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| Mr. Edgeton Newman and Minister Robert Montague (Loop News Picture) |
Over the past four years the government, the courts, the Tax offices and the traffic department have agreed that several of these tickets are either wrongfully executed or executed honored and returned as unpaid. If this is so then the government should do the honorable thing and swipe the old records and start fresh.
I always wonder how come a person is allowed to have 20 outstanding tickets and still have a drivers license, continue to do business with government agencies or even travel.
I want to believe that the continued inefficiencies in government through its agencies worse than a million outstanding tickets hence they should do the honorable thing and don't put new wine in old bottle.
The sector is observing the brand new footprints of Minister Montague in the public transport sector and while some may think otherwise he has my full support in the transformation of the Public Transport sector and more so when he grant that waiver or amnesty and à livable fare adjustment.
In the meantime we as business people must stop calling ourselves poor or little people, It is time we pull up ourselves, unite and demand from ourselves and the state the building blocks for a sustainable transformed public transport sector.
Submitted by Edgeton Newman
Note: This is a solid suggestion to start the new traffic ticketing system with new data. There have been too many questions about tickets issued in the past.
This incredible performance gives you an idea of what the transportation sector has gone through over the years.
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ReplyDeleteA way must be found to expand the JUTC fleet and incorporate suitable private buses/drivers on a contract basis using the JUTC fare system, paid for the route only and renewed only on a record of responsible driving on the prescribed schedule. The motive for competing for passengers to make income is the root of the crazy driving, racing and overloading by minibuses. Neither can an orderly public transportation system be based on a route taxi system - this should be a supplementary system only for rural or small communities. Having persons constantly popping in and out of vehicles designed for personal use is a safety, traffic and environmental hazzard, and now with covid-19 a health hazzard as well. Plans must also be made for mass transit from dormitory towns especially in St Catherine to Kingston - train or ferry need to be revisited - and light rail from uptown to downtown.
ReplyDeleteIn addition to all you have said Mr derby. Set reasonable fares so the owners can survive. We can't continue to ask the sector to subsidize fares. Many of us need to walk , we are a nation of BIG BELLY people. All the life style diseases are rampant like covid-19
ReplyDeleteIn a free market system why the taxies are not included in this system. The supermarkets increase, the gas increase, the money increase and the taxies decrease. Not fair for the fare.
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