Dear Editor,
Portmore residents put their lives in danger every day just to earn a living. Today I 'sailed' in a Coaster bus with some 55 people, most of whom were standing passengers. It was a bus designed to transport only 32 seated passengers.
As the bus hugged the curves of the smooth road I was troubled; in the event of an emergency, how do we exit?
Some may say that citizens should refrain from taking packed buses. But the result would mean one too many warning letters from management about punctuality, eventually putting one's career on the line just to prove a point.
Is it really better to overload the buses, with standing passengers, than to carry the maximum seated capacity?
I understand that the Transport Authority gave the decree to remove the middle seats and install rails to accommodate the standing passengers who would then be required to stretch over other passengers to hold on to
these rails.
Are we going to wait until there is a massive accident with the forfeiture of lives and limbs before we stop this madness? Are we going to take any approach to improving the transportation problem in the Sunshine City? Who will help us, the mayor, Transport Authority?
All of this was early in the morning. I wonder what's going to happen on my way home?
Sanishi Bryson
Portmore Pines
St Catherine
Standing room only
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Portmore residents put their lives in danger every day just to earn a living. Today I 'sailed' in a Coaster bus with some 55 people, most of whom were standing passengers. It was a bus designed to transport only 32 seated passengers.
As the bus hugged the curves of the smooth road I was troubled; in the event of an emergency, how do we exit?
Some may say that citizens should refrain from taking packed buses. But the result would mean one too many warning letters from management about punctuality, eventually putting one's career on the line just to prove a point.
Is it really better to overload the buses, with standing passengers, than to carry the maximum seated capacity?
I understand that the Transport Authority gave the decree to remove the middle seats and install rails to accommodate the standing passengers who would then be required to stretch over other passengers to hold on to
these rails.
Are we going to wait until there is a massive accident with the forfeiture of lives and limbs before we stop this madness? Are we going to take any approach to improving the transportation problem in the Sunshine City? Who will help us, the mayor, Transport Authority?
All of this was early in the morning. I wonder what's going to happen on my way home?
Sanishi Bryson
Portmore Pines
St Catherine
Standing room only
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