QUFac - private schools charge for busing. More to the point - why aren't the myriad of construction sites being worked on in a timely fashion? Things are dug up and left - for months, sometimes it seems like years.

The corniche was soon sorted out after it was realized that the productivity of the various commercial and government offices in the West Bay area were taking a severe hit. Which meant they were hurt financially as well. That and the added factor that it made Doha look very poorly managed to outsiders at the big hotels and the diplomatic area.

Why wasn't a lot of this construction sorted out over the slower summer season? I shudder when I think of my commute starting from Sunday.

The number of man hours wasted by everyone sitting in traffic jail every day in this country is astounding, especially when it often seems to be a self inflicted wound.