This is not completely new information, but it's in today's news and we haven't discussed it here:
What's the verdict? Is this a more realistic, cost-effective way of tackling the city's transport problem than the much-derided Metro idea?
It sounds good in theory, but I wonder what will need to be done to placate the powerful transport unions.
Light railway for Santo Domingo
The head of the Office of Transport Reorganization (OTR), Diandino Pena, announced yesterday that the preparatory work being carried out on the Maximo Gomez Avenue and the Francisco J. Peynado bridge that links Santo Domingo with Villa Mella are related to the installation of a light train system that will be begun in January, 2006. Pena told reporters from Listin Diario that the municipal council had approved the project and that their suggestions for some changes would result in a better infrastructure. Meanwhile, the mayor of Santo Domingo North, Daniel Carvajal Lois, said that his council members would be meeting with OTR technical staff today. According to the liaison for the Santo Domingo North municipal council, Margarito de Leon, the only information the council members have received is the starting point for the train, the fact that it will be built as an elevated train and the fact that it will use a special bridge, parallel to the Peynado bridge, to cross the river.
What's the verdict? Is this a more realistic, cost-effective way of tackling the city's transport problem than the much-derided Metro idea?
It sounds good in theory, but I wonder what will need to be done to placate the powerful transport unions.