Thursday, April 15, 2010

To move through Santiago city

To across the city is not an easy work for anybody, even for car drivers, they ussually stuck in traffic y frecuently in downtown they do not to find parking. However, the most affected are the Public Transport users, it mean, Transantiago and subway too. Sincerely, to arrive to the university is a nightmare to me. I have two opcions to get arrive: take bus-subway-bus or bus-bus-bus. Although both are equally large, I prefer take three buses, with the purpose of to avoid to travel all squashed together. But the buses aren`t wonderful either.
I think that the buses are wrong designed, the seats are uncomfortables and the handrails are to tall for short pelople like me.
The control of the frecuency is not enough, often i had to wait for a bus even for twenty minutes.
A good idea was the pay system, to pay with Bip! card is easy and quick. The only problem is the people who doesn`t pay, but this can get fixed with pay machines in every bus stop, like in Alameda St.
The transantiago is getting better, but really slowly, one example is the increase of routes and the fact that at the beginning many village didn`t had a near bus stop and now they get.

Is difficult for me to compare the old system with the current, because I didn`t use the Public Transport as now. In the yellow buses time, I was studying in school and that was near to my house, so I used to walk and I didn`t use frecuently the buses at peak hours.

Finally, I don`t think that this system is worse than the old one, but the expectation was higher, so obviously the controversy come up

4 comments:

Victoria said...

Hi Diana!

I agree with you. The problem of the Transantiago system is the time that you have to wait to take a bus. I hope that the government resolved this point soon.

Have a good day!
See you.
Bye!

Clau Molina Muñoz said...

honestly, I feel to identify with your suffering!
it's so sad, but I think that all we adapt it. or no?

Miss said...

To across the city is not an easy work for anybody, even for car drivers, they SP ussually stuck in traffic y frecuently in downtown they do not to find parking. However, the most affected are the Public Transport users, it SP mean, Transantiago and subway too. Sincerely, to arrive to the university is a nightmare to me. I have two SP opcions to get arrive: take bus-subway-bus or bus-bus-bus. Although both are equally large, I prefer WF take three buses, with the purpose of to avoid to travel all squashed together. But the buses aren`t wonderful either.
I think that the buses are wrong designed, the seats are WF uncomfortables and the handrails are to tall for short SP pelople like me.
The control of the frecuency is not enough, often i had to wait for a bus even for twenty minutes.
A good idea was the pay system, to pay with Bip! card is easy and quick. The only problem is the people who SVAS doesn`t pay, but this can get fixed with pay machines in every bus stop, like in Alameda St.
The transantiago is getting better, but really slowly, one example is the increase of routes and the fact that at the beginning many village didn`t WF had a near bus stop and now they get.

^ Is difficult for me to compare the old system with the current, because I didn`t use the Public Transport as now. In the yellow buses time, I was studying in school and that was near to my house, so I used to walk and I didn`t use frecuently the buses at peak hours.

Finally, I don`t think that this system is worse than the old one, but the expectation was higher, so obviously the controversy come up

Di,
well I agree it can't be worse!!!
right?
miss
p.s. you got a 5.3

Andrés said...

transantiago will be better if they use turtles as busses XD

I liked your post

Andrés

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