Lack of transparency and controversy prevail in government bus corridor solution

[Dolores]

El Caribe newspaper looks into several of the would-be obstacles to the increase in bus service in Greater Santo Domingo. The Abinader administration has announced public-private alliances with notable bus syndicates for these to set up bus companies in alliance with the government. The bus syndicates are known to impose their “right” to city routes using vandalism.

So far Mochotran (Av. Winston Churchill and Av. Charles de Gaule) and Conatra (Av. Núñez de Cáceres) have signed on for routes. But Juan Hubieres of Fenatrano opposes Mochotran (Alfredo Pulinario – Cambita) getting the Charles de Gaulle route. Vandalism has again returned to that route. Senator Antonio Marte’s Conatra got the first Av. Núñez de Cáceres route.

Hugo Beras, head of the Transport Cabinet, had announced that Hubieres was assigned the 27 de Febrero route. But Hubieres has been accusing the...

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[drstock]

I think it's time they locked up the leaders of the transport Mafias. They can't continue controlling the country's transport for ever.

 

[NanSanPedro]

I think it's time they locked up the leaders of the transport Mafias. They can't continue controlling the country's transport for ever.

Maybe, but how many of them helped get the politicians where they are today?

 

[D'Arcy (Apostropheman)]

Maybe, but how many of them helped get the politicians where they are today?

Even if so that does not make them right or beneficial.

 

[CristoRey]

Even if so that does not make them right or beneficial.

Been this way since I can remember.
They aren't called "the country's owners" for nothing. Short of throwing several hundred of them in jail for an extended period of time or shooting them dead (they are the strongest of the old guard) nothing will change.

 

[D'Arcy (Apostropheman)]

Been this way since I can remember.
They aren't called "the country's owners" for nothing. Short of throwing several hundred of them in jail for an extended period of time or shooting them dead (they are the strongest of the old guard) nothing will change.

Yet many things, hard things, are changing. This is the most forward-thinking leader and Gov't the DR has seen in ages, generations, perhaps ever. It's not perfect but it's so much better than in the past. The future is looking better and brighter every week.

 

[iaminthedr2014]

Why not get rid of the mafia. What happened to competition ? We do not have this problem in Toronto Canada. Put all the Mafia a-holes in JAIL, do not let them tell you Luis Abnard you what to do, you are the President !

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

Why not get rid of the mafia. What happened to competition ? We do not have this problem in Toronto Canada. Put all the Mafia a-holes in JAIL, do not let them tell you Luis Abnard you what to do, you are the President !

Huh?

 

[mountainannie]

I remember when they called a STRIKE -- and I was driving back with friends from Pedernales,.,,, EVERYTHING was shut.. I mean everything. The banks tried to open but..
Absolute Dead Empty streets
NO Colmados
Nuttin...
a six hour drive!

Made my Union Heart Proud!

 

[bob saunders]

I remember when they called a STRIKE -- and I was driving back with friends from Pedernales,.,,, EVERYTHING was shut.. I mean everything. The banks tried to open but..
Absolute Dead Empty streets
NO Colmados
Nuttin...
a six hour drive!

Made my Union Heart Proud!

What unions do you belong to. Threat of violence is why everything was closed not in solidarity.

 

[mountainannie]

What unions do you belong to. Threat of violence is why everything was closed not in solidarity.

I am a Member in Good Standing of the Eco-Feminist Teamsters Union

I DO NOT THINK THAT YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED

There is NO power of the Government to CLOSE THE COLMADOS ..., etc


It was INDEED Solidarity

(We picked up two stranded travelers at a bus stop... had a 4 hour discussion in Spanish)

 

[mountainannie]

The
Most Memorable Comment
WAS
"Leonel must be very scared"

 

[josh2203]

Why not get rid of the mafia. What happened to competition ? We do not have this problem in Toronto Canada. Put all the Mafia a-holes in JAIL, do not let them tell you Luis Abnard you what to do, you are the President !

We also don't have this problem in Europe... But, you cannot really compare the DR with 1st world countries, can you? Competition would be the right and healthy option, but here they just don't mostly have brains for that... Violence and sabotage, corruption and other desperate acts work much better and are safer to utilize...