A Congress!!… Where?

Well, in first place I’m very sorry but I didn’t go to this famous congress, so it is hard, I mean impossible to give any data about this congress, so I don’t find the way to fill 200 words with anecdotes of a trip that never was. But I enjoy challenges, jejeje.

Mmm, I suppose that I could begin giving the reason of my stay in Chile, it would be the logical way, so, I stay in Chile for 2 main reasons. The first one was money, too many for me, to be more specific in this reason, it was too many money speaking of quality/cost ratio (quality/cost ratio is a “geek” measurement that it is used when a technologic product satisfies certain conditions of the costumer to an optimum price, so I’m agree to pay certain price because the product satisfies me) because I didn’t agree with the “product” offered for that price, so I would prefer to spend the same money in other things more interesting to me. Besides I’m not very interested in visit Argentina, I don’t know why, but there is no interests to me in visit it, so this is other aspect to add to the reason.

The other reason, I hate long trips, especially bus trips, buses with a lock sensation, uncomfortable seats, the heat and stuffy, no thanks, I pass.

In conclusion, The no interest in the congress itself and the country plus the very expensive price of the trip including money for stay in, food some souvenirs plus the no interest in the country, in this case Argentina plus my “phobia” to bus trips, all of them give the product that now you know, my stay in Chile which it isn’t a vacation because I used that time to some assignments and all the things that I love to do in my free time.

On February 10, Transantiago starts...

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This sentence, recorded in the collective thinking, was the text of the TV spots in which Iván Zamorano announced the start of this new way of public transport for Santiago, but there were a couple of things that “Bam Bam” never imagined…

Well, how do I start? Jejeje, ok, ok, Transantiago isn’t so bad at all because one of the most respectable ideas of this project is the payment system which allows to everyone to carry a simple card instead of a bunch of coins so in this aspect the system is more efficient than before. Another aspect of improve is that now the bus drivers have a salary instead of commissions and sold ticket percentage, this aspect contributes to prevent races between drivers and exhausting work days. But, on the other hand, eternal wait time, too few busses, awful routes design, no bus stops; in fact, still the government is building some bus stops near the campus, outrageous.

When this experiment starts I was on my home town so I didn’t use it until March, in the beginning there was no trouble because I used subway, but when I realized that the people in the subway began to increase station by station the trouble began because when I was near to change of route the people on the subway, included me, were packed like sardines and this story repeats until today. Well I accept that the system is a little better now with all the money and measurements applied to the system but still it is a problem and it provokes me certain reject to use this system, but there is no choice, well at least to me because I don’t have a car, I’m compel to use it.

Mainly, I would increase the number of buses in movement and a very strict GPS vigilance to keep a decent frequency between stops. Another improve would be check the contracts with operators, to modify them, if it’s necessary, to control the number of buses in order to regulate driver conditions, the kind of buses that divers are driving, and the price of the fare.