SANTO DOMINGO.- Workers of the contractor Isan yesterday concluded the installation of the pipes to relocate optic fiber cables and continue the preliminary work on the Santo Domingo Metro’s second line.
Construction manager Circe Yadira Issa said a ring of pipes was concluded yesterday, "through which the new fiber line which communicatew with El Cibao will be diverted so it doesn’t obstruct the Metro’s new line."
Transport Reform Office (Opret) assistant director Leonel Carrasco said despite the advances, a section of topsoil adjacent to the John F. Kennedy-Luperon avenues must still be removed and several sewage pipes, electrical and telephone cables have to be relocated.
The second line with14 stations, to be built at an estimated cost of US$790 million, would link the subdivision Los Alcarrizos with Maximo Gomez avenue in downtown Santo Domingo.
On the western side of the Kennedy-Luperon intersection, tall columns of rebar, were being erected yesterday, which Carrasco calls "the metro’s preliminary works," and the site of one of the future stations serves as the storage area for the heavy equipment.
From: United States, Faber College Double Secret Probation
Press on regardless.....josean loves you
From: Dominican Republic
The second line with14 stations, to be built at an estimated cost of US$790 million, would link the subdivision Los Alcarrizos with Maximo Gomez avenue in downtown Santo Domingo.
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Where is the money coming from again? Is this where some of $US 1.7b IMF loan going to? OR do we have foreign investors on this project. Oh this is much better than having our own airline.
Is this Over Priced by any chance?
Written by: msjersey, 10 Nov 2009 9:15 AM
From: United States, New Jersey(Cibaeno/Los mina)
To all my haitian bloggers:
josean, time2, patdemon, antonito, etc,ect.
DON'T worry about the METRO this is a DOMINICAN THING, let's worry about haiti's economy, or if haiti builds a metro, but as of now shut your cake hole.
From: United States, Faber College Double Secret Probation
Joseans life will now have a purpose instead of just being a whining complaining ring on the toilet bowl of life......he now has a purpose
Written by: juanb, 10 Nov 2009 9:27 AM
From: Dominican Republic
What a travesty. This is not the right thing to do with our money, borrowed or not.
From: Dominican Republic
That's funny...they haven't completed the call for tender yet...and the funds have not been approved by congress yet...and...and...and....
From: United States
Make metros, highways, housing development, ...make everything
From: United States
YEAH!!! Go line 2. Can't wait for lines 3 and 4. EXCELLENT!!!
From: United States, FREEPORT,( The other Dominican Republic) Long Island....(We should be proud of our country not embarassed by it.)
Leo, How are the Dominican People going to pay back these monies borrowed. I haven't herd the plan yet , all I here is how the moneis are going to be spent. Is it possible to payback something with nothing. It would be great to here this plan of repayment . .....................ASSWIPE!!!!!
Written by: vacanos, 10 Nov 2009 10:54 AM
From: United States
When it reach my beloved Santiago I want to be the first cibaeño dancing in the tren del progreso version cibaeña. To the hater wohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Written by: domex2k3, 10 Nov 2009 10:55 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Written by: msjersey, 10 Nov 2009 9:15 AM
From: United States, New Jersey
To all my haitian bloggers:
josean, time2, patdemon, antonito, etc,ect.
DON'T worry about the METRO this is a DOMINICAN THING, let's worry about haiti's economy, or if haiti builds a metro, but as of now shut your cake hole.
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Claro Ms-jersey can talk smack since he does not have to pay higher taxes every time by higher cost of living, unfortunately for me and my fellow Dominicans we do.
I personally think it would have been more of benefits to US Dominicans, if the First Metro line will have been from Santo Dominigo to Santiago and then from Santiago to POP, and then interconnect the sectors in the capitol and so forth. And at the end of the day, the profits if any will be distributed for further development of our Country.
Written by: vacanos, 10 Nov 2009 10:57 AM
From: United States
To the hater in the site at this moment we are feeding 3 million Haitian with free education,
healthcare can we spare little money to the progreso please? I love when these hater come here saying or this money could be use for education and healthcare. What they are saying to us is this money could be use to the 3 million poor drop on us by Haiti. I say no let a little bit of money go to the progreso of our country.
