Many of you know that i come from Dominican Republic, I say this because it actually makes a big influence on the opinion on this next topic. The public transportation of Dominican Republic is ,as many of you know, a total disaster. As proof of this, I'm going to compare several different aspects of this with the one that i"m currently using which is the Madrid transportation system.
- Availability of different options.
Dominican Republic has 4 main options on transportation: public cars, OMSA ( Bus), Motoconcho (Moto taxis) and finally the new metro that has only one line. however, In Madrid you only have the Metro and the bus. If you compare this two on the basis of number of transportation medium, DR will obviously have an advantage. But you cannot make a correct judgement of this issue by only comparing the number, you need to take account other availability issue. In DR, the public transportation system is often on strike, therefore preventing the people to continue with their work, diligence, education, etc. As in Madrid you might see a line down on the metro, but the metro keeps going and you can change from one line to another. In addition, I was so surprised when i actually saw that the metro in Madrid was going to work on new years eve while in DR they are always trying to get some kind of opportunity not to work.
2. Quality.
Concerning the quality, it is quite obvious who has the advantage. One the one hand you see the deteriorate cars, buses and motoconcho while on the other hand, you see the sophisticated, modern, technological, brand new mediums of transportation in Madrid.
3. Safety
In the last few years, we have clearly see an increase in the rate of crime in DR. There is constantly a feeling of fear of the people using this transportation medium because many of them have been raped, killed , robbed, etc. without the government actually doing anything in order to solve the problem.
4. Price.
When i analyzed the different fees of transportation in DR, it's simple outrageous to see that people actually pay more in DR with less annual income than Spaniards in Madrid. The current fee of the monthly ticket, that allows you to take either the metro or bus, is 46 euros ( 1978 Dominican Pesos) while in DR you could easily pay around 15 DP the trips, and if you estimate the amount for month (4 trips a day x 15 DP x 25 days a month), it will be approximately 1500 DP or 34 euros.
After this analysis, it is clear which system is better (Madrid). Even though, the president of DR is currently making a big effort to improve this by creating a metro, and trying the best to cover his track in the chase of being once again reelected. It will be safe to say that we are still million light years away of having such an organize, safe, quick and cheap transportation system.
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