Daniel Monzón
SEE: B
November 2014
Draft #2
According to Global Foundation three out of four (75%) of the Dominican Republic Population uses the Public Transportation system. Out of those 75% 40.9% are poor and depend on the Public Transportation system to move around the city to get to their jobs or to take their children to school. The problem with this is that our Public Transportation system can’t be trusted or relied on because several reasons. Every day thousands of citizens are endangered by the system. It could be a mom taking a Carro Publico to take her kids to school or it could be a businessman going to work in his own car.
High school student Adonis Tineo lay motionless in an overflowing emergency room on a recent afternoon after
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“The Dominican Republic is effectively the deadliest nation anywhere for drivers. For every 100,000 inhabitants in the Dominican Republic, 42 die every year from traffic accidents, according to the World Health Organization.”(Lopez) The departments in the Dominican Republic who are supposed to control and regulate the vehicles and ensure safety on the streets are clearly not doing their job. There are several departments in charge of this but the main department that is supposed to do this is the Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Comunicaciones (MOPC) that is a government organization. Which makes me think that everything run by the government in this country seems to not work properly. After reading the (MOPC) plan of constructions for this year I found out that they are planning on spending more than 11 billion pesos on the construction of a Naval Base and a sports facility in the city. Making this organization completely useless when it comes to improving the road safety. Also the law enforcement in the Dominican Republic is practically useless when it come to the safety of the public. “Speed limits vary from 25 mph in the city to 60 mph on rural roads, but they are generally not enforced”. (U.S Department of State) Drivers doing what they want on the streets because of no law enforcement and the terrible condition of the roads and vehicles are the perfect recipes for …show more content…
This has lead over the years for visitors and many of the uppercase citizens to get private drivers know as chofer in D.R. “Visitors to the Dominican Republic might want to consider hiring a professional driver during their stay in lieu of driving themselves”. (U.S Department of State) Visitors and citizens have no other option that hiring a driver, this people don’t want to go through the hassle of driving in our chaotic streets so they have no other option. Public transportation in the D.R is so disorganized and unreliable that the cost and benefit ratio of hiring a driver is a lot better than using the Public Transport offered. “In Santo Domingo, there was an excess of 3 million motorized trips made every day in 2004. 280,000 of these motorized trips occurred during the peak hour – and over 70%” (196,000) of these were on some form of public transit (OPRET, 2004). As shown here another big cause of the disorganization of the system is the amount of vehicle that transit through the streets. “The existing “public” transport system in Santo Domingo is comprised of an assortment of modes, only a few of which are actually publically owned. Before the Metro was built, the national bus service, OMSA, was the only true public intra-urban system in Santo Domingo.”(FUNGLODE) This is why traffic in the city is terrible. For example when I am of to school
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, or “El Chivo”, controlled the people of the Dominican Republic in a manner that set him apart from the other leaders of that time. By controlling every aspect of the country’s economy, he controlled the people, by controlling each individual’s income and their jobs, he controlled their lives. (Sagas, 173) It is true that from the outside it may appear that the economy was getting better in the Dominican Republic, but the problem was that all of the enterprises and businesses were directly or indirectly owned and controlled by Trujillo himself, not the government. Building bridges, making better roads, and establishing monuments were Trujillo’s ideas as to how to make the Dominican Republic a better place. (de Besault, N/A) True that these things made the Republic more appealing and made transportation better, but the inhumane methods Trujillo employed to maintain his complete and utter control of the people completely overshadowed any positive things that he may have done.
Trujillo use of violence and challenge of political authority demonstrated that from the very beginning he created an insurgency regime within his military ranks that oppressed his country. Which 30 years later, his own military generals and freedom fighters will be the very ones to end his reign. To this very day, some of the Dominican people whether living in the United States or Dominican Republic are hesitate to talk about it, but are glad that it is in the past and
Several surveys have shown the city of Miami to be one of the least preferable cities in which to drive. Every morning there is an exodus of Biblical proportions, as thousands or cars tightly pack into highways six lanes wide. More discouraging about driving in Miami is the mind-numbingly slow pace with which traffic moves. Moreover, bumper-to-bumper traffic causes many minimal damage accidents that ironically have larger, more negative, effects on traffic congestion than they actually should. Other factors such as construction and aggressive drivers create more hazardous conditions for commuters. The roads and highways of Miami are a world of danger that creates the unpleasant experience it is to drive in Miami.
Infrastructure would improve and the environment would be cleaner as well. Overall, nothing but good can come from a. national speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Works Cited Carrington, Damian. “Speed limit rise would increase deaths and pollution, admits. Government.”
are hard working citizens whom knows what they're doing on the road and they are
In the chapter One Island, Two Peoples, Two Histories: The Dominican Republic and Haiti the present day differences of Haiti and The Dominican Republic are explained through the political, social, and ecological history of both locations. The Dominican Republic, although it is still considered a developing country, is in a objectively worse state than Haiti. Haiti’s environmental policies failed so horrendously in the past that the area is in a visible state of disarray. With only 1% of the country still forested, not only is the visual draw of the country lessened, but the prospect of wood trading that the forests once offered is almost obsolete. This greatly effects the outside world’s image of Haiti which, given the financial gain tourism
public transit networks. But just how serious is the burden of car ownership, and how exactly does
Automobiles play a major role in today's society. Almost every American owns at least one motorized transportation vehicle. Some say they make our lives better by reaching places faster than before. Others say they are a harmful to the environment. Have they made our society better or worse? They may be fast, but do we as humans want our environment to suffer because of time. Face it, cars pollute. And they release destructive chemicals into the air. Air pollution can threaten the health of many subjects in the environment including human beings.