Written by: Atabey, 10 Nov 2009 11:31 AM
From: United States
Yes, this is called modernization; the tracks and the trains and their tunnels can't be transferred to Swiss Accounts and so they represent material progress for the nation. I say just do it and continue with all these modernization. Would love to see more being done on the education front. The agricultural products being exported are part of the equation for meeting future repayment obligations, and tourism will determine a large piece of the pie, as well. All in all, I see forward pace and it's good to witness. More creativity, more cultural revitalization, and greater Dominicanidad. We should strive to enhence the term Dominicanidad with quality and determination of effort. A nation of doers not blame artist.
Written by: josean, 10 Nov 2009 11:50 AM
From: United States
If ever there was a time to use this metaphor is now:
LIE-onel Fernandez,
When you are in a hole, stop digging It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes; if you are in one, stop digging.
From: United States, Faber College Double Secret Probation
Hooray lets deport Josean !.....atebey you got it right
Written by: josean, 10 Nov 2009 12:00 PM
From: United States
Gringo/Cubano its easier to deport you!
From: United States
Not only are we the first Caribbean nation with a metro but we are going to be the first Caribbean nation with two metros!!
good stuff
Written by: josean, 10 Nov 2009 12:19 PM
From: United States
Quisqueyanosoy,
"Not only are we the first Caribbean nation with a metro'
Did Puerto Rico move to the Mediterranean?
You see why we need to invest in education in DR!
From: United States
Ah, you got me there.
In any case these metro lines are a good investment in infrastructure in that overpopulated Santo Domingo. Also, it will without a doubt help attract foreign investment.
Written by: josean, 10 Nov 2009 12:47 PM
From: United States
"In any case these metro lines are a good investment in infrastructure in that overpopulated Santo Domingo."
If the are such a good investment how come it has to be subsidized to the tune of $25,000,000 dollars a year?
Also how come the "overpopulated Santo Domingo" can only generate 20,000 riders a day, when it was it was sold to us that 200,000 desperate people for "better" transportation, would be willing to flock to it on daily basis?
"Also, it will without a doubt help attract foreign investment."
Please educate me and expand on how METROS "attract foreign investment" ?
Written by: telemeco, 10 Nov 2009 12:55 PM
From: United States, Paterson, New Jersey
For all of you worry how is the goberment is going to pay for it,,,,if you are worrying about that either
A- You think it is a foreign invesment, and not your problems
B-It is and investment by the goberment and the rich elite
C-You pay taxes(IItebi) and your are paying for it
D-You are not paying any taxes, and you are still complaining
E- The IMF giving us money cause the goberment is going to increase your taxes to pay for all the contruction.
My Teacher in colleges use to say, if you see a long answer,,pick that one..
Your taxes are going up to pay for everything, shut your pile hole,,, we got a mini new york and next we are building mini manhattan
Written by: josean, 10 Nov 2009 1:04 PM
From: United States
Could somebody please translate the last comment into either English or Spanish?
Written by: vacanos, 10 Nov 2009 1:27 PM
From: United States
blu "Hooray lets deport Josean !....."
I second that
Written by: josean, 10 Nov 2009 1:32 PM
From: United States
I am sure that's the sentiment of most of your Anglo neighbors as well!
Especially those from the Aryan Nation, two cell bocks down from yours!
Written by: vacanos, 10 Nov 2009 1:41 PM
From: United States
Josie if I may my loyal dog-friend do you wanted the money from the Tren Del Progreso invested in the 3 million poor ex-inhabitant of Haiti?
From: United States, Faber College Double Secret Probation
Vacanos stop beating on josie he is challenged in many ways
Written by: josean, 10 Nov 2009 1:46 PM
From: United States
"beating on josie"
Banistan, he doesn’t even qualify as fly in the ointment!
Written by: molloy, 10 Nov 2009 1:46 PM
From: United States
My biggest problem with the METRO is this train goes nowhere. i can understand why some critics will disagree with the Metro. it goes from one dead end to another. now the 2nd line I'm being told and correct me if im wrong is going to San Isidro. explain to me why? who's going to ride? the Guardias going to La Fuerza Area? Allocate money to resources that are sorely needed. If you are going to progress build it right or dont build it at all. heck build a train that can go from one popular town to another than you will see all the good praises, but from one dead end to another and see all of this money going into it, doesn't make sense financially. i'm all for DR being progressive but when you spend money like it grows on trees then you have a problem.
