Thursday, September 3, 2009

Transantiago


First of all I need to say I'm not from Santiago, and every time I visited that city it was using private transport, so I cannot tell about the difference between the before and the after.
Anyway, I've heard before Transantiago, traveling around the city was easier than now. The busses stopped anywhere and they could bring you wherever you want. Now things have changed: You have to go to the bus stop and wait for the transport there. They aren't a lot, so, sometimes you have to walk a lot to get to the place where you want to go.
Besides, I knew that before the streets were full of busses! You didn't have to wait that much and the busses weren't so crowded. Now they are and the most of the time, people have to make uncomfortable positions to don't fall when the driver makes a break.
I know people prefer the yellow busses, life was easier from that way, but I think Transantiago is not as bad as people say. Maybe I think it because I didn't use the other transport system, but truth is Transantiago is helping to clean the city's ambient and it’s safer for the users and the drivers. Now it's better and I think that's ok. Besides, you only have to wait and walk a little bit more. No one die because of it.