Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael wants the Transport Authority to conduct a much-needed feasibility study in order to better understand and service a number of under-served routes on the island.Raphael who spoke to Barbados TODAY ahead of the start of the new school year next week and an anticipated increase in passenger traffic, said that unfortunately, there are still several routes around the island which after five or six o’ clock on evenings, see little to no service from Transport Board Buses or private PSVs (Public Service Vehicles).“Rather than having all of your eggs in one basket, they need to do a feasibility study to really look at the whole question of public transport in Barbados,” Raphael suggested. “We have situations where buses start at five o’ clock in the morning and finish at six o’