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Chief Operations Officer of the Transport Board, Lynda Holder. (MTWW) Commuters who use the Transport Augmentation Programme (TAP) are being encouraged to k ...

Operators are calling for an overhaul of the Transport Augmentation Programme (TAP), the public-private partnership between the Transport Board and Public Service Vehicle owners. They are frustrated by too many late payments, the latest incidence of which prompted a series of messages, one of which was widely circulated on social media, stating they had not yet been paid for the year. Vice-chairman of the TAP Operators Association Rodney Bellamy said …

The year 2022 began with the dark cloud of the COVID-19 virus hovering over the island; 262 people had succumbed to the virus and there was a curfew lockdown in place. Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) were operating at a reduced capacity and mask wearing was mandatory for commuters. To add to their frustration, gas and diesel were retailing at $3.99 and $3.34 per litre, respectively, which meant a drop in …

Some of the public sector vehicle (PSV) operators in the Transport Augmentation Programme (TAP) are again complaining of late payments. This time, some say they have not received their concessionary funds since September. Vice-chairman of TAP Commitee, Rodney Bellamy, confirmed this yesterday after several drivers raised their concerns with the Daily Nation. They were scheduled to meet later in the day to discuss the issues. “It’s not just the association, …

Over the next year, a number of Public Service Vehicles (PSV) and taxi operators will be using some form of renewable energy to power their vehicles.This view was shared by Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael, who told Barbados TODAY that the association was researching all options in order to transform the transportation sector here into a fully green energy-based one. He expects about 15 per cent of the PSVs should be green energy compliant.“We did meet with our counterparts in Trinidad and Tobago last night, and we would have discussed the possibility of...