Clyde Caruana warns mass transport proposals ‘could royally screw’ Malta

Hemm mod kif le. Jistgħu jieqfu jirreġistraw il-karozzi u l-għadd ta’ karozzi fit-triq malajr jonqos. Ftit sagrifiċju mis-sewwieqa biex kulħadd ikun iktar komdu. Fl-aħħar mill-aħħar kulħadd imur tajjeb. Is-sewwieqa jkollhom iktar flus fil-but għax ma jaħluhom fuq il-karozzi, it-trasport pubbliku jaħdem aħjar għax ma jeħilx fit-traffiku u min vera jkollu emerġenza jaqbad taxi. Il-bqija kollu fsied żejjed dan li kulħadd irid il-karozza biex ma jaqbadx tal-linja.

I don’t think he is entirely wrong, but it’s unclear whether he is considering the introduction with or without measures to disincentivise car use.

Politicians in Malta have been clear: we will encourage and incentivise and be positive.  The moment you try to discourage car use (paid parking, congestion charge) politicians will say no.

So yes, under these circumstances, the only thing you can do is run a bus system parallel to everybody happily using their cars.

Not saying a metro is necessarily feasible though, but still, you need to push people into it.