a'po Santiago 'ta hechando pa'lante e!
I for one have a funny feeling it
could happen.
The routes are closely controlled by the concho organizations which are ruled by strong leaders.
If the leaders
buy into it (pun intended) it will happen.
But will it change much? Over time, I mean.
Sure, for a year or so, people will not feel ashamed by being seen stepping out of or a brand spanking newly painted and and
Nueba Yol style checkered
carrito de concho... or well, call it then
Taxi Popular. But then, will the service really be better? And the same price? Or will it just be a face lift?
At the end of the day, the consumers will have to decide, either it won't happen all together or deteriorate back to business as usual as so many public transportation plans here have in the past or they will have to accept to PAY UP for the added comfort and safety.
Desarollo doesn't come cheap.
Isn't that a similar plan as the "
Pollitos"? Well, look at them now... just as sorry an image as the once so exclusive
Taxi Turistico or the up graded public bus system in
la Capital implemented during Leonel's first, first term and left to rot by the
Hipocrito administration (if it can be called that at all).
If it's just an other one of these one shot deals with no ongoing backup... it will last just like road repairs here last... until the next rain (Good forbids, they may be using water colors
).
Eventually, all related to motorized traffic, will have to boil down to people becoming conscious of the fact that,
conducir es un privilegio, no un derecho. As socially unjust this may sound, taking a motorized vehicle on the road creates a risk issue to others inside and outside the vehicle which needs to be backed up by sufficient secured economical means to reduce this risk to a minimum (vehicle safety) and a fair back up in case of damage caused by accident (real plain accident) to thirds. All this of course hand in hand with adequate legislation.
But we are yet a loooong way from this concept, now aren't we.
... J-D