Angelo is the eldest son of eleven children, he grew up in a family of limited means; he spent his time planning and constructing rooms out of rubble..
Prime Minister Robert Abela, promised that discussions about the possible introduction of an underground mass transportation system would start being discussed in the coming days.
Discussing mass transit solutions in Malta is not a novel concept. Traffic problems have plagued Malta in recent history.
Angelo Xuereb was no ordinary little boy; he spent his time planning and constructing rooms out of rubble, working tirelessly on his father's farm and dreaming.
This is a country with 4 cars for every 5 inhabitants, with 56 new cars being registered every day by the end of 2020. The large-scale road network investment we have been witnessing, such as the Marsa flyovers, seems to have cut down travelling time so far.
While the aesthetic impact of these infrastructural projects is dubious, we seem ready to tolerate them if they mean that we spend less time in traffic.
So far, this does seem to be the case, but the jury is still out. Road building on its own will only alleviate traffic temporarily, due to the concept of induced demand.
What is induced demand?
Induced demand refers to the idea that increasing road capacity encourages more peo