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As the cost of fuel continues to increase, the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) is exploring alternatives and have teamed up with L&N Workshop in a pilot project to retrofit public service vehicles (PSVs). Communications and marketing officer Mark Haynes said they have to help owners continue to make a viable living in spite of this challenge. Our remit is to ensure that we reduce the gas bill wherever …

The Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) is calling for emergency talks with Government over the poor state of the island’s roads which Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) use daily.AOPT chairman Roy Raphael made the call on Friday as members of his organisation toured the plant at the L&N Company to oversee the final steps to prepare for a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) transition project that will see some PSVs using natural gas rather than diesel.Just over a week ago at a St Michael Spea...

Some Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) on the island will soon be fuelled by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael said a CNG transition project for PSVs is in the works, through a partnership between his organisation and the L&N Company.The vehicles will be converted to use natural gas instead of diesel. “We have started discussions with L&N as it relates to looking at a pilot project where we will be introducing this new com...

Concerns about security and COVID-19 still have the transport sector uneasy and are affecting how they do business, says Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael.He told Barbados TODAY that despite recent assurances from Government and law enforcement officials that the crime situation was being addressed, operators were still on edge.“The crime situation continues to be an issue for our operators out there, including the taxis. We understand the Government [and] ...

Government has agreed to meet with the stakeholders in the transportation sector this week after concerns were voiced about a lack of compensation. President of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT), Roy Raphael, said while he did not want to prejudice the upcoming meeting in any way, among the talking points would be the displacement of taxi drivers at Heroes Square while it was being used for events. “When …

President of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT), Roy Raphael, says they are moving ahead with plans to take the Government to court over compensation. The taxi drivers who operate from Heroes Square, The City, had to move on Tuesday prior to and during the annual Sagicor Lighting Ceremony in Bridgetown. This could happen a few more times this month as the Square will be the site for other …

All stakeholders of the public transport system should be involved in the discussion process before plans are implemented. That's according to Mark Haynes, the Communications and Information and Marketing Officer of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT), who said it's important this is done, as such plans will alter the state of affairs in the industry. He told Nation News  stakeholders not being  included in talks is “manifestly wrong” …

Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael is serving notice of protest action by his association if concerns about the lack of provisions for taxi operators in Heroes Square and other parts of The City are not addressed soon.In an interview with Barbados TODAY, Raphael said drivers were angry about repeatedly being moved when events were held in Bridgetown, without either sufficient notice or compensation.“It appears to us that we are being taken for a ride and I a...

All aspects of the public transportation system in Barbados must be modernised and fully functional if the nation is serious about wanting to become a modern society. That was the assessment from chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael during an interview with Nation News recently. Raphael believes that taxi drivers need their own facility to operate out of, instead of being dispersed around the city …

The head of one of the island’s public service vehicle (PSV) organisations wants an independent body established to monitor and have greater overall control of the privately-run transportation sector.Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael made the call as he said order needed to be restored to the sector urgently, with some workers not adhering to rules and regulations.He told Barbados TODAY that based on information gathered by his organisation, 51 per cent of ...