Huge delays, people pissed off but still not complete colapse.. it can still get worse...
http://www.lavanguardia.es/
http://www.lavanguardia.es/lv24h/20071022/53404872676.html
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Barcelona/afronta/caos/ferroviario/elpepuesp/20071022elpepunac _1/Tes
Roughly 10 km of lines with cars int the southern highways.. plus delays of 30 minutes 1 hour of the alternativve bus system to cover the lines....
I must say I live right ont he south of Barcelona...and the line I take everyday is one of the collapsed.
A pleasure I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude
Zp not realizing the the huge lack of investment in 2004 on was his big mistake.. of course he did not want to antagonize the right-wing sectors or try to convince other regions of the spain that Catalonia had problems with investment.... because the narrative (contrary to all data available) says that catalonia does not need the investment because its rich and they take all the money they want from the cnetral government anyhow.
It was pointed out in a radio debate this morning that since the 1993 elections the support of the Catalan Nationalists of CiU was absolutely necessary to approve the national budget every year except for 2000-2004. Also, from 1979 to 2003 the Regional Government was in the hands of CiU. However, the Mayor of Barcelona has been a Socialist all this time. So it would be cynical for CiU to campaign in Barcelona on this issue, since when they had the political power to influence the National Government to invest on Barcelona's infrastructure, they did nothing.
It was also mentioned that in 1982-86 the Socialist government decided that rail was a thing of the past. They quickly corrected themselves, but if it hadn't been for the 1992 Expo and Olympic games, Spain still might not have any high-speed trains. We have met the enemy, and it is us — Pogo
A general dislike for trains plus a general dislike for catalonai in the rest of spain among some sectors(in madird sepcially) joined to produce this disaster of really epic proportions.
