ho chiesto ad un amico maltese la situazione del TPL dopo 3 mesi ecco la risposta
(se qualcuno la traduce mi fa in piacere, non vorrei commettere ORRORI)
(ndCoccodrillo: traduzione nella pagina successiva)overall there has been a lot of change... first of all the buses are all new and the drivers are more polite... the old bus system had a lot of old buses and some were very rude drivers
However Arriva brought about a lot of changes to the bus routes which the Maltese people found very difficult to get used to. This system was of multiple interchanges around the island. There have been many changes to this system but there are still a lot of complaints... therefore in November they are going to change back to the old bus routes where all buses come from Valletta or the main Hospital (& University), and go directly to each village.
Also there were complaints about the buses being late. At first this was down to many new drivers, but then many argued that this was because not enough buses were brought to Malta. On one hand the government wanted to have less buses but which were running all the time, in order to be more eco-friendly, however Malta does not have many proper roads with bus lanes so a small number of buses could not keep with the time, due to traffic. However they have also announced that they will be bringing more buses in November.
Finally there was also the prices, for foreigners who do not have a Maltese ID card, they have to pay double the price. This for me is a stupid idea because Malta lives on tourism and doing this is not encouraging tourists to come back. On this issue arriva or the government have not commented.
If you need more information there is a lot on the website timesofmalta.com or you can send me more questions I will happily respond
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Dopo "soli" 4 mesi, Malta Transport si vanta di non lasciare più gente a terra e garantire tutte le corse su
alcune linee... vi lamentavate di brianza trasporti?
Transport Malta’s Chief Executive, Stanley Portelli said today that the changes introduced to the bus service last Sunday have continued to yield significant improvements across the network although some areas still require adjustment.
Transport Malta is monitoring routes on a daily basis through its control room and through the detailing of a number of enforcement officers and officals at critical points.
"Today, Transport Malta monitored 11 routes, namely Route 2 (Vittoriosa), Route 3 (Kalkara), Route 51 (Imtarfa), Route 52 (Dingli), Route 53 (Rabat), Route 62 (Siggiewi), Route 71 (Zurrieq), Route 72 (Qrendi), Route 82 (B’Bugia) and Route 91 (Marsassala).
"The performance of Route 53 (iRabat), Route 91 (Marsascala) and Route 82 (Birżebbuga) was postive with all trips being performed and no passengers being left stranded. In particular on Route 91 (Marsascala), which in the past has been experiencing capacity problems at Fgura, all 24 scheduled trips were performed with only three trips being delayed by more bthan 10 minutes between 7.00 am and 11.00 am," Transport Malta said.
"Although no passengers were left stranded Route 2 (Vittoriosa), Route 3 (iKalkara), on Route 51 (Imtarfa), Route 52 (Dingli), Route 62 (Siggiewi) and Route 72 (Żurrieq) failed to perform all scheduled trips and therefore gaps were experienced in the service. These shortcomimgs have been reported to Arriva and Transport Malta will be taking all necessary action to ensure that the public is provided with the contracted service"
Transport Malta also reported on some positive comments it had received.
"A Ta’ Ġiorni resident commented that 'the service on Route 24 was very good between 7.15 am and 8.00 am - on time, with no queues.'
"A Swatar student who frequents the Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School in Naxxar reported 'a 12-minute trip from Valley Road B’Kara to the School on Route 43.
"A San Gwann elderly resident called in to report how convenient it was for her to go to Rabat to visit her cousins. 'I caught the bus to the Mater Dei Interchange and then boarded bus 202 to Rabat. It was a pleasant experience and I look forward to including it in my weekly outings. Thank you,' she concluded."
Transport Malta said it also received positive feed back with respect to routes introduced from 6th November:
"An Mġarr resident described the amended Route 44 as being “an efficient public transport service that we can make use of and arrive at our destination on time”.
"A student residing in Attard and attending the Junior College commented positively on the amended Route 54 linking Attard to Valletta via Sta Venera and advised that this morning like many others it took me 20-25 minutes less to get to Junior College."
Transport Malta said it will continue to monitor the network. It thanked the Police again for their support in assisting with traffic management.