The efforts to create a traffic corridor served by large buses instead of the infamous “conchos”, (multi-fare paying taxis), seems to be working—to a degree—after just a week, reports El Caribe. Users reported less congestion.
One of the novel ideas has been to provide specific bus stops along the avenue. The bus stops replace the oh-so-typical custom of just sticking a hand out and waving at the pavement as a signal that the person wants to get on the approaching vehicle, be it bus or public car. This appears to be lessening chaos.
The plethora of motorcycle taxis which take advantage of the aversion of so many people to wait their turn, continues, nevertheless. Faced with long lines at the bus stops, many people still take the option of hopping on the back of an uninsured motorcycle to get to their destination at a higher price, but without delay.
Intrant agents are doing time studies on the arrivals and departures of the buses and warning drivers of the importance of respecting the solid yellow lines indicating the different bus stops.
The bus route starts in northern Santo Domingo and reaches into the capital city, via Jacobo Majluta Avenue, down to Colombia Avenue, down to John f. Kennedy and Winston Churchill avenues.
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El Caribe
21 February 2022