Weekly Report - 27 November 2014 (WR-14-47)

CHILE | Second transport crisis in as many weeks. Taxi collectives went on strike in Chile on 20 November bringing traffic on many of the major roads in the capital, Santiago, and other cities such as Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Rancagua, Concepción and Temuco, to a standstill. Just six days earlier the transport network in Santiago was plunged into chaos as the Metro suffered a massive power failure, paralysing three of the five lines for the whole working day [WR-14-46]. On that occasion, the taxi collectives to some extent came to the rescue, picking up stranded commuters; on this occasion, commuters headed for the Metro.

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