The increasing number of vehicles on our roads has made the situation worse. Over 350,000 vehicles in our small island. Can you imagine? But what makes you even crazier is the traffic jams while heading to and from the capital.

A series of new roads have been announced to alleviate this traffic problem : The construction of roads/lanes will only shift the traffic jam right at the entry of the capital. They have been talking of the “metro-leger” project and bus lanes since years. Yet, nothing for now.

At some point in time, there was some talk going on about making a “Péage” system to enter Port Louis. According to them, this will encourage people to use the public transport system, which is frankly unreliable and uncomfortable. (Remember the post about Cockroaches in buses?) We can also add “unsafe” to the list, especially with some CNT buses recently in the headlines after a few accidents caused by brake fails and also, when a piece of the bus flew right into a car, killing the driver.

Now, let’s come back to Car Pooling. You should first get the picture of what I am trying to say :

You are stuck in a traffic jam. You notice loads of vehicles in which the only person is the driver.

You have most probably witnessed this scene several times. If you happen to see 4-5 of them, they are not only occupying 4 additional spaces on the road, but also, 4 additional parking slots in the city. Since all of them are heading towards the same destination, a single car could have been much more appropriate, economical and less painful for other road users.

Okay, I am not asking to fill every car up to the maximum capacity of 5-6 people like those large overloaded taxis mostly from the eastern region . We should be realist. Car Pooling can only be advantageous in every way. Nothing is wrong in sharing your car (and the cost) with your neighbours or friends who are also travelling to the same destination :

• Less vehicles on the roads
• Shared cost
• Less driving stress
• Environmentally friendly (Ile Maurice, Ile Durable concept?)

Bus services cannot really complain about this practice until they offer a good and reliable service. Many people, including myself, rarely travel by bus for the same reasons mentioned earlier.

The government should encourage car pooling but it is unfortunate that the people at the head of the authorities never thought of this idea because who would even think to share their population-paid Mercedes or BMW car with somebody else?

btw, do you (or are you willing) to do car pooling with your surroundings?

What do you think?

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Ah, si seulement la circulation pouvait être aussi fluide tous les jours…

Ça donne à réfléchir… L’utilisation de notre réseau routier existant peut être exploitée convenablement. Et si les heures de classes étaient ajustées afin de réduire le nombre de véhicules sur nos routes?

Certes, le nombre réduit de bus n’est pas le seul facteur qui est responsable de cette fluidité sur nos routes. Il y a aussi beaucoup de parents qui sont en vacances ou même certains qui quittent la maison plus tard que d’habitude afin de s’occuper de leurs enfants. Peut être certains laissent aussi leur voiture au garage? Et faut pas oublier, certains fêtent encore la Pâques Joyeuse fête à eux!

Alors, vous en pensez quoi sur ce sujet?

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Je cite (de l’express de ce mardi 02 février 2010) :

«Si le gouvernement ne prend aucune décision d’ici demain après-midi, les camionneurs entrerons en scène», déclare Pascal Bestel tout en refusant d’en dire plus.

Est-ce-que ce “Pascal Bestel” (le président de l’Association des camionneurs indépendants) croit pouvoir jouer au justicier en proliférant de telles menaces? Qu’il aille au diable avec ses camions qui ont créer un énorme embouteillage quelques mois de cela, juste le jour des examens des milliers d’étudiants du secondaire!

Vous en pensez quoi? En passant, merci encore pour votre soutien sur ce blog… Déjà plus de 500 articles!

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While the students of Standard 1 (primary) and Form 1 (secondary) students joined their new schools/colleges respectively on last Friday, the holidays finally came to an end today for most of the pre-primary, primary, secondary and tertiary students.

I am sure loads of them must have been pretty excited to go back “sur les bancs” after more than 1 month of holidays during which a large number of them kept repeating “mone plein lakaaz“.

The fact that students are no more in holidays might mean a completely different thing to different group of persons, let’s see how ;

It’s all about traffic…

No school = No traffic jams on roads = More traffic on facebook

And its true the other way round too.

I was surprised to see the calmness that prevailed on my facebook news feed today. There was definitely less (or none) stupid quizzes, facebook status messages, group invitations among others and… and… and better internet connectivity/speed !

But the worst things happen in real life…

A few to quote :

• Loads of traffic jams,
• Endless time waiting for buses,
• Less seats (or none) available, more noise (and music playing), swearings in buses and bus stations!
• Many issues about student bus pass, school transfers etc!!!

Oh… how I miss those days, especially university days!

Bon courage to everyone!

Images from here, and there

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