I think the problem with the smart bus is that the government tried to side step the existing public transport systems. The smart buses are too few to actually get any benefit from them. The only way they can achieve this is by implementing this model to every bus/shuttle/matatu on the road the same way they did with seat belts.
-Billy
2011/6/28 Moses <mosenetk@gmail.com>I believe Smart Bus and Citi Metro use a similar model?
Moses.On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
Wasn't that tried with those red citi hoppa buses? Ama that was a different technology?On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
I cast my vote with you Kris, very well thought out.
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:54 PM, kris njoroge <krsnjo@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think transport should be a service and not a business so to say, as a
> means of getting the working forces from home to job and back. One thing for
> certain is that the cost of transport as it lies right now is really high
> and most of the revenue or cash generated is never taxed enough as a pay
> back for the heartache we all go through in public transport.
> In view of moving into the new age i think a system of prepaid card would be
> the way of reducing the cost of transport per passenger, in this case the
> bus has a card reader to verify that the card is paid up. The price is fixed
> so going to westi or ronga or thika would be the same and you could pick any
> bus.
> The technology then would be a wireless card reader on the bus buses , a way
> of you refilling your monthly card either by mpesa or some other way. IMHO
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