Hourly buses at night the answer
I find this so-called crackdown on “PH” drivers and tints very amusing. I wrote in November last year about the PH drivers and commented that in the face of the crimes committed against night commuters and drivers, especially in PH cars, there has been no approach to the PTSC on the possibility of an hourly night bus.
Such a service (like Europe’s noctambus) will make a big difference to the many single mothers who work in the food places in Port-of-Spain and have to commute late at night to Chaguanas, Arima and San Fernando. I said also that there has been no recommendation to bring PH drivers into the public transportation system, since they fill a significant void in the public transport system, especially at late hours and throughout the day when it means accessing rural and some suburban areas. They form part of that public transport system the Minister of Finance described as “reliable” in her budget presentation.
Now the acting Police Commissioner stages a crackdown on the PH entrepreneurs who fill that gap in the public transportation. I reiterate what I said last year: if you Google the words “James Philbert” and “strategy,” the Internet will produce no results.
Clarence Rambharat
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