VI Gov’t preparing to re-establish Community Bus Service
Honourable Rymer said the Government of the Virgin Islands recognised the need to re-establish a community-based public transportation service through the arm of the Taxi and Livery Commission (TLC) and that the initiative will be rolled out by the Third quarter of 2024.
According to a Government Information Service (GIS) press release on February 21, 2024, Honourable Rymer said, “The completion of the Road Town Market Square Bus Shelter was the first phase, as a designated space in the picking up and dropping off of persons wishing to be connected to their respective communities.”
RT Market Square to be hub for bus service
Director of the Taxi and Livery Commission, Mr Jevaughn J. Parsons said after the natural disasters of 2017 and the close of the National Bus Service contract, the initiative was dormant.
Mr Parsons said, “We are aware of the need for public transportation in the Territory. However, we also recognised the need for a designated staging area for the organisation, transfer and movement of persons within the city.”
The director said, “On the rollout of the Community Bus Service, it is our hope that the Market Square Bus Stand will be the hub or terminal for persons desirous of being connected to their respective communities, by the Public Transport Operators who are members of the Community Bus Service conglomerate.”
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24 Responses to “VI Gov’t preparing to re-establish Community Bus Service”
As I and many have long come to realize that politicians believe that they are wiser than Approximately 95% of the people than I trusted them to managed their affair, but moreso, as of especially, over the pass 10 years or there about the web of deception is fastly losing its grip on the minds of many.
Suggestion 1.
The ghutter opposite the Market should first be cleaned, and paved over so that vehicles going Eastward can past behind Wards's building without having to congest any further. This surely will help for an uncertain number of years coming.
Suggestion 2. Road-Over-Road
Because of Road town City small congested land area, we should, as like other countries have, build roads over others where needed. If we do not consider this idea now, but rather ignore its foresight, then possibly before this ongoing decade will come to an end, it will become far easier and quicker to exit school children and others from Road town by some other way, possible by sea.
3. Suggestion. Limit Import Of Vehicles Annually.
I know that this is a like an extreme bitter pill to swallow, but if both the above suggestions are not or will not be in the short to medium term considered, then suggestion number three cannot be avoided.
Where are the busses running to? Only East what about cane Cane Garden Bay Carrot Bay West End
The taxi men have never not once asked for locals to be charged less. They are part of the problem.
A set of tourist asked me where is the beach I told them take a taxi and saw them walking back minutes later. They said the taxi man tried to scam them but I said no that is the regular price they will charge a local. Even the tourist know it is robbery.