I hope this is not one of those Spruce Goose deals...like flies one time

WOW they got all this money for trains but can't help the poor.

Great news , and I see a lot of work going on so it looks like they back on 'track"

This describes all you sad sad people.

1. naysayer 58 up, 14 down
One who frequently engages in excessive complaining, negative banter and/or a genuinely poor and downbeat attitude. Naysayers are distinguished by their tendency to consistently view the glass half empty, make frequent one-way trips to negative town, and constantly emphasize the worst of a situation. They have the capacity to rant and whine for hours on end about the most insignificant inconveniences. They tend to travel solo, but have the keen ability to spread their pessimistic attitude to a group of unsuspecting bystanders and encourage others to employ their mindset.

the optimist says the glass is half full and the pessimist says the glass is half empty and the alcoholic says " Are you going to drink that "....this is what life is all about

mi metro .. good .. i like ..

I am having a hard time beleiving that this (METRO)will ever run.

If it does get up and running it will be palgued with the following.

1) lack of fuel to run the generators.
2) Lack of maintenance.
3) lack of spare parts to keep it running.

I will be quiet on the personnel because I beleive that Dominicans are good workers but the work ethincs for maintenance will be lacking.

One major problem will be like in New York where everybody tries to cram in at the same time however 100 times worse.

hahahaha .. no problem .. we have metro .. hahahaha ..

I wish the best on this project but can't celebrate untill i see that the problem with education and the electricity is been solve. After this two issues are solve everything else will start improving including health and economy.

Some very good points here.

After this let's get to the real problems of education and electricity. And seeing how we maintained the Mercedes buses, you have to worry about proper maintenance and the lack of spare parts. I hope that for once we get mechanics who know how to fix things properly, not just make them work again. There is a difference.

juanb, you post that after the metro , we should focus on education and electricity. i respectfully beg to differ. i think we should focus on electricity BEFORE the metro. without addressing electricity, the metro becomes a moot issue!

where are the pre-plans?

dominican metro .. the best ..

Lets hope they maintain not only the equipment but the surrounding areas and guarantee the passengers safety during hours of operations if they dont it will fail due to fear of riding or just unsanitary conditions

then they will have to go back to 8 people in a broken down toyota

i have being in this metro very clean, very good service! :b

Euromax, i see where you did not forget to take your hallucinogens today.

Go METRO!!! I cannot wait to see the other five lines finished and most of the transportation hustlers out of the way.

do you think it will actually run, snoopyy; i mean, with the electricity situation being what it is?

Dread havent you heard they are going to be rented as underground condos bring your own batteries

Don't surprise me the least that their is always money for things less important...
I guess Education, new power plants, helping & feeding the poor are not on the list of importance.

Straw Berri, you said a mouthful. but then again, you cannot brag about education; its boring. but tell your neighbours that you have a subway..well, that is a different thing, is it not?

dreadlocks,

Sadly, but true....People love gossip & new things...

yes, they will love it until the electricity goes off and they are stranded under ground for 3 hours. then, its back to the carritos for at least some of them.

Hey, do you really prefer a stinky "concho" over a subway system? You can triple investment in education and still not improve its quality, which is the real problem. More schools (there's our "investment" in education) does not mean better education. It's not as simple as just pouring lots of money into it. The electricity problem is also not as simple as you may think. As long as a great % of users don't actually PAY for electricity, energy companies can't make a profit without subsidies, as long as the government keeps subsidizing energy theft, and as long as the government is involved in the energy sector the problem won't be fixed.

hey, Trujillo, last time i checked, the purpose of the metro was to reduce the number of vehicles, including conchos, on the public thoroughfares. ergo, if the plan succeeds, all the people who make for "stinky" conchos (your characterisation), will be boarding the metro. it is pretty safe to assume that they will not modify their traits of personal hygiene simply to ride a train. logic then persuades us that the metro will be equally "stinky". even moreso, perhaps, in the likely event that it gets stuck underground for 3 hours because of the customary, and obligatory , apagones. with no AC, the ethers below should be quite hair-raising. i will take my chance with the above ground version of a moving microwave. at least i can importune the intrepid chauffeur to stop and permit me to effect my exit.

I personally am hoping against hope that this will be a success and the beginning of a new era....we have all the names of the nay sayers and they will be published in DT and socially scorned for their negativity.....you know who you are