I was surprised when I read that there are serious proposals to make public transport in Malta free (September 30).
Very good if we can afford it. Welcome to anything that makes public transport more attractive. But it’s not money that people want to save most, it’s time. If we could afford to make it free, perhaps we could afford to make it more frequent.
To my knowledge, the quickest timings for very few routes is 20 minutes between departures. Otherwise it is 30, 45 and 60.
My prayer is that no one should ever have to wait 20 minutes to catch a bus in Malta.