The main improvement in the public transport system in the last few months has been the larger bus fleet, but other problems remain unsolved, according to commuters who spoke to Times of Malta.

“Funnily enough, Arriva used to insist that there was no need for more buses on the road when this was indeed their main problem,” said one commuter who uses the bus on a daily basis.

“Because there are more buses, the schedules are being adhered to and that is why I think people, including myself, are complaining less,” he said.

The public transport system was taken over by the government last January from Arriva. The private company ended its 10-year contract prematurely after accumulating massive debts and operating well below the level of efficiency that commuters had been led to expect.

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