PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM * Jamaica - Weathering it in Kingston
A vicious cycle... Kingston,Jamaica -The Jamaica Gleaner, by Athaliah Reynolds -November 4, 2007: -- ... That's the only way to describe our country's public transportation system, as a ride on one of the many illegal minibuses that crowd the streets is almost always a near-death experience. However, the long wait and fatigue that one has to suffer before getting a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus going your way, is just as frustrating... This was my dilemma when I arrived at the bus stop along Baldwin Crescent in Duhaney Park, St. Andrew, at 8:30 a.m... The bus stop is packed. After 15 minutes, I become restless, as people in the crowd begin to mumble... Five minutes later, we are jolted by the loud horns of a minibus... It's now 9:00 a.m. Half hour after I first stood at the bus stop, still no JUTC bus in sight, so I decide to take my chances with these guys... The bus driver is on his phone. He's enquiring about the police. The way is clear, so we head towards our destination... We stop to pick up several passengers... There are now more than 20 passengers jammed into the small bus, built to seat only 15... We make a final stop, this time at a gas station to put air in a back tyre. The driver is back on his phone, enquiring about the police. Thirty minutes later, we swerve into the bus stop at Half-Way Tree, fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, successfully dodging the Transport Authority officials and the police... (Photographer, Rudolph Brown: A motorcycle cop monitors activity behind this minibus, which was hit by a trailer, after the driver allegedly turned in front the heavy duty vehicle to pick up passengers at a bus stop on Spanish Town Road, St. Andrew, last year. Several passengers were injured)
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