Public transport in Merida. (Ryan Mallett-Outtrim/Venezuelanalysis)
venezuelanalysis.com: "Maduro also approved financial resources to maintain a student ticket system until 2015. The system provides free public transport to students across the country....244 new buses were supplied to five new transport systems in Vargas, Falcon and Zulia states to mark the launch of the mission.
In total, 17 new transport systems have been created in Venezuela in the last 11 months, according to Maduro."