Well... today i will tell you the awesome/awkward transportation system of our great country. Some transantiago's good things are the time that delayed in being implemented (if i don't remember very well) i think that was 3 or 5 months...really fast... but that was for good or not?
The great advantage of the Transantiago doesn't exist (in my opinion). Okay, transantiago have all that publicity, a web site, and the map of all transantiago's tour is lovely, think about it, if i don't know how to go somewhere i take a look at the map (in our hands,in the bus stop or in the internet). The "caterpillar bus" was a good and nice idea, all seems to be cool...yes...Like the card called BIP! (now, very famous), this card is maybe the only good thing about transantiago, this card gave you a ticket counts for three (what? yes, three tickets) but all in a range of time of 1 hour and 30 minutes, saving your money.
DISADVANTAGE of the Transantiago system... all the transantiago is a disadvantage, seeing the good and bad things...Think, do you like traveling like a tin of sardines? all the people so close to you, smelling bad, a lot of them angry, that isn't a lovely and comfortable trip (just looking the inside the bus) there are a 30 seats. Dear god! (i'm not catholic, just a expression) sometimes it takes an hour to aboard a bus! the tours of the buses aren't favorable for the majority of the people, you loose much time in the trip, because you have to change the bus. An example, i live relatively near the university, but i spend and hour coming to the university.
I remember the times when that rustic and yellow buses come to catch you, i remember that like a good memories (or something like that) i think several times that the only change is that the driver is a little bit more happy and nice with the passengers... and the most important, they don't insult you and stop when you need it.
My conclusion is: Transantiago isn't good, this isn't a good plan, isn't a relief... but mom teach me something "The minor evil is better".
