Transantiago: my experience

I never knew the old system. I came to live here in Santiago in 2007, the same year that Transantiago started, so some times my opinion on it was not so bad. Actually I never had a bad experience because from my house here in Santiago to the University I have the subway really close and I only take bus in Grecia Avenue, and never had much problems in this avenue.

However, besides of this bus line, people I know had a lot of problems, especially when started Transantiago, the firsts months of 2007. Even my routine was changed, at the beginning I took a little more than an hour to arrive to the University, and I had only one way: the subway and one bus line. Now the same tour takes me 45 minutes an I have 3 different bus lines. Maybe in my case it is a little difference, but to other people the system is really better now.

I hope that the Transantiago System to continue improving. There are a lot of things to do yet. Maybe we have more buses, more buses lines, more control to the people who doesn't pay. But it doesn't enough. Some sides of Santiago needs more than these solution. And we can see other kind of problems, like the poor condition of the Intermodal La Cisterna. Some times the problem is not the system, but those who implement it.

Other point important for me is that we still have old buses polluting the environment. The new buses isn't do this, so here we have one thing to do to make the Transantiago better, and our life too!