Transport and Travel in Costa Rica

Informal tax drivers who operate under contract arrangements will take to the streets on Monday and block traffic in Pérez Zeledón, Guápiles and Limón. At issue are negotiations that have broken down and drivers who have lost their transport licenses. Original Article in Diario Extra

About 55,000 public employees will resume return to work on Monday, following the end of the Christmas holiday. Employees will work their normal 8am to 5pm shifts, and not from 7am to 3pm, which had been adopted to reduce traffic. The measure had been a temporary way to deal with the collapse of a highway […]

Data provided by Riteve SyC, the company responsible for vehicle inspections shows rates for vehicles failing the test have fallen sharply from the 71 percent fail rate in 2003. Also, long lines and waits are a thing of the past as the public has adapted well to a scheduling system that can handle 10,000 cars […]

For the first few months of the year, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Mopt) will focus on the expansion of the Circunvalación Norte in the sector between La Pozuelo and the Jardines del Recuerdo cemetery, and work that will connect the Caribbean Highway (Route 32) to the Circunvalación (Route 29) through Calle Blancos. […]

A group consisting of engineers, architects, construction companies and the chamber of commerce is questioning if a loan to widen the route 32 highway between San Jose and Limon is sufficient. At issue is the 20 million budget for land expropriations, which they say is inadequate due to a pipeline that belongs to the national […]

A bypass connecting San Antonio de Belen to Santa Ana, and which serves 32,000 vehicles daily will be expanded from three to five lanes. The $34 million project is expected to start in the first quarter of 2014. Original Article in La Nacion