Taking a bus ride to the capital city

I am no architect, singer or dancer but God gave me the gift of appreciating and enjoying their performances.

Romain Raynaldy’s interview with Renzo Piano (October 5) made me wonder whether he knew about the transformation our public transport was going to get, as is being proposed by Transport Malta. The fact that buses are going to operate till late at night, especially to Valletta, makes it more feasible and profitable to the Valletta business community to have a closed, multi-purpose theatre. Hundreds of people will go to the theatre every day, all year round using the bus service knowing they will have transport back. This can be combined with some museums opening till late on certain specific days and maybe later on having a mini Notte Bianca every month!

Our Prime Minister once said Valletta deserves the best. The vertical lift project is old-fashioned for our time and I envisage an escalator instead, which could carry hundreds of people at the same time in the shortest time possible. I was in Siena and at the back of the Basilica of St Francis (famous for the Eucharistic miracle) they have an escalator alongside the fortifications which zigzags down to a large parking area.

The hundreds of cruise liner tourists can be whisked to Valletta in no time at all and, as they always say, time is money.