Written by: josean, 10 Nov 2009 1:48 PM
From: United States
molloy,
Precisely!
Written by: vacanos, 10 Nov 2009 1:49 PM
From: United States
blu I know but I can't help it with our article section piñata. :):):)
Written by: josean, 10 Nov 2009 2:01 PM
From: United States
What's that buzzing noise I hear?
Written by: vacanos, 10 Nov 2009 2:34 PM
From: United States
Josie keep playing your nintendo we let you know when to come out :):):)
From: Botswana, Seatin here in Gaborone having a drink with Ms Pussy Galore
It's very interesting when you live in a country where the electricity have to be subsidized by the government because the people cannot afford the true cost. Yet can barely keeps the light on, simply because it does not have the money to do so expanding on a project that clearly Can not meet it's projections is consider money well spend. Guess the logic is the second line will be more profitable than the first one. Hubris is a M$&@F$&&.
Those of you that claim this will be a great way to attract investments can you please explain your logic.I Can't tell you how to spend what you borrow, but when your government find it's self having to spend close to 80cent of each dollar earned servicing it's debt obligations unstead of it's human capital. I guess you will always have the Haitian to blame for why you are stuck in the bario and looking for the next Yola to make your exit.
From: United States
When is josean going to be deported to his native country "Uganda"and declared persona non grata in the Dominican Republic ????
From: Botswana, Seatin here in Gaborone having a drink with Ms Pussy Galore
MSjersey
What happened did you got on the wrong bus today,did you not notice this one is longer and nobody is wearing a helmet. Funny huh your own countrymen are rebuking you. 2strikes against you on DT. I guess your Forest Gump logic is getting stale and is becoming an embarrassment.
Written by: msjersey, 10 Nov 2009 4:45 PM
From: United States, New Jersey(Cibaeno/Los mina)
pat,
domex is just a frustrated perredeista, or at least sound like one.
From: United States
even when I am not PLD, I understand Leonel don't have a private stop at his house for the metro, The metro will saty for the people. I remember when Balaguer, everybody use to say piensa que no van a compra con fundita, guess what, Balaguer started to make DR look like a city. Keep it on, let's construct our cities, our neighborhood, someone should start reading history, modern history ios not allow, go back people and see for yourself
Written by: josean, 10 Nov 2009 6:15 PM
From: United States
Donky Kong,
I know you are trying to make some sort of point in your last comment, so what the hell is it!
Written by: vacanos, 10 Nov 2009 7:00 PM
From: United States
Josie are you done playing nintendo?
Written by: josean, 10 Nov 2009 7:03 PM
From: United States
I hear buzzing again!
Written by: telemeco, 10 Nov 2009 7:28 PM
From: United States, Paterson, New Jersey
Did anybody here use to live in los Alcarrizo, and tried to take a volaradora at 7:00am to get to work at 8:30 am,,,,do you know how much traffic is there..you are not getting there til at list past 9:00 am.....there are almost 3 million people leaving in the city of santo domingo, not to mention all the illegal haitian too,,,,we need this,,and if the goberment want to build a space station,, i vote for that
IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL USE IT..
JOSEAN go back to Africa.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
Let's face it, Sto Dgo has a high population density.
Under such circumstances, it is very difficult to move around and gridlock is inevitable.
A METRO Is a time-proven effective medium for conveying the masses from point A to B. It may not prove cheap, but maybe it doesn't have to be.
In a crowded community with poor infrastructure, perhaps private transportation, motoconchos, micro buses and donkeys might not be most effective means of transportation.
There is the issue of noise and emissions pollution, fossil fuel cost [Hugo gets way richer!], quality of life, etc. METRO makes some sense on some level but, like everything Dominican and everything present administration does, execution was dismal.
Yeah, predictably, there will be some who will say this was an extravagance we clearly could not afford but, in general, that applies to just about everything in DR, for we have an insatiable thirst for consumption and good things in life-even we can't afford them!!!
