Let us hope and pray Josean was under it at the time

Great; now look at all the pro metro assholes. More to come water , cracks etc. Where are the plans? Well I guess the reporters were bought off.

josean was on board the train listening to his ipod

Basta

Great; now look at all the pro metro assholes. More to come water , cracks etc. Where are the plans? Well I guess the reporters were bought off.

The plans were handed to Huchi Lora and they are about 30 boxes of paper work what has he done with it? I don't know but it has been proven that mass transit is the way to go for small countries like ours because we don't make cars and maybe never will and we need to find ways to keep the money going around the island. I do have to say that they could have picked a better option to build a train like maybe restoring some old routes to move goods was a higher priority than having a pretty train. We are small so we have to become more of a produce than a consumer.

Santo Domingo Metro suffers from 1 hour blackout?
NO Sh't... that can't be!!! Well Gaaw-aawl-ly sargeant Carter, Surprise, surprise, surprise!

good point belly the politicos stealing it and passing it around is inefficient

every transit system in every city has minor problems. No one likes the price tag for this metro but it had to be started. We need to reduce the number of conchos on the street

As an original native, the only white man transport we tainos like is them burros: eco friendly, low maintenance and remanufactures itself...

No, no, no !!!! Need to solve the power and, water problems first. I have stated before this only affects 1% of the population of Santo Dominigo. Whereas power and water affects us all. Look it is so easy to solve the traffic problems here. No trucks during the day in the city. All deliveries made at night into local drop points. Why have a giant coke truck blocking everything. Taxi and buses may only pick up passengers at certain places. Odd even day on cars. If your tag ends in an odd number Mon. Wed. Even Tues, Thurs. Friday shopping and bill paying day. Bill paying on line. No need to go to pay the Elect. bill, phone bill etc. Simple stuff. Strick inspection on all cars, taxis, buses etc. This can be done. No more dumping sand, cement blocks in the middle of the road to build a house. Tearing up the road because you want to put in a water line. Then never fix it. I can go on. Vota Gringo. I fix the problems. ( lol )

captrob,
if they would have a real metro system in SD and Santiago to run the routes with the most traffic, this would help reduce the tapones

Calling Josean, Calling Josean, where art thou Josean?

Oh, i agree on that point. Years ago we had a train that ran from Monte Cristi to La Romana. There are still a couple running on private sugar cane fields. I only made some very good points that work in large cities all over the world. But the metro just for the capital is nothing more than a giant windfall for the politicians.

did the start to robb the steal tracks?

Yup this was unexpected:) NO studies were done on this and I am waiting for the big shoe to drop.

Blackout is nothing just wait for the tragedy that is going to happen with shoddy workmanship, lower standards than needed to line pockets. It's going to happen.

No one robbed the metal tracks as yet... because metal and other commodity prices are too low. However, once the worldwide economy heats up again.. the tracks are fair game.

Remember, the RD was a major exporter of Cooper even though it is NOT mined there. Que vida!

We spent millions to dig below ground in an area prone to black-outs, tremors, Hurricane and subsequent storm surges which could flood the tunnels. Remember, JD told you first!

There should be an expaned "above ground" national rail system to move produce faster and cheaper to ports for exports as well moving people across country (without gas guzzling & pollution generating buses). Does anyone get this?

donde esta joseanton????
Maybe they have found a cure for his/her rabia-antileonelosis.(madness)

JD
it would work if the tracks are inspected daily. dont want the train to de-rail

CaptainRob, a wonderful post. i wish those who believe that the only way to solve traffic congestion is to build a subway would read it ten times. why do people believe that it is only passenger transit that is causing traffic jams? what about all the heavy trucks and other pieces of equipment that use the streets.?how about eveil parking habits, where people block intersections, among other things.? do people realise that traffic lights are synchronised to operate within normal conditions? which means that if you move forward at a normal rate, and stay within the speed limits, you will go through a number of lights before you have to stop. if you act like an a-hole, and jackrabbit start, then cut into the lane in front, causing the lane to slow, then you have anarchy, or catastrophic breakdown. people need to learn to drive like civilised creatures . no amount of metros will fix congestion. there is a very long street in brooklyn called Linden Boulevard. you can get on that street

Parkway, and, if you drive at the appropriate speed, you can go through dozens of lights without encountering a red. the jerks who drive at seventy mph always get caught by the guys who drive at forty.

the little motorcycles slow things down too... they come out of no where

una Mierda

Here, I am by popular demand!

The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated, but unfortunately for the Dominican taxpayer the demise of the MERTO is just beginning!

Y no era Pa'Lante Que Vamos!

Josean, as much as i despise the metro as an idea, i wish it well, if only because the people who get nothing from it are the ones who paid for it. but, i am afraid that you could be right. this is just one glitch, but i hope the chickens of hasty execution do not come home to roost. as i said before, a subway is not a passola. these are complex creatures, and, when they go awry, they do so in a gargantuan way. as i posted over a year ago, it took years to repair a few miles of track in the Bronx. and one should take note that those were highly trained and experienced guys with the latest equipment. Fausto will not fix these things with a pair of pliers and an adjustable wrench.

Josean, as much as i despise the metro as an idea, i wish it well, if only because the people who get nothing from it are the ones who paid for it.

Dread,

I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments!

yes, Josean. all the kids who will not get a decent education, or proper medical care, because some juvenile brain decided to spend a billion dollars on 1% of the population.

dread,

Since you are good in math, maybe someday when you have time you could work up numbers on the outcome of what it would have meant to spend $750,000,000 dollars on education in the DR.

the numbers begin to reach mind boggling heights, because there are so many things , negative and positive, that have to be factored. on the minus side, consider the phrase "idle hands are the devil's workshop". so, consider the mayhem that uneducated, unprepared, unemployable people wreak on society. then, consider the generational changes which can be brought about if education improves. now Belkis is no longer a ward of the state, and a parasite on gringo, but can make her own way through life. the benefits are almost incalculable. besides, i REFUSE to believe the 750 million tag.

"the benefits are almost incalculable'"

I had hoped you would have reached that conclusion!

And regarding the 750, I agree the jury is stil out on that one.

who gives a _ _it about the metro.all that money on something only people in the capital can use.hey leonal,what about the rest of the country.how do the benifit.u can make dr like ny.remember its still 3 world counrty.he was better of spending the money a public bus tranportation system like ny.people travel on buses,conche(dollar cabs) and scooters.not trains.wake up .don't reaon the don't do it is because the bus copmponys merto bus and caribe tours but alot of money in politicans pockets,including the president.what a joke

jojosnogood,

"only people in the capital can use.'

Not even the majority of the capita's residents or even the residents in the Mama Tingo to La Feria run: just 20,000 per day and shrinking, when they assured us 200,000 per day.

LIE-onel Fernandez and the PLD are not capable of even planning a turn in a circle.