All aboard unsafe buses in Mexico
Al JazeeraGuadalajara, Mexico – With almost half the population living in poverty, public buses are the only viable means of transport for many Mexicans. But serious concerns have arisen over the safety, quality and cost of public transport in Guadalajara, Mexico’s second biggest city, where bus drivers complain of exploitation and the number of bus-related deaths is alarmingly high. Guadalajara’s chaotic public transport system has suffered from decades of insufficient investment and regulation, Jesus Soto Morfin of civic watchdog group Ciudad Para Todos told Al Jazeera. by - Jose Sanchez Rincon, bus driver In response to Vazquez’s death, the Jalisco government reversed a recent fare hike and froze prices until operating companies comply with new transport regulations by providing drivers with uniforms and certified training programmes, and fitting all buses with security cameras and electronic speed control. “The unions offer workers absolutely no protection,” but, in breach of Mexican law, every driver is forced to join the unions and pay inscription fees upon starting work, the route 176 driver told Al Jazeera.
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