Written by: mrweepa1, 10 Nov 2009 10:25 PM
From: United States, Huntington Station NY. Juan Dolio DR.
transportation will bring more companies to the areas that this Metro serves. less old junky crap cars on the road.
Written by: dagtan, 10 Nov 2009 11:58 PM
From: United States
Love to have a good laugh late at night reading these beat the dead horse commentaries. Funny, very funny indeed.
Quisqueyanosoy, for one second I was like, no he did not and before I could get to keep on reading, josean was already on top of you for that slip up. But you prevailed in accepting the correction, good showing indeed.
From: United States
Metro de carga y de pasajero SD Santiago coming up, It will be presenteed by OPRE this 25 of November,
for me
Dream come true, for once we will not rely on private transportation to hike the prices whenever they like with the vague excuse that fuel was up, and even when fuel went down prices did not go down.
Public Transportation is effective in all major countries, and it hasproven to be effective in DR after the Metro was build,
Metro SD Higuey, SD Nagua, SD Pedernales, Pedernales Montercristi, Montecristi Samana, build metros the people will use it, we need progress.
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
Withdrawn by contributor.
Wrong subject.
From: Germany, Koblenz/Azua de Compostela, R.D.
This one (Sto.Dgo. Stgo.) is not really a Metro, it is an ICE (Inter City Express) which arrive circa 300KM/H Speed. Or perhaps the new one in China built by German which make 600KM/H aprox.
I hope the improvement keep going on, so we can better develop our country and advance in progress.
We have plenty of resources to generate "alternative energy", Sun, Ocean, Wind, Sugar Cane, Bio-Diesel, Bio-Gas, etc. so we have many way to produce clean Energy.
From: United States
We need this, despite the effort of many to minimize the impoortance of these developments
From: Dominican Republic
All these investments or noting allocating money, yet there is Poverty in DR how again? I mean, I am all for infrastructural development and their importances in the Country. However, the minimum wage of the working labor class is still low among other major or minor social ills thus the quality of life of those in the shanty town and bateys of DR will benefit form this project how, really?.
Written by: vacanos, 13 Nov 2009 11:32 AM
From: United States
Afro check my first post on this thread. You guys can't stop talking about how all this money could be use for the betterman of your people since 3 million of you guys using free education and healthcare. Can you guys spare some money to our deveploment too?
Written by: josean, 13 Nov 2009 11:55 AM
From: United States
There goes that buzzing again!
Written by: Atabey, 13 Nov 2009 12:30 PM
From: United States
MONACO: Contraste
"Desde ya se han hecho los paralelismos correspondientes entre el Metro de Santo Domingo y lo que hasta hace poco era la única opción de transporte público para miles de ciudadanos: carros de concho y voladoras.
Aún cuando no se haya usado el Metro, las diferencias están a la vista. Mientras que los carros de concho y voladoras se caracterizan por ser chatarras sin el mínimo de comodidad, el Metro es espacioso, limpio y agradable.
Los ilustres choferes hacían de la experiencia de transporte público un verdadero infierno gracias a sus constantes abusos, que iban desde tigueraje al cobrar hasta trifulcas en público entre sindicatos rivales. Por si fuera poco, estos choferes eran en extremo rudos, malolientes y manejaban con ímpetu suicida, cualidades a las que se debe añadir su afán por hacer huelgas y paros sorpresa por cualquier motivo.
Visto el caso, no es ninguna sorpresa que los pasajeros prefieran el Metro, aún cuando salga de gratis en el otro sistema.
Written by: Atabey, 13 Nov 2009 12:31 PM
From: United States
Parte 2
"Pero los contrastes con el Metro no se quedan ahí. Una reseña publicada en el periódico Hoy por Marién Capitán habla de otro tipo de diferencia: el shock de pasar de una estación ordenada y limpia al caos que impera en las calles de nuestra ciudad. Al decir de esta periodista, el desencanto es mayúsculo cuando se sale de la estación Amín Abel, la que está cercana a la UASD. Basura, caos vehicular y vendedores ambulantes parecen competir por un espacio en esa zona.
