The Balearic Government's mobility ministry is to increase the budget for buses in Mallorca by 150 million euros and the supply of bus public transport by 50%.
Government plans 50% increase in Mallorca's bus services
Increased demand but also increased complaints about service
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Self driving buses?
BeachcomberThat might be quite a wait.
BeachcomberIm not sure how you’d fit the extra people into the streets of Santanyí… Try the easier journeys to Sunday Felanitx market and Campos market for a more authentic Mallorquín day out instead.
Is there not a shortage of drivers already on the island? Where are the bus companies going to find new drivers, by training the new drivers themselves? More busses mean more drivers required.
In response to Marvin, nothing is free as everything has a time and/or cost element. Even the “free” UK bus passes are paid for by local government via council tax. I have just endured a regular trip from Cala D’Or to the Saturday market. Buses full on arrival and the back up full as well. So us savvy people take bus in opposite direction and remain on bus to return to our original planned alightIng point which again was heaving and bus didn’t even stop as full. This year another huge car park opened on the edge of Santanyi, and guess what, full up by 10am. The old railway to Santanyi should be reopened and extended to Cala D’Or as is basically a flat landscape all the way . But will never happen as EU won’t hand out the money and too many vested interests in coaches and all inclusive hotels. So us non resident property owners will avoid the peak months in future until the transport situation improves.
Will the buses and trains be free next year for residents? If not, there’ll be a fall in demand. It’s the train infrastructure that needs improving, to get people off the roads. Being on an overcrowded bus stuck in dense traffic doesn’t seem to fit any sustainable transport objectives.
It follows that with a 50% increase in Services, there needs to be a 50% increase of Drivers. The young Lady Drivers are excellent. Some male Drivers drive their bus like they are in a race. Up and down on their brakes. Causing an overloaded bus to bring standing passengers to fall down. Some bus routes need urgent frequency revision. Buses to Market Days of Son Severa, Cala Rajada, Inca etc. Need further urgent revision of their frequency. Where can Tourists and Residents obtain bus pass cards? For permanent and visitors use..Limits of the number of passengers carried, need to be enforced.
It is very concerning to travel on an overloaded bus. I have not seen Maximum Number of Passenger Signs on any bus. Travelling from Porto Cristo to S'Illot, Sa Coma, Cala Millor, Cala Bona and on to Cala Rajada, is distressing, in overloaded buses during the Season. And vice versa.