Malta commissioned external transport experts in 2020 to produce a comprehensive transport study, whose recommendations have yet to be fully implemented years later.
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The conversation moves from pensions to roads, and the tone darkens. [1] — Jon Mallia "Malta has 154,000 registered cars. Every new road built fills up immediately. Speakers compared the island to an artery clogged with choles…" 48:00 Robert Formosa reveals that in 2020 Malta commissioned external transport experts to produce a comprehensive strategic study — a costly and thorough piece of work that outlined the structural changes needed. Five years later, the report sits largely unimplemented. A 2025 update acknowledged its findings but shied away from the hard decisions. Jon Mallia adds that Malta's attempt to boost public transport ridership by making buses free was a well-intentioned policy that completely failed: the service is so unreliable and socially stigmatised that even zero cost cannot persuade commuters to abandon their cars. David Grech frames the underlying problem: with 154,000 registered cars on a tiny island, every new road built instantly fills up. The system is at saturation point. Using the metaphor of a clogged artery, Mallia warns that if the underlying causes are not treated — not just the symptoms — the heart attack is coming.
Malta made public buses free, yet ridership barely changed. The buses are unreliable, slow and socially stigmatised. Until the experience is genuinely competitive with car ownership, nothing will shift.
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