The daily struggle facing commuters in Honiara to catch public buses each morning and evening is becoming a real struggle.
In Honiara, where most people especially students and working class people depend on buses to reach their workplace and school, the number of private buses operating most of the populated routes are not enough.
And because of this situation many people are arriving late at work and school.
As observed over the past days most of the buses are taking advantage of the long queues and poor road conditions to operate the short routes.
Monday mornings is usually a very challenging time to catch a bus.
And this is no exception this morning where many working class people and students waited for hours before catching the next bus.
Others were forced to walk.
A mother and her son arrived at the White River bus stop around 6.30am this morning. They were able to catch a bus two hours later bound for Central market.
After arriving at the Central Market they waited for nearly 30 minutes before catching the next bus to school in east Honiara.
The situation has been stressful for many families.
It also renewed calls for Honiara City Council and the Government to consider operating buses that specifically carry students.
The mother said, its important for most schools to have their own trucks and buses to pick-up their students in the morning to avoid them arriving for class late.
At the Central Market, many students including those attending SINU and USP were forced to wait for sometime before catching their next available bus up for their morning classes.
Given the increasing number of vehicles on the roads there is also a need to build a highway, a number of city residents have suggested.
