Comments on: Jordan’s Ambitious Bus Plans Get Shelved

By: Arwa Aburawa

Arwa Aburawa — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:43:13 +0000

I totally agree with you @Toronto. I think at this stage, the real problem seems to be the lack of clarity. Nobody knows why the project was stalled and no-one knows when or IF the project will restart. V. worrying.

@Bubbly. You make a great point and I follow your logic about car lobbying (see below). However, why aren’t those who rely on public transport doing their own lobbying?!

No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change by Danny Chivers: Back in the early 1900′s companies like General Motors and Firestone aggressively bought out public transport systems in the US and then shut them down. Over a hundred commuter rail systems were closed and thousands of kilometres of rail tracks were pulled up.

By: Bubbly

Bubbly — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:05:02 +0000

This project is stalled through lobby groups such as car owners, traditional bus owners, and others. They have been applying pressure through various media outlets by claiming that it will not work, that there is corrption, etc ; even though an investigative committee gave it a clean bill of health.

We have to remeber that in the US, car companies were instrumental in buying out and then cancelling all the Trams in the United States at the beggining of the century. But hopefully it will not happen here as social media and other groups are exposing these propogandists with personal agendas…

By: Toronto Chiropractic

Toronto Chiropractic — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:29:44 +0000

It’s just sad that the good plan will probably go into waste. It will also gonna be a huge boost in the transportation of Jordan but I think that will not be happening in the next couple of years. Let’s just hope that someday it will push through.