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Increased regulation for the public service vehicle (PSV) sector is one step closer to becoming reality, with the long-awaited Transport Authority Regulations now being certified by the office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel. In addition, Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources Santia Bradshaw announced on Friday, that solutions to a range of issues plaguing the sector will be implemented in ....
Frustrated by persistent public complaints about the lawless behaviour of some Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) workers, the owners will be taking a proactive stance by launching the Safe Bus Initiative in the New Year.Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael revealed, on Thursday, the organisation’s intention to embark on a campaign that encourages commuters to ride only on designated “safe buses” which will be identified by a special sticker.“These [operators] are people that will be trained and there will be a stamp that will be stuck onto the vehicle saying ‘catch me, this is a safe bus’,” Raphael disclosed in an interview with Barbados TODAY.“We hope that the public will come on board and that they will support it…. We can’t do it alone, we have to have everybody on board, which includes the public, the insurance companies, and all of those persons who have an interest in public transport. I think the time has come really for us to t ....
The Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) has welcomed Government’s planned intervention to clamp down on the lawless behaviour of some public service vehicle (PSV) operators.“Any law that is designed to curtail such activities I warmly welcome, once the law is fair, reasonable and just,” AOPT’s communications, information and marketing officer Mark Haynes told Barbados TODAY on Wednesday.He was responding to the announcement made the previous day by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources Santia Bradshaw in the House of Assembly that Transport Authority Regulations which will soon go into effect will give authorities more teeth to enforce road traffic laws and address the inappropriate behaviour of PSV operators.Haynes acknowledged that commuters and the general public had long grown frustrated with the actions of some drivers and conductors. ....
Public Service Vehicle (PSV) owners and operators have been put on notice that the sector will soon be more strictly regulated to deal with inappropriate behaviour in their ranks, among other issues.Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources Santia Bradshaw announced on Tuesday that the Transport Authority Regulations, which she believes will give greater teeth to the Transport Authority in enforcing road traffic laws, will be approved by Cabinet before the end of the year.The regulations will address the behaviour of PSV operators, permits and licences, and place greater responsibilities on the owners of vehicles for the conduct of their drivers and conductors.Speaking on the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill, 2022, in the House of Assembly, Bradshaw said that for a long time, PSV passengers and other members of the public have expressed concern that some drivers and conductors were not behaving as they should, considering the many lives they have in their ....
Another attack on a public service vehicle (PSV) operator has strengthened the resolve of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport to champion for a legislative change to ensure their safety.
A driver of a Route 3 PSV, which works from Bridget ....