Rank: Member Joined: 11/19/2009 Posts: 3,142
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mkeiy wrote:Muriel wrote:mkeiy wrote:
Dude, you see absolutely no primary problem being solved, yet you are demanding credit?
Here are some;
1. Tax evasion.
2. Adherance to preset fares,protecting the commuter even when it rains.
3. Better returns for investors in the sector.
4. Security. No more thugs hanging around in a mat/bus. With automated doors and cctv.
5. Safety. Bigger companies mean bigger pockets meaning higher standards of building buses/mats.
6. Bigger commuter bus companies inconjunction with local authorities,they would have gps installed in buses and display panels at major stages/terminals, to keep commuters posted on arrival time of the closest buses. Si kukaa kwa stage without knowing when the next bus will be arriving.
7. To enable commuters using connecting buses/routes, to pay less than they do now when they pay for each bus/route separately/independently. More so when the commuter train shall get integrated into the commuter buses system.
Etc , etc.
Lastly what bargaining power do the commuters have currently? When it rains, what happens?
Yes, credit. Yet I do not think you have addressed me though I see you have responded to my post. I'm sorry if I came across as asking for a comparative analysis - I wasn't. I asked about the primary problem and wondered and hinted if it was having cash on the roads. If it wasn't you just had to say so and told me it was tax issues, seeing it being the top of your list. Then we would continue from there. See? Dance moves. The commuter bargaining power I was referring to is like this. I observed a peculiar habit in one of my unusual commutes. People were standing, braving the elements and the dimming sunlight waiting for the matatu. Several matatu came and passed, flashy, musical, new, boisterous but only a few people hopped on but others kaushad. Being not particulary committed, I resolved to observe longer. 2 or so hours later an old ramshackle rumbled by to a stop and the now noticeably thinner crowd scrambled to get on board. I also did. It was not very pleasant inside stuffy, dingy, squeezy, stinky and damp but I noted the fare was considerably reduced. I reasoned that some straits informed the decision and choice of these plebs to wait that long and that hard for that vehicle. I sympathised. They were the ones I had in mind when I spoke with you. Will there be arrangements for such people in the new dispensation? I don't think you can call using a stuffy uncomfortable mat bargaining. Its akin to drinking countryman and arguing you got a bargain. Standards is what i mentioned on the fifth point. High standards. The new system integrated with others in the future will solve a myriad of problems and that,will be a good thing. It might not be what you think but that is what is, for a truth. Does it mean the users of low standard matatus will have to use their legs altogether? I am aware 'high' standards unfailingly come with commensurate costs.
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