Response from the Municipio re my complaint about buses on Sangre de Cristo

[louisarogers]

If you have a concern about the city, you can go to the Municipo (the building on Plaza de la Paz) on Monday mornings, and speak to the appropriate department head. I’ve done it before—successfully—about graffiti. This time I went there to discuss my objections to buses on Sangre de Cristo. They sent me to Transporte Municipal, near Pipila, where I was asked to write an escrito describing my concerns. I wrote them that because the street is narrow and congested, buses make it dangerous for pedestrians; that it was bad for tourism, since many tourists have to walk on a crowded, unpleasant street to reach hotels and restaurants beyond; that it damaged the image of Guanajuato, that the bus fumes were bad for people’s health; and that the buses are unpleasantly noisy.

They responded, “A lo anterior (referring to my letter to them), le comento que la Dirección de Obra Pública Municipal, determino que el puente ubicado en la calle mencionada en supra liíneas, no corre riesgo alguno de colapso, por lo que esta Dirección se dio a la tarea de analizar los beneficios del transporte público en esta via, determinando que son más personas las beneficiadas al pasar las unidade por esta zona, que las beneficiadas al pasar las rutas por Pozueloa, concluyendo así, que las rutas del transporte público deben pasar por la calle sangre de cristo.”

Oh well. Así es…

[jesm]

Should have known, it was that damn bridge!
Nice direct response however.

[Doyle Phillips]

Thanks for the admirable effort, Louisa.

Maybe the Tourism department would have another opinion.

If passenger service is really the reason, why not ban the big
buses on Sangre compensate with an increase in the number
of the smaller Combis? --doyle

[jesm]

That’s a worthwhile suggestion, but likely local government will have trouble with actions that put more vehicles on the already congested streets. More vehicle free streets make sense to me.
Campeche has made great strides and gained huge amounts of quiet and clean public space for cafes, art, and peaceful strolling by closing many Centro streets. It’s one big fair, block by block. I would love such here.

[pianoheat]

They did ban the big buses for awhile only recently have they returned not sure why they brought them back