Quizás estoy siendo muy optimista, pero es posible que a partir del Metro el ciudadano dominicano promedio retome los hábitos de antaño en el sentido de cuidar su ciudad y su entorno. Quizás se acostumbre la gente a ser más ordenada, a comportarse mejor, como resultado de las reglas de uso del Metro. Ojalá y así sea, porque esta ciudad es un desorden de arriba hasta abajo."
Written by: josean, 13 Nov 2009 12:38 PM
From: United States
Bovine excrement!
If it is so good how come only 20,000 people ride this marvel a day?
Why do 180,000 riders prefer the dirty nasty alternatives?
From: United States, Faber College Double Secret Probation
because they are dumb@sses like you
Written by: josean, 13 Nov 2009 2:05 PM
From: United States
I don't see you riding the Chicharrón Express either, genius!
Written by: Trujillo, 14 Nov 2009 12:22 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Que lloren todo lo que quieran, el país tiene que avanzar.
Written by: josean, 15 Nov 2009 12:09 PM
From: United States
So Mr. T, your definition of advancing is spend $750,000,000 million dollars with an annual subsidy of $25,000,000 million dollars so the “Marvelous” METRO can transport 20,000 riders a day?
¿Y No Era Y Que Pa’Lante Que Íbamos?
To paraphrase Ole George Wallace,
Moto-concho today, Moto-concho tomorrow, Moto-concho Forever!
Written by: josean, 16 Nov 2009 2:09 PM
From: United States
This goes out to all you METRO fanatics and LIE-onel Fernandez!
HACE 30 AÑOS SINGAPUR ERA MÁS POBRE QUE ÁFRICA, HOY ES SIMILAR A EEUU
Santo Domingo.- Situado en el suroeste de Asía 30 años atrás, Singapur tenía un nivel de vida inferior al de cualquier país del continente africano. Hoy, sin embargo, su nivel de vida es casi equiparable con el de Europa y Estados Unidos porque posee una de las economías más pujantes de la región, con un crecimiento promedio anual de 8.5%.
Todo a través de un único medio: la educación.
La educación es un valor agregado para economía
To paraphrase Ole George Wallace again,
Education today, Education tomorrow, Education Forever!
There is no other way to develop or modernize period. ¡Carajó!
http://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=121667Written by: dagtan, 16 Nov 2009 2:53 PM
From: United States
Josean, why even bother to go as far as singapur, that sounds way too far, use NYC.
Only after the educated class became so large, mechanization began in NYC, which them resulted in the industrialization of factories and small business, leading to the development of the most powerful city on the planet (well only after a few months ago, London is now, following sydney and then my beloved NYC).
But if you look at Sydney, only recently have them overtaken on a infrastructure revamping frenzy as a result of their economic expansion and explosion in their educated residents which are made up of large numbers of south asians immigrants.
London, the same, as the great universities have been there hundreds of years ahead of the TUBE.
This is politics and people are falling for it. it is just Balaguer did and many of those roads are under utilized today. People have to first be educated and skilled, before tech. IMPORT SKILLS FIRST AND THEN TECH.
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Where is the money coming from again? Is this where some of $US 1.7b IMF loan going to? OR do we have foreign investors on this project. Oh this is much better than having our own airline.
Is this Over Priced by any chance?
josean, time2, patdemon, antonito, etc,ect.
DON'T worry about the METRO this is a DOMINICAN THING, let's worry about haiti's economy, or if haiti builds a metro, but as of now shut your cake hole.
From: United States, New Jersey
To all my haitian bloggers:
josean, time2, patdemon, antonito, etc,ect.
DON'T worry about the METRO this is a DOMINICAN THING, let's worry about haiti's economy, or if haiti builds a metro, but as of now shut your cake hole.
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Claro Ms-jersey can talk smack since he does not have to pay higher taxes every time by higher cost of living, unfortunately for me and my fellow Dominicans we do.
I personally think it would have been more of benefits to US Dominicans, if the First Metro line will have been from Santo Dominigo to Santiago and then from Santiago to POP, and then interconnect the sectors in the capitol and so forth. And at the end of the day, the profits if any will be distributed for further development of our Country.
healthcare can we spare little money to the progreso please? I love when these hater come here saying or this money could be use for education and healthcare. What they are saying to us is this money could be use to the 3 million poor drop on us by Haiti. I say no let a little bit of money go to the progreso of our country.