The Dominican Republic was first discovered in the year of 1492 by none other than Christopher Columbus. When Christopher Columbus first sighted what is today known as the Dominican Republic, he told Spain that he found a land that was the “fairest under the sun.” The Dominican Republic is located in between the chain of Caribbean islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico. The island has very favorable climate and gentle winds. With its good mineral wealth, the Dominican Republic was preferred as the early location for Spanish trade, administration in the New World and culture. Christopher Columbus named the Dominican Republic “Espanola” or “Little Spain” to show his love for the island. Today the island is divided into two countries which are the Dominican Republic, which consists of Hispanic, Western, Spanish speaking, population which of whom are mostly white or mulatto. The second country is Haiti, which is French and African Culturally and the population consists of people whom are mostly black. The Dominican Republic has four parallel mountain ranges that run from northwest to southwest that segregate the country into several smaller pieces and also separate the capital of Santo Domingo from the agricultural area and also from the center of the tourist trade area which is located on the northern coast. The mountain ranges are mostly unpopulated and are far less important to the Dominican Republic than the valleys of the cordillera. The Dominican Republic is usually blessed with beautiful weather and temperature and rainfall but the island also contains serious climatic problems such as hurricanes of which left many of its people dead and homeless in the year of 1930. This Hurricane served as a reason or excuse for Dictator R...
These proposed laws will make driving any type of automobile a lot safer, which should be the ultimate goal of any driver getting behind the wheel. Laws being changed or added will obviously save a vast amount of time, money, and lives, however, as long as there are vehicles on the road, there is a chance of accidents occurring. Victims of car accidents are often extremely disoriented so it is important to be aware of what laws are in place to protect victims and know the proper steps to take in the event of a traffic
In this essay, I will discuss the topic of urban public transportation and how it relates to the Church and Wellesley BIA. The nature of transportation in Toronto is a highly complex topic. As discussed in the article Transportation: The Bottleneck of Regional Competitiveness in Toronto, there are many concerns with transportation in regards to international transport, roads, highways, rails, bike lanes, buses etc. (Keil, Roger, Young, 2008). These transportation variables all have a greater economic, health, and environmental impact. The article goes on to describe that mobility in Toronto suffers because its management is uncoordinated, and there is a gap in regional interaction (Keil, Roger, Young 2008). The scope of this essay will be to
The major cause of aggressive driving is the discourteous or inattentive driver. Driving behaviors include changing lanes to closely, tailgating and "the number one cause is the left lane hog." (Larson 1) These seemingly small errors infuriate the potentially aggressive driver and cause a transformation indescribable to man kind. Reduced law enforcement, highway traffic, the growing congestion is cities, and personal issues play a large role in the disposition of the aggressive driver. Then the angry driver may demonstrate his or her displeasure by speeding around the other vehicle, cutting the other car off, and or with a number of verbal and non-verbal messages. Though the driver may feel justified in his or her action, but the display in most times is very dangerous and often will result in damage to one or both cars involved.
Public transportation is an essential part of a city. A good public transit can encourage a city’s economic activities and can provide its citizen a convenient life. Does our Phoenix public transit work well? Does it provide sufficient service to the citizen? From my experience, the answer is no. This November I tried to attend the popular State Fair in Phoenix. However, I found that there were not any buses or metros could take me to the fair directly. It means I need 2 hours or more spend on the public transits. As the sixth most populous city nationwide (“Phoenix Quick Fact” 1), compared with Los Angeles and other big cities in America, Phoenix’s public transportation is indeed subpar. Due to Los Angeles has 154 bus lines and 30 metros (“Schedule”), New York has 316 bus lines and 28 subways(“Maps & Timetables”), while Phoenix only has 98 bus lines, and the number of metro line is only one! (“Route Schedules & Maps”) The problem is
Most of cities that people live are sequentially growing, daily routine of many people are also adapted for surrounding in the present. A lot of people have to spend most of their time with travelling though long distances to get from one place to another for connecting their businesses or other purposes by transportation. Most people use public transportation such as BTS and MRT to go each places while many people are using their own cars to travel. Thereby, both transportations have the same destination that is taking and moving people. People can choose vehicles from alter reasons depend on how people are responded to their needs by public transportation and private car that are different in convenience of travelling, expenditure of money and security of travel.
Most people take the urban public transportation system for granted. It is used in every aspect of our daily lives: work, education, medical necessities, recreation, etc. It is also important for the transportation of goods and services, which aids the growth and maintenance of our economy. Urban public transportation is the critical component of our quality of life and economic stability. The MBTA, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, is Boston and Eastern Massachusetts’s major transportation service.