Transport Malta develops in detail the broad plans and policies given to it by the government and implements them as best it can.

If the plans and policies are wrong from the very beginning the details and implementation of these will be wrong.

Also, Transport Malta doesn’t really develop policy. The government might consult with it to develop its own policies and plans but ultimately it’s the government that sets policy.

In the case of the public transport reform Transport Malta was given the explicit direction to develop a system that achieves a deduction of subsidies.

This is exactly what TM did and I think, because of this insistence from the government, the idea of a public transport system that responds to the needs of the general public was overlooked.

In other words, we had the situation were instead of having the government giving TM a wish list for an efficient public transport system and TM handing the government the bill, we had the situation were TM had to design a system that catered for the bill that was handed down to it from the very beginning.

Ultimately, the government got what it paid for from TM.

Didn’t his mother teach him that he should at least wear a shirt on such occasions?

More so since he was the subject of discussions.

Then again you wouldn’t expect such seriousness from Franco Debono and Robert Arrigo who both seemed to have thought it was dress down Friday that day.

A Rolex, whether oversized or not, says it all.

It is bling-bling.

The real McCoys are crocodile-strapped Patek Philippe or Vacheron Constantin.

Where Franco shops…

It’s down to Transport Malta isn’t it?

They do all the planning, Arriva only implement.

I was thinking of using the new buses last year until I saw the new routes and far apart the bus stops were.

Clearly designed by someone who never uses the buses.

You bet – it has been going on since day 1 of the new bus service. Somebody, somewhere has an agenda and is keen to revert to the old bus service. The Times is falling for it heavily. I had high esteem for a newspaper like The Times. No so anymore I must admit.