LIE-onel Fernandez,
When you are in a hole, stop digging It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes; if you are in one, stop digging.
good stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve....7n7A&feature=player_embedded#
"Not only are we the first Caribbean nation with a metro'
Did Puerto Rico move to the Mediterranean?
You see why we need to invest in education in DR!
In any case these metro lines are a good investment in infrastructure in that overpopulated Santo Domingo. Also, it will without a doubt help attract foreign investment.
If the are such a good investment how come it has to be subsidized to the tune of $25,000,000 dollars a year?
Also how come the "overpopulated Santo Domingo" can only generate 20,000 riders a day, when it was it was sold to us that 200,000 desperate people for "better" transportation, would be willing to flock to it on daily basis?
"Also, it will without a doubt help attract foreign investment."
Please educate me and expand on how METROS "attract foreign investment" ?
For all of you worry how is the goberment is going to pay for it,,,,if you are worrying about that either
A- You think it is a foreign invesment, and not your problems
B-It is and investment by the goberment and the rich elite
C-You pay taxes(IItebi) and your are paying for it
D-You are not paying any taxes, and you are still complaining
E- The IMF giving us money cause the goberment is going to increase your taxes to pay for all the contruction.
My Teacher in colleges use to say, if you see a long answer,,pick that one..
Your taxes are going up to pay for everything, shut your pile hole,,, we got a mini new york and next we are building mini manhattan
I second that
Especially those from the Aryan Nation, two cell bocks down from yours!
Banistan, he doesn’t even qualify as fly in the ointment!
Precisely!
Those of you that claim this will be a great way to attract investments can you please explain your logic.I Can't tell you how to spend what you borrow, but when your government find it's self having to spend close to 80cent of each dollar earned servicing it's debt obligations unstead of it's human capital. I guess you will always have the Haitian to blame for why you are stuck in the bario and looking for the next Yola to make your exit.
What happened did you got on the wrong bus today,did you not notice this one is longer and nobody is wearing a helmet. Funny huh your own countrymen are rebuking you. 2strikes against you on DT. I guess your Forest Gump logic is getting stale and is becoming an embarrassment.
domex is just a frustrated perredeista, or at least sound like one.
I know you are trying to make some sort of point in your last comment, so what the hell is it!
I hear buzzing again!
Did anybody here use to live in los Alcarrizo, and tried to take a volaradora at 7:00am to get to work at 8:30 am,,,,do you know how much traffic is there..you are not getting there til at list past 9:00 am.....there are almost 3 million people leaving in the city of santo domingo, not to mention all the illegal haitian too,,,,we need this,,and if the goberment want to build a space station,, i vote for that
IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL USE IT..
JOSEAN go back to Africa.
Under such circumstances, it is very difficult to move around and gridlock is inevitable.
A METRO Is a time-proven effective medium for conveying the masses from point A to B. It may not prove cheap, but maybe it doesn't have to be.
In a crowded community with poor infrastructure, perhaps private transportation, motoconchos, micro buses and donkeys might not be most effective means of transportation.
There is the issue of noise and emissions pollution, fossil fuel cost [Hugo gets way richer!], quality of life, etc. METRO makes some sense on some level but, like everything Dominican and everything present administration does, execution was dismal.
Yeah, predictably, there will be some who will say this was an extravagance we clearly could not afford but, in general, that applies to just about everything in DR, for we have an insatiable thirst for consumption and good things in life-even we can't afford them!!!
Quisqueyanosoy, for one second I was like, no he did not and before I could get to keep on reading, josean was already on top of you for that slip up. But you prevailed in accepting the correction, good showing indeed.
for me
Dream come true, for once we will not rely on private transportation to hike the prices whenever they like with the vague excuse that fuel was up, and even when fuel went down prices did not go down.
Public Transportation is effective in all major countries, and it hasproven to be effective in DR after the Metro was build,
Metro SD Higuey, SD Nagua, SD Pedernales, Pedernales Montercristi, Montecristi Samana, build metros the people will use it, we need progress.
