PUBLIC TRANSPORT * Jamaica - JUTC and the national crisis
Kingston,Jamaica -The Jamaica Gleaner , by Peter D. Phillips -December 7, 2008: -- The past week has been dominated by news reports and discussion concerning the contractor general's findings of breaches to the Government's procurement procedures by the management of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC)... There were obvious difficulties in getting the system running, however, and some of these continue to bedevil the JUTC to this day. To begin with, we discovered that in the close to 20 years that had elapsed between the time when the old Jamaica Omnibus Service had been closed in the early 1980s, and the decision to establish the JUTC, the human resources with the specialist management skills essential to running a modern, urban, public-transportation system, had all but disappeared from the national landscape... Tasks such as depot and terminal management, route planning, scheduling involving specialist and complex skills, are all essential to a modern, efficient transport system. There were, however, few persons with the requisite expertise available locally. Even now, almost 10 years after the formation of the JUTC, I have the impression that this deficiency remains... This position cannot be sustained, especially in the face of the growing crisis surrounding Government's finances. It is unlikely that an economic fare can be imposed on the public. Indeed, it is the case that most effective public-transport systems receive a subsidy from the public purse... What the country and the company need now is a clear statement from the Government as to the extent of the subsidy and how it is to be applied... (Video from YouTube, by krizzippie0 -4 de julio de 2008: "Jamaica- Negril to Montego bay", bus ride to the airport from Negril back to Montego bay, Jamaica... 'Chicken' is the driver )
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