Dear Editor,
Well, "Sis P" really 'tun up the thing' on Jamaicans, everything is gone to the dogs and the people are getting 'hignorant'.
I was surprised to walk into the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre and see the transfer system to the 500, 600, 700 and 800 routes discontinued. Now, I have not taken the public bus system in a while, but this is ludicrous. How can people who are not working or are paid at minimum wage manage this? They are sucking the blood out of the people's pockets.
All this is going down so soon as the appointment of Colin Campbell as managing director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) after his sudden exit from another post because of accusations of wrongdoing. I was a sceptic about it.
Now here is the problem: Jamaicans are too lackadaisical, always taking everything that is thrown at us. We run and discuss it in little groups, without even taking it to the streets. We have the right to protest but, for Jamaica, once given an inch we take millions of miles. We are simply afraid of the anarchy and chaos that will happen if we do. It is as if it is reserved for inner-city dwellers leaving the subservient middle class, and the cover-ups called the upper class, silent and non-responsive. What happens at Parliament affects us all. It is all of us who cause this.
The country responded to the People's National Party's invitation to make life better and for a Government who will listen and work with the people. Where has that mandate gone? We are waiting in vain and in limbo for a word from our prime minister, who has been racking up her frequent flier miles and restricting information. But none is forthcoming, although the JUTC did advertise the changes made. We need reasons for the change as there are anomalies in JUTC's service.
Here are recommendations:
* When resuming duties, all buses should be able to carry passengers along the route it takes to get to its assigned route. (This is one way to boost revenue and relieve the waiting period for passengers).
* Have flexible bus changes in the transport centre. We cannot have two 44 buses, and the 75 route queue of passengers is extremely long or has passengers waiting for hours to get a bus.
The JUTC can avoid all the deficits if it becomes much more flexible in how it operates, and change needs to come quickly if the JUTC is to survive.
Colette campbell
rastarjamaica@yahoo.com
We have bus cries while PM flies
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Well, "Sis P" really 'tun up the thing' on Jamaicans, everything is gone to the dogs and the people are getting 'hignorant'.
I was surprised to walk into the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre and see the transfer system to the 500, 600, 700 and 800 routes discontinued. Now, I have not taken the public bus system in a while, but this is ludicrous. How can people who are not working or are paid at minimum wage manage this? They are sucking the blood out of the people's pockets.
All this is going down so soon as the appointment of Colin Campbell as managing director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) after his sudden exit from another post because of accusations of wrongdoing. I was a sceptic about it.
Now here is the problem: Jamaicans are too lackadaisical, always taking everything that is thrown at us. We run and discuss it in little groups, without even taking it to the streets. We have the right to protest but, for Jamaica, once given an inch we take millions of miles. We are simply afraid of the anarchy and chaos that will happen if we do. It is as if it is reserved for inner-city dwellers leaving the subservient middle class, and the cover-ups called the upper class, silent and non-responsive. What happens at Parliament affects us all. It is all of us who cause this.
The country responded to the People's National Party's invitation to make life better and for a Government who will listen and work with the people. Where has that mandate gone? We are waiting in vain and in limbo for a word from our prime minister, who has been racking up her frequent flier miles and restricting information. But none is forthcoming, although the JUTC did advertise the changes made. We need reasons for the change as there are anomalies in JUTC's service.
Here are recommendations:
* When resuming duties, all buses should be able to carry passengers along the route it takes to get to its assigned route. (This is one way to boost revenue and relieve the waiting period for passengers).
* Have flexible bus changes in the transport centre. We cannot have two 44 buses, and the 75 route queue of passengers is extremely long or has passengers waiting for hours to get a bus.
The JUTC can avoid all the deficits if it becomes much more flexible in how it operates, and change needs to come quickly if the JUTC is to survive.
Colette campbell
rastarjamaica@yahoo.com
We have bus cries while PM flies
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