Some trains have restaurant cars, but there are no sleeping-car services. The railways have recently renewed their rolling stock with Fiat railway carriages from Argentina. There are joint plans with the Brazilians to link Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. Work is in progress to improve the condition of major highways. Traffic drives on the right.
Long bus trips off the main routes can be erratic.
All have fixed rates and sharing taxis is a common practice. Tipping is not necessary. This can be issued by Federaci n Inter-Americana de Touring y Automovil on production of a national licence, but it is wiser to obtain the International Permit before departure. Bus services in La Paz are operated by a confederation of owner-operators. There are also some fixed route taxi 'Trufi' and 'Trufibus' systems which show coloured flags for particular routes.