Rock Express performed well on exit, but kept the crowds waiting for hours in the rain this Sunday morning, 4
Main means of travel for the City of the rockthe articulated bus system called Rock Express it worked fine on exit, but it was chaotic at the end of the second day Rock in Rio. A crowd gathered and stopped in the rain for a wait that exceeded two hours for boarding.
The walk between the Olympic Park entrance and the boarding platform for the bus service typically takes around 15 minutes, but at around 1:30 this Sunday the route was over an hour due to the amount of people. At that time it was raining and windy in the western part of Rio de Janeiro and the number of buses was much less than demand.
When the public finally made it to the boarding platform, the wait to get on the buses invariably exceeded an hour. A crowd filled the space and the advisers hired to point out the boarding places didn’t seem to know what to do.
Furthermore, the departure and arrival of the articulated lorries did not take place at the same speed recorded at the exit. Sometimes, there were simply no buses leaving. Some were parked but out of order.
Rock Express uses Rio’s BRT system, an articulated bus service that travels in exclusive lanes through neighborhoods west of the city. The modal started operating ten years ago and has spent much of its time under concession, but was tentatively taken over by the city hall last year after successive service failures, including a lack of buses.
Mayor Eduardo Paes (PSD) stressed the importance of the system to allow the public to reach Rock in Rio at a press conference held in Cidade do Rock on Tuesday, but warned of the risk of a lack of buses.
“We are having a problem in city transport. The system that has always been used to access Rock in Rio (BRT) is going through a crisis; we are buying more buses, but the buses do not have them on the shelf, and it takes time to arrive. “, commented. You also mentioned that Rock Express is an initiative of Rock in Rio itself, which has taken over the service from the city hall. For the event, the mode costs R $ 22 round trip, while the traditional BRT costs R $ 4.05 per ticket.
This Sunday Rock in Rio accused the rain of the problems recorded at dawn. “On the slowness of the public leaving the park after the last show on the Mundo Stage, the organization of the event makes it clear that, due to the rain, the pressure of the public at the exit was double than usual. been broken and road accidents, “the warning informed in a statement. “However, the entire service was regularized in an hour and a half”.
The Rio Municipal Transport Department (SMTR), in turn, stated that “it is monitoring the Rock Express bus service, hired by the organization of the event, and asking for greater agility at the exit of the shows, to reduce the intervals. , as well as increasing the number of employees on the support teams. ” The ministry also said that “it is waiting in all places of embarkation and disembarkation to witness the operation”, and said that the departure “concentrates a greater number of people in a short period of time”.
Source: Terra
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