Wrong subject.
I hope the improvement keep going on, so we can better develop our country and advance in progress.
We have plenty of resources to generate "alternative energy", Sun, Ocean, Wind, Sugar Cane, Bio-Diesel, Bio-Gas, etc. so we have many way to produce clean Energy.
All these investments or noting allocating money, yet there is Poverty in DR how again? I mean, I am all for infrastructural development and their importances in the Country. However, the minimum wage of the working labor class is still low among other major or minor social ills thus the quality of life of those in the shanty town and bateys of DR will benefit form this project how, really?.
"Desde ya se han hecho los paralelismos correspondientes entre el Metro de Santo Domingo y lo que hasta hace poco era la única opción de transporte público para miles de ciudadanos: carros de concho y voladoras.
Aún cuando no se haya usado el Metro, las diferencias están a la vista. Mientras que los carros de concho y voladoras se caracterizan por ser chatarras sin el mínimo de comodidad, el Metro es espacioso, limpio y agradable.
Los ilustres choferes hacían de la experiencia de transporte público un verdadero infierno gracias a sus constantes abusos, que iban desde tigueraje al cobrar hasta trifulcas en público entre sindicatos rivales. Por si fuera poco, estos choferes eran en extremo rudos, malolientes y manejaban con ímpetu suicida, cualidades a las que se debe añadir su afán por hacer huelgas y paros sorpresa por cualquier motivo.
Visto el caso, no es ninguna sorpresa que los pasajeros prefieran el Metro, aún cuando salga de gratis en el otro sistema.
"Pero los contrastes con el Metro no se quedan ahí. Una reseña publicada en el periódico Hoy por Marién Capitán habla de otro tipo de diferencia: el shock de pasar de una estación ordenada y limpia al caos que impera en las calles de nuestra ciudad. Al decir de esta periodista, el desencanto es mayúsculo cuando se sale de la estación Amín Abel, la que está cercana a la UASD. Basura, caos vehicular y vendedores ambulantes parecen competir por un espacio en esa zona.
Quizás estoy siendo muy optimista, pero es posible que a partir del Metro el ciudadano dominicano promedio retome los hábitos de antaño en el sentido de cuidar su ciudad y su entorno. Quizás se acostumbre la gente a ser más ordenada, a comportarse mejor, como resultado de las reglas de uso del Metro. Ojalá y así sea, porque esta ciudad es un desorden de arriba hasta abajo."
If it is so good how come only 20,000 people ride this marvel a day?
Why do 180,000 riders prefer the dirty nasty alternatives?
I don't see you riding the Chicharrón Express either, genius!
¿Y No Era Y Que Pa’Lante Que Íbamos?
To paraphrase Ole George Wallace,
Moto-concho today, Moto-concho tomorrow, Moto-concho Forever!
HACE 30 AÑOS SINGAPUR ERA MÁS POBRE QUE ÁFRICA, HOY ES SIMILAR A EEUU
Santo Domingo.- Situado en el suroeste de Asía 30 años atrás, Singapur tenía un nivel de vida inferior al de cualquier país del continente africano. Hoy, sin embargo, su nivel de vida es casi equiparable con el de Europa y Estados Unidos porque posee una de las economías más pujantes de la región, con un crecimiento promedio anual de 8.5%.
Todo a través de un único medio: la educación.
La educación es un valor agregado para economía
To paraphrase Ole George Wallace again,
Education today, Education tomorrow, Education Forever!
There is no other way to develop or modernize period. ¡Carajó!
http://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=121667
Only after the educated class became so large, mechanization began in NYC, which them resulted in the industrialization of factories and small business, leading to the development of the most powerful city on the planet (well only after a few months ago, London is now, following sydney and then my beloved NYC).
But if you look at Sydney, only recently have them overtaken on a infrastructure revamping frenzy as a result of their economic expansion and explosion in their educated residents which are made up of large numbers of south asians immigrants.
London, the same, as the great universities have been there hundreds of years ahead of the TUBE.
This is politics and people are falling for it. it is just Balaguer did and many of those roads are under utilized today. People have to first be educated and skilled, before tech. IMPORT SKILLS FIRST AND THEN TECH.