The Project aims to organize and facilitate the movement of buses that service the center of Amman, as RCBS primarily connects the Capital’s center with east and north Amman, and some other cities and neighboring regions.
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in terms of architecture and the general feel, i think its great, but while there taking photos i was approached by two different people thinking i was in the press and wanted to tell me their stories, one of them spoke about owning two shops on a good location in that street before the project began, now the municipality gave him a store on the third floor and thought that no one will visit him, as for the other man, he was a bus driver and complained that the whole project is failure, he says the terminals are too small and to run the whole place will be difficult, because in other circumstances a bus driver doesn't leave the station unless his bus is full or riders, but in this project he say people running it will organizes it so that each bus spends a certain amount of time and has to get moving, "ano ily bido iytali3na ou i7na mosh im7amleen" he said.
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in terms of architecture and the general feel, i think its great, but while there taking photos i was approached by two different people thinking i was in the press and wanted to tell me their stories, one of them spoke about owning two shops on a good location in that street before the project began, now the municipality gave him a store on the third floor and thought that no one will visit him, as for the other man, he was a bus driver and complained that the whole project is failure, he says the terminals are too small and to run the whole place will be difficult, because in other circumstances a bus driver doesn't leave the station unless his bus is full or riders, but in this project he say people running it will organizes it so that each bus spends a certain amount of time and has to get moving, "ano ily bido iytali3na ou i7na mosh im7amleen" he said.
from Jordan
said:I was thinking of going downtown to check on it... thanks alot for posting it.. you made me feel curious about what I would see there :)
from Jordan
said:Walla I wonder all the time how Amman will look like in 10 or 15 years after all those projects are done! It is amazing how so many people are hanging their hopes up there... while most jordanians you meet in such street never left the country, i also wonder how the percieve all the urban development plans of Amman and Aqaba in particular!
This is a neat blog.. great talent i can see from your lense! well done and keep the cool posts coming.
from Jordan
said:Thank you Rakan, in 15 years we'll need to call it "Amman 2"
from Qatar
said:interesting..
transportation in jordan needs alot of urgent and serious work, good n well organized public transportation solves many problems in amman, problems that have been growing huge recently
the downtown area needs alot of urban planning as well, but that ofcourse is ALOT of money
the concept of what they r doing in abdaly now runs in that stream.
while most countries tend 2 take dilecate care of their "centers" others tend 2 abandon them
as with the huge population growth in amman, and the large number of projects, a solution for traffic is urgently needed, and with an existing situation like this where u should improve the circulation system since there is no room 4 new roads n streets, i think the best solution is to improve the public transport in a way that a person can actually leave his car n go by bus, neatly and on time, in addition 2 drawing attention 2 other cities instead of having all the pressure on amman, which already holds around a third of the jordanian population.
thanks sabri 4 posting about such an important issue.
from Jordan
said:Thank you Lammoush, I agree with your points, puplic transportation has to become attractive enough for car owners to leave thier cars home. Amman is crazy with traffic jams now-a-days
from Qatar
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from Jordan
said:These projects are great. But what is not great is that the people making the decisions will never be able to feel or understand the problems of those affected by their decisions.
What I never liked about our country is that almost all top officials come from the "well off" class -or become well off after assuming their post- who spend in a day what the less than average Jordanian makes in a month, maybe even two. So how can you explain to this official that even a 10-20 jd/month fluctuation in income can affect some people's lives.
For argument's sake self righteous people will say that this is the way it is in all countries. I agree, but in proper democracies strong labor parties -who fight for the rights of the working class- are allowed to see the light rather than being persecuted.
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from Canada
great pic bro. what did you think of it? does it look good all around?