PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS * Uruguay - Drinking, driving, ferrying abroad
The experience made me wonder: If the United States treated the intercity bus system more as a national asset instead of a stepchild, could we get more people out of their cars?
Baltimore,MAR,USA -The Baltimore Sun, by Michael Dresser -March 31, 2008: -- ... In Uruguay, drivers actually stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. Coming from Maryland, it took some time to get used to that peculiar behavior. But it was a nice change of pace from the Dancing with Death experience of walking around Baltimore... Uruguay, on the other hand, poses a threat you're unlikely to encounter in the United States: driving while consuming yerba mate (pronounced SHARE-ba MAH-tay)... Also in Uruguay, intercity bus service is cheap and convenient. We started out planning to rent a car for a week - an expensive proposition. But after taking a two-hour bus ride from the historic city of Colonia del Sacramento to the capital and transportation hub of Montevideo, we scrapped our car rental plans and took buses the rest of the way. Our fellow riders were polite, the bathrooms were clean and we could buy a cold, inexpensive beer and get a decent meal at the bus terminals... (Photo by Matt Riggott/The Sun - A motorist navigates a South American road while sipping his yerba mate. The drink is a national obsession. March 28, 2008)Labels: public transport systems
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