viernes, 28 de agosto de 2009

POST 3 : TRANSANTIAGO > BEFORE AND AFTER

In my opinión public transportation pre- Transantiago used to be better than earlier times of Transantiago, because the launch was a lot of trouble, that apeared when the users started to use it. People that planned the system didn't consider a lot of aspects, mainly the route's desig and the number of people that would use it at rush hours.

All this changes are dificult for the users. In my opinion, the most important thing was to learned to use the "bip" card, because, coins ware always in our pocket, and the card needs a special way to charge it with money. But now we have incorporated this fact and this is not longer a problem.
Another important change is the obligatory stops in especefic places. Before, in the old system, drivers could stop in different places when people need it, now they are obligated to stop in oficial bus stops. But now, the users are getting used to this new system and they use it without any problem, except older people who have had a lot of difficulties trying to use this new system becouse it is complicated for them, like the cashier machine, or computing tecnology.

In the future could be an optimized paying system, because bip card is easy to be lost and sometimes is difficult to charge it with money, then, there could be a system like car's tag for instance, that can be payed from the internet.