Post 3: TRANSANTIAGO >> BEFORE AND AFTER

Much has been said about this transport system in recent years. The career that I study (sociology) has been involved in this discussion, precisely because sociologists can say one of the things that failed in the Transantiago was the sociological observation beyond the mathematical and statistical models that the system was based, and obviously they were wrong.

An interesting aspect of Transantiago, which has been called by some as the worst public policy, is that it is a combination of neoliberal policies and regulations of the third world, and the result has been particularly damaging to the lower class.
No doubt the system has some advantages: it pollutes less and the payment system is faster, although I don't like the prices of transport. In other countries it's much cheaper and has a much better service. Another good thing about it is that some lines are running all night, and that drivers are working in better conditions.
Their problems are known: it has very few machines, so there are few buses operating on the periphery of Santiago, where humble people live. In addition, the system is made so that people go standing and not seated, which I think is absurd. And as if this were not enough, spoiled the Metro, wich was the best transportation system in Chile.
I think the best option to improve the Transantiago is nationalizing avoiding that it becomes a business, become a worthy service to the people of Chile.