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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.Traditional route taxis (ZR) and minibuses who continue to travel at limited capacity are also said ...