TRANSANTIAGO >> BEFORE AND AFTER

The Transantiago, ufffff! There are a lot of things to say about it, but according with Judy’s list, I have to give my opinion about in what way(s) is better or worse than the pre-Transantiago system; well I think is better in some aspects but worse in others (like almost everything new), the good things are that you can make several journeys with one passage (but in two hours or less, or you have to pay again), the buses are best than the old ones, but with less seats, in my opinion (and I don’t talk for everyone) the drivers doesn’t discriminate against students anymore (before, in the old system, the bus drivers were very evils with students because they paid less, and for that the drivers earned less money, but now they have a permanent pay); something bad is that the authorities change all the buses routes, and there are still many people who doesn’t know what bus has to take to go to his home or work, and for that the people start to take the subway (the best transport system) and now is overcrowded. To conclude, the government finished with the micro businessman who had one or two buses and gave the system to big companies who pay miserable money to the bus drivers. And the image of Iván Zamorano was destroyed!!!
I have to say, since the system started until now, has shown an improvement: more buses (something bad are those old buses painted like news), more routes, etc. But something that makes me really mad, it’s when an adult use a “pase escolar” (I don’t know how to say it in English) just to pay less, I understand the people who think that the system sucks and it’s not bad to steal it (because that is), but I think that doesn’t speak well of our culture…and the evasion is huge!!!
For me, the solution is to go back to the old routes and that the people doesn’t has to take more than one bus to go at the place they want to (the citizen of Santiago hate to take more than one!!!); I know it, because my mom has to take 3 transantiagos to come home!!! It’s just too much!!!! but, this solutions are impossible to apply.
In the end, the Transantiago is just a black hole to the government money (then, our own money), and they don’t know to handle it, the only thing they can do is pass the burden to the next government and see how they solve the problem.
Well, I pass far the number of words for this activity, and I didn’t write all my thoughts about the transport system…..sorry Judy, I wrote too much!!
Take care all of you!!!See ya!!!