Comments on: The Taghna Lkoll bus service – so much better than Arriva

By: roundhead

roundhead — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:41:19 +0000

In reply to Joe Fenech. You're wrong. You don't start afresh. Once is enough. These people won't learn even for the nth time.

By: Mary Coogan

Mary Coogan — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:17:50 +0000

Well, if these “services” were all private and competitive, then bad operators (which would include impolite ones) would get less passengers and friendlier drivers and routes would get more traffic and revenue. There is no need to regulate public transport (safety aside) as little as there is regulating the number of bakeries and their produce (safety aside).

By: Robert Pace Bonello

Robert Pace Bonello — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:37:18 +0000

A better service than Arriva and much cheaper!

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:32:03 +0000

The previous administration was far from perfect but at least those at the helm tried their best to better the Public Transport service, the problem was that Arriva was in some way forced to employ inept, rude and ignorant Maltese drivers which from day one started to give a very bad impression to both Arriva and the Public Transport reform.

Today the Public Transport system is burdened by inapt drivers and an inapt management thanks to an inept minister.

By: ciccio

ciccio — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:28:26 +0000

In reply to Jozef. Perhaps he can borrow some lipstick from Konrad Mizzi.

By: Last Post

Last Post — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:34:27 +0000

In reply to El Cardinero.

B’izjed nies jahsbuha bhalek zgur li Malta tkompli miexja ‘l quddiem mhux biss fis-sliem imma wkoll fic-civilta’.

Nies bhalek ma joqghodux ifittxu x-xaghra fl-ghagina u jaghmlu ghageb ghax xi xufier jghajjar lil xi mara anzjana ghax tistaqsi jekk il-karozza hix se titla’ l-Belt.

Inti w nies li jahsbuha bhalek tassew taghmlu unur lil dan pajjizna u tkomplu tghollu ismu fost il-barranin li jzuruna.

By: Evarist Saliba

Evarist Saliba — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 19:22:02 +0000

There was a time after the war when London sought to recruit Maltese drivers.

I do not think that the campaign was successful and instead they turned to the Caribbean.

Discussing the low standard of behaviour among many (not all) bus drivers in Malta at the time, I was reminded that bus drivers were the new “barklori” (oarsmen) in Malta’s transport system, and that they had inherited the same behaviour.

But seriously, is any attempt being made to train drivers to maintain a higher level of discipline and behaviour?

By: Jozef

Jozef — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 10:47:57 +0000

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140902/local/ec-wants-malta-to-nominate-woman.534083

Ejja Karm, naqa’ lipstick u ssir kummissarju.

By: michael campbell

michael campbell — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:05:15 +0000

My wife was not allowed to get on a bus with the pushchair on subsequent buses and was left waiting in the sun for 2 hours at which point she decided to go back home.

Surely, she could have got into her car and driven; surely she could have called me to pick her up and drive her somewhere. Yet we use the bus service to minimise pollution, to avoid congestion, to help the environment.

Yet does the government give a flying f*ck? If they do not, through the enforcement of the rule of law, why should we?

Is this place a banana republic?

Kind of, in a sense. More than that, it is a free-for-all, grab-all-you-can, ignorant, lot with no values, no ethics, no self respect, no social responsibility and no dignity.

Time to move on.

By: El Cardinero

El Cardinero — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 21:55:52 +0000

Sewwa qalilha moghza ghax hawn erbgha minn nies jirkbu l-istess tal-linja kuljum u KULL JUM isaqsu jekk hux sejra il-Belt. Ha toqoghdu taghmlu ghageb ghax qalilha moghza!