Hello, today I come to write to you about my opinion regarding public transport. This is because I am a regular user of public transport, like all Chileans, and to reach a more or less central place.
In Chile, specifically in Santiago, the "public transparent" is called Transantiago, and it is paid. Their prices are related to the schedule, in low hours (06:00-06:29 and 20:45-23: 00) it is worth $ 680, in valley hours (06:30-06: 59, 09:00-17:59 and 20:00-20:44) costs $ 700 and during peak hours (07:00-8:59 and 18:00-19:59) (Source: https://www.transantiago.cl/tarifas-y-pagos/conoce-las-tarifas). To this system is also added the "Metro", which are underground lines and on land that covers almost the entire metropolitan region. Currently, the subway has 6 lines, but work is being done so that its expansion reaches 10 lines. Both types of transport are joined by stops, intermodal, etc. and they also join in the benefits.
The benefits of this system are:
1.-) For basic education students the fee is $ 0 (Chilean pesos)
2.-) For students of secondary and higher education, the rate reaches a value of $ 220 (Chilean pesos)
3.-) Two transshipments with the same passage in 120 minutes.
4.-) Emergency trip, where money is lent for a ticket in case there is no balance on the card, until the next recharge.
(Source: https://www.transantiago.cl/tarifas-y-pagos/conoce-las-tarifas).
On the other hand, as in all things, there is a bad side. In this case, one of the great shortcomings that have the Transantiago, is the little frequency that the buses have when making their journey in some places, in my case, every day I wait between 20 to 35 minutes for a bus and I have to do 2 or 3 transfers so I sometimes have to pay two tickets. And in addition, the time in which the tours are made, since it is usually too much, on the one hand for the wait, and on the other, are the traffic jams on the streets as well as the excessively full minibusses. Another thing, which is not necessarily the fault of public transport, is the excess of vehicles, the deficiency in the streets, streets that are impossible to transit, among other things, which cause transportation to be deficient.
In Chile, specifically in Santiago, the "public transparent" is called Transantiago, and it is paid. Their prices are related to the schedule, in low hours (06:00-06:29 and 20:45-23: 00) it is worth $ 680, in valley hours (06:30-06: 59, 09:00-17:59 and 20:00-20:44) costs $ 700 and during peak hours (07:00-8:59 and 18:00-19:59) (Source: https://www.transantiago.cl/tarifas-y-pagos/conoce-las-tarifas). To this system is also added the "Metro", which are underground lines and on land that covers almost the entire metropolitan region. Currently, the subway has 6 lines, but work is being done so that its expansion reaches 10 lines. Both types of transport are joined by stops, intermodal, etc. and they also join in the benefits.
The benefits of this system are:
1.-) For basic education students the fee is $ 0 (Chilean pesos)
2.-) For students of secondary and higher education, the rate reaches a value of $ 220 (Chilean pesos)
3.-) Two transshipments with the same passage in 120 minutes.
4.-) Emergency trip, where money is lent for a ticket in case there is no balance on the card, until the next recharge.
(Source: https://www.transantiago.cl/tarifas-y-pagos/conoce-las-tarifas).
On the other hand, as in all things, there is a bad side. In this case, one of the great shortcomings that have the Transantiago, is the little frequency that the buses have when making their journey in some places, in my case, every day I wait between 20 to 35 minutes for a bus and I have to do 2 or 3 transfers so I sometimes have to pay two tickets. And in addition, the time in which the tours are made, since it is usually too much, on the one hand for the wait, and on the other, are the traffic jams on the streets as well as the excessively full minibusses. Another thing, which is not necessarily the fault of public transport, is the excess of vehicles, the deficiency in the streets, streets that are impossible to transit, among other things, which cause transportation to be deficient.
I think there are more bad things than good things in relation to Transantiago. Apart from the waiting times and the overpopulation that transits in Transantiago, the prices are high for a service of medium - low quality.
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