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The Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) has been reaping success in “policing” the industry, but chairman Roy Raphael said they were desperately in need of funding to continue operations at their command centre. “It costs us $1 000 a day to operate the command centre and we are doing a pretty good job,” Raphael said, pointing out that the Black Rock, St Michael office contained a hotline and a …

Not a large number of students caught public service vehicles (PSVs) yesterday as schools resumed face-to-face classes. This is according to chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport, Roy Raphael; communications, information and marketing officer Mark A. Haynes; and director of complaints and legal affairs Craig Banfield, who were touring PSV terminals to get an idea of how many children were using PSVs and how they were behaving. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM77p_g8GZ0 …

The Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) wants to know why the private stakeholders of the public sector transport are exempted from the national discussion about the return of face-to-face classes. Reacting to the ongoing talks among the Ministry of Education, teachers, unions and health officials, communications and marketing officer of APTO, Mark Haynes, said he was concerned that the public service vehicle (PSV) group had to find out details about …

The Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) will be going after the increasing number of pirate public service vehicles (PSVs) on the roads, including setting its new investigating officers on the case. This is is according to its director of complaints and legal affairs Craig Banfield, after chairman Roy Raphael revealed that there were more than 30 such vehicles operating on routes across the island. Raphael said the association was …

The Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) will be formally approaching the Minister of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship demanding either a reduction in the country’s exorbitant gas prices or special concessions to keep the heads of stakeholders above water.Communications, Information and Marketing Officer Mark Haynes on Monday declared that AOPT-represented taxi operators have been crippled by the pandemic and are in some cases going home empty-handed after a full day’s work....

Social Share Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael is calling on the Transport Authority to urgently address their security concerns at the Cheapside Terminal in Bridgetown. “We would have spoken to the past board and this present board about the Cheapside Terminal about the . . . . security risk it presents to persons using the terminal. We also advised them that every terminal should have security and it does not. Those passengers and workers who are usin...

Article by Social Share The clean-up of the Cheapside Terminal in St Michael is underway, says director of the Transport Authority Ruth Holder. She gave that update on Thursday morning following complaints from drivers and the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT). “It’s in an untidy state, similar to what the country is going through right now. This is not anything that is peculiar to Cheapside but we are making our best efforts to get it correct and rectified,” Holder said. H...

Article by AOPT director of complaints Craig Banfield (left) and chairman Roy Raphael looking at the new signage as Ministry of Transport and Works personnel complete their work in the background. - (Picture by Jameel Springer.) Social Share The Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) will be writing Government seeking clarification over the erection of lane demarcations and signage in the Cheapside public service vehicle (PSV) terminal. On Thursday morning, workers from the Ministry ...

PSV operators back regional counterparts Article by March 11, 2021 The Barbados chapter of the Regional Transport Association (RTA) is throwing its full support behind omnibus operators in St Vincent and the Grenadines for withdrawing their services for the second time in as many weeks over COVID-19 protocols in that country. Spokesperson for the group Roy Raphael, Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT), told Barbados TODAY he will be setting up a meetin...

Article by Carlos Atwell Supervisor at Rubis Fontabelle Shenika Clarke (third right) presenting the vouchers to St Clair Bynoe (second left) and Winston Lowe (third left). Looking on from AOPT are Craig Banfield (left), Mark A Haynes (second right) and president Roy Raphael (right). (Picture by Reco Moore.) Social Share The Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) is calling for an ease in insurance rates and a subsidy. Members also want a ticketing system which they say would ease...