* Mexico - In Juarez, a Public Transportation Disaster Awaits Action
El Paso,TX,USA -Newspaper Tree - October 5, 2007: -- Improving public transportation will be a hot item on the plate of issues facing Jose Reyes Ferriz when he takes office as the new mayor of Ciudad Juarez on Oct. 10... In extensive coverage during the past two years, Ciudad Juarez media have documented bountiful irregularities, safety hazards and routine inefficiencies that plague a transportation system that ferries more than 450,000 people around the city every day. In an important sense, however, "public" transportation is a misnomer since Ciudad Juarez's urban buses are owned by private individuals who obtain concessions from the government in exchange for providing service... Fatal accidents, drunk and drugged bus drivers, unsafe and environmentally obsolete vehicles, spotty service, and alleged corruption are all issues that have received wide attention in local media. Speeding, racing, running red lights, improper turning and failing to yield are commonly reported behaviors of many of Ciudad Juarez's bus drivers... "The buses are all broken down,” moaned bus rider Claudia Perez. "The bus drivers drive like crazies"... (Photo BBC News: Young on Ciudad Juárez's Bus)Labels: worst trips
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