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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 Speaks town hall meeting at Springer Memorial Secondary School, Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw sa...
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 compressed natural gas vehicle. We are going to be partnering with a number of organisations to ensure ...
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] the policies they would have put in place and so on, but we want a national discussion on the crime ...
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 …