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Updated | Bendy buses to remain off the streets
Arriva presented with investigation report • Minister says bendy buses to remain off the streets.
9 September 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
This afternoon transport minister Joe Mizzi held a decisive meeting with Arriva officials during which he informed them that bendy buses will remain off the streets.
The ministry was still awaiting the outcome of the magisterial inquiry.
On 27 August, Transport Malta ordered the temporary removal of bendy buses after three bendy buses caught fire in a matter of a few days while an inquiry was being carried out.
Mizzi today refused to reveal the contents of the draft technical report presented to him on Wednesday, which he has discussed with Transport Malta CEO James Piscopo and the ministries' permanent secretary during an official trip to Istanbul, Turkey.
Arriva's Managing Director Mark Bowd did not comment either.
The finalized technical report was presented to Mizzi this morning and although the minister did not delve into the contents of the report, he stressed that he was prepared to take tough decisions.
The report was presented to the Arrival officials during an afternoon meeting. Arriva is expected to give its feedback within 48 hours.
Today's meeting was held after a series of meetings with Transport Malta officials, the authors of the report and lawyers.
Following the withdrawal of the 68 bendy buses, Arriva agreed to cover the costs for the temporary services provided by Unscheduled Bus Services (UBS).
UBS were brought in to cover the routes serviced by the bendy buses, which carried up to 40% of Arriva's customers.
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Lest we forget:
http://www.treehugger.com/public-transportation/london-mayer-kicks-bendy-buses-off-the-road.html
Keep these monsters off our roads!!
Joseph Grech •
Man! Must be a damning technical report if it has to remain secret. Undoubtedly an engineering failure either in the bendy-buses original design or in subsequent modifications vis-a-vie local climate and traffic conditions.
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What is going on? These Bendy Buses have been in service for almost two years and all of a sudden they are catching fire or breaking down. This is a disgrace for Transport Malta and the Maltese ridership. These buses were supposed to replace the old dirty buses and the old rough drivers and improve Public Transportation. Instead Public Transportation has become a nightmare. It does not add up. I have seen Bendy Buses in other countries and they seem to work fine. Could it be possible that the people maintaining these buses are not experienced enough or maybe these bendy buses are used where they should not be used, like the steep hills in and around Mellieha? The previous administration sent an inexperienced Minister to make the deal with Arriva and once again "One never sends a boy to do a man's job." What did Austin Gatt know about these Bendy Buses to start with? And why did he entrust Transport Malta (another joke) to pick out the routes for Public Transportation? When he went anywhere he was chauffeured around or driving his own private car. Now he is gone and we have to live with the mess he left us with.
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Keep them off the road. The traffic flow these last few days is proof enough that these discarded,unwanted buses were entirely wrong for our roads. What was wrong for Boris should have been wrong for Austin.
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Keep them off the road. The traffic flow these last few days is proof enough that these discarded,unwanted buses were entirely wrong for our roads. What was wrong for Boris should have been wrong for Austin.
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Keep them off the road. The traffic flow these last few days is proof enough that these discarded,unwanted buses were entirely wrong for our roads. What was wrong for Boris should have been wrong for Austin.
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Keep them off the road. The traffic flow these last few days is proof enough that these discarded,unwanted buses were entirely wrong for our roads. What was wrong for Boris should have been wrong for Austin.
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Keep them off the road. The traffic flow these last few days is proof enough that these discarded,unwanted buses were entirely wrong for our roads. What was wrong for Boris should have been wrong for Austin.
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What ever you say,don't bring those bendy buses on our roads.Our roads are to small for them.
