Stones thrown at night buses in Havana: no one injured

Transportation company officials in Havana confirmed that this week, in the early hours of the morning, a P16 bus was stoned by several people in the central Havana area. Although physical damage was caused, no injuries were reported.

According to the official version extended by the Tribuna de la Habana, at 00:30 “unscrupulous and unknown people pelted bus 8858, which was covering the intersection of route P16 on San Lázaro and Marqués González streets in the municipality of Centro Habana ” ,

,The glass of 2 windows of the car is damaged, but it was not traveling with passengers and hence no one was injured,” he said.

,The incident in which several people were injured on a bus of the Havana Provincial Transportation Company is being broadcast on Facebook and Twitter platforms. This news is fake! The incident happened in a different manner,” he said.

Transport officials elaborated that “such facts are condemnable and conspire against the improvement of the quality of life of our people and our services, therefore, we strongly condemn them.”

Transportation in Havana

For those who rely on public transportation in Havana, getting from one place to another amid the current crisis could be a nightmare. Therefore, to facilitate access to updated information on routes and schedules, a mobile app (application) was created this year.

This Urbanos is an app that provides data on the operation of public transportation. Urbanos is the result of joint work between the Geomics Agency of GeoCuba Business Group, a company linked to the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and the Department of Transportation of the Cuban capital.

Urbanos can be downloaded now from the Apklys site, the Cuban Application Repository, or its Telegram channel. Right now it is only available for Havana, but it is expected to be expanded to other provinces later.