Rome already has transport problems, and likely financial problems as well. Plus the transport company is not directly operating the company operating the buses (which is called Atac).
People tend to riot when they think they ale the low class and being left alone, I don't think that would improve the situation. It could make the "22 bus blasts last year" to shops lit, homes lit and whatever. Rome is not that stable. They have a new government, a migrant crisis, poverty in the south, and stuff like this.
yeah, italy is fucked but imo this is worse than school shootings. its a danger preventable by simple economic means. i understand they are right up against their debt ceiling but will old, disabled people dying on mismanaged transport not cause significant unrest as well?
its a danger preventable by simple economic means
It's not that simple since they don't have a national bank anymore. ECB tries to start balancing it a bit but doesn't.
but will old, disabled people dying on mismanaged transport not cause significant unrest as well?
It looks like a situation where the bus operator would sue the vendor, and it's a play on time. At least one of them will likely go down. Too bad I don't have the details.
take all the older buses out of the fleet and resort to barebones service with the newer buses and let the city government suffer the political damage until they do something about it... not just wait for some disabled person to die...