{"id":7721,"date":"2013-05-28T11:54:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T16:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=7721"},"modified":"2013-05-28T11:54:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T16:54:28","slug":"the-automotive-boom-in-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/the-automotive-boom-in-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"The Automotive Boom in Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ram1500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7722\" title=\"ram1500\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ram1500-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ram1500-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ram1500-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ram1500.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I read this article and could not help myself so I am posting a picture of my favorite toy.\u00a0 Forget about just the cars on the road, Panama is all about off roading too, right honey, we can get this right?<\/p>\n<p>From Prensa:<\/p>\n<p>The growth in the last three years is mainly due to easier credit by local banks and the <span class=\"hlink\">economic<\/span> growth that the country has been experiencing.\u00a0 Data from the Transit and Transportation Authority (ATTT) reveals that in 2010 there were 550,000 <span class=\"hlink\">cars<\/span> circulating in Panama, while so far in 2013 the number has increased to  900,000, ie, in just three years  over 350 thousand automobiles have  been added to Panama&#8217;s roads.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the <span class=\"hlink\">Panamanian Credit Association<\/span> (APC) reported that for the first four months of 2013, there were 99,000 Panamanians with car <span class=\"hlink\">loans<\/span>, compared to the 87,000 in the same period of 2012, representing an increase 14.4%.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason why car sales have increased is the poor public transport service that exists in the country. In the view of <span class=\"hlink\">John Bennett<\/span>,  president of the Civic Committee of Transit at the Panamanian  Association of Business Executives (APEDA), the increase in cars in the  country is the result of a population which is developing and increasing  their ability to acquire assets that meet their transport needs. &#8220;It&#8217;s a  sign of progress,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Creating parking spaces, improving technology on highways, eliminating  unnecessary police roadblocks and increasing the speed limit on many  roads are some of the approaches that Bennett is undertaking in order to  improve traffic flow,&#8221; noted an article in Prensa.com .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read this article and could not help myself so I am posting a picture of my 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