Comments on: Times of Malta (or its individual reporters) helped drive the mad campaign against Arriva, and now report that the public will have to pay Eur30 million because the campaign was a success https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/times-of-malta-or-its-individual-reporters-helped-drive-the-mad-campaign-against-arriva-and-now-report-that-the-public-will-have-to-pay-eur30-million-because-the-campaign-was-a-success/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Fri, 11 Apr 2014 23:40:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/times-of-malta-or-its-individual-reporters-helped-drive-the-mad-campaign-against-arriva-and-now-report-that-the-public-will-have-to-pay-eur30-million-because-the-campaign-was-a-success/#comment-1733422 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 23:40:36 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45871#comment-1733422 In reply to bob-a-job.

The only way Manuel Delia could have managed a flawless changeover to the new public transport system is with dynamite, a fleet of bulldozers, and another of car crushers. Then long term he’d need a vasectomy clinic.

Geography. Demographics. Population density.

I’ve given up trying to explain.

]]> By: Joe Fenech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/times-of-malta-or-its-individual-reporters-helped-drive-the-mad-campaign-against-arriva-and-now-report-that-the-public-will-have-to-pay-eur30-million-because-the-campaign-was-a-success/#comment-1731023 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:23:44 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45871#comment-1731023 In reply to Joe Fenech.

Yes, it seems that that’s the tactic now. Indulge into some emotional blackmail with your boss and you get what you want.

]]> By: Gahan https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/times-of-malta-or-its-individual-reporters-helped-drive-the-mad-campaign-against-arriva-and-now-report-that-the-public-will-have-to-pay-eur30-million-because-the-campaign-was-a-success/#comment-1723318 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:44:20 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45871#comment-1723318 Ed io pago!

]]> By: David https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/times-of-malta-or-its-individual-reporters-helped-drive-the-mad-campaign-against-arriva-and-now-report-that-the-public-will-have-to-pay-eur30-million-because-the-campaign-was-a-success/#comment-1723315 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:43:48 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45871#comment-1723315 The Arriva debacle was a textbook case of how to reform a bus service by turning it into one of the most inefficient bus services. And what happened to the thousands of euros paid to the consultants who draw new bus routes which lengthened most of the routes?

]]> By: P Sant https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/times-of-malta-or-its-individual-reporters-helped-drive-the-mad-campaign-against-arriva-and-now-report-that-the-public-will-have-to-pay-eur30-million-because-the-campaign-was-a-success/#comment-1723011 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 21:39:45 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45871#comment-1723011 Do we know how much was paid for the Arriva buses? The government does not account for depreciation and therefore those losses do not include depreciation of buses.

]]> By: Jozef https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/times-of-malta-or-its-individual-reporters-helped-drive-the-mad-campaign-against-arriva-and-now-report-that-the-public-will-have-to-pay-eur30-million-because-the-campaign-was-a-success/#comment-1722737 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:37:33 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45871#comment-1722737 Sure enough, it’s a victory.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140409/local/minister-describes-bids-for-bus-service-as-a-victory-for-government-hire-of-uk-buses-to-yield-16m-savings-in-six-months.514268

And selling half the fleet for a fraction of its value conveniently ignored.

]]> By: Jozef https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/times-of-malta-or-its-individual-reporters-helped-drive-the-mad-campaign-against-arriva-and-now-report-that-the-public-will-have-to-pay-eur30-million-because-the-campaign-was-a-success/#comment-1722709 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:30:24 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45871#comment-1722709 In reply to pablo.

UBS asked for 40 million in subsidies. One thinks we’re bailing out some Swiss bank.

The Gozitan operator asked for 2 million for Gozo alone. Nice fleet they’ll have there, to think Birkirkara’s population is as large.

]]> By: Albert Bonnici https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/times-of-malta-or-its-individual-reporters-helped-drive-the-mad-campaign-against-arriva-and-now-report-that-the-public-will-have-to-pay-eur30-million-because-the-campaign-was-a-success/#comment-1722708 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:29:29 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45871#comment-1722708 In reply to Angus Black.

Well said, Angus. That’s why I, for one, don’t buy the times anymore. It’s a waste of time. I get all the real news here with nothing hidden.

]]> By: Jozef https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/times-of-malta-or-its-individual-reporters-helped-drive-the-mad-campaign-against-arriva-and-now-report-that-the-public-will-have-to-pay-eur30-million-because-the-campaign-was-a-success/#comment-1722685 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:23:35 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45871#comment-1722685 In reply to bob-a-job.

Delia’s failure was the interface. The system needed comprehensive pedagogic promotion and feedback to its radical take on the prevailing mindset.

The changeover to the Euro and the recycling systems worked.

To date, I haven’t seen one pocket sized map and some lessons could have been learnt, if 1950’s semi literate Malta could distinguish colour why not paint this capillary system?

I suppose that’s arrogance to possible failings and ignorance of design communication.

‘…It has now become more obvious than ever that if the bus service is to run as a social service then the government subsidy has to increase….’

He’ll kill it taking the country down. But maybe the intention is to sate some lobby which stands to gain from gridlock.

How sick is it that the left in Malta cannot conceive efficient infrastructure as the method to free the socially oppressed?

Access remains a dream, whole areas cut off, the inner harbour area a non-place surrounded by arteries feeding people elsewhere. Public transport is modern government’s priorities, as much as education and health.

]]> By: Joe Fenech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/times-of-malta-or-its-individual-reporters-helped-drive-the-mad-campaign-against-arriva-and-now-report-that-the-public-will-have-to-pay-eur30-million-because-the-campaign-was-a-success/#comment-1722358 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 19:02:21 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45871#comment-1722358 So is the little incompetent man going to resign?

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