentary status or backing from the governments involved. So far, the multimodal pass does not have public endorsements from other actors nor an informed legislative file. The immediate impact is on fares: those who combine train and subway in the affected direction lost a benefit, while the discussion on how to integrate AMBA transport continues without a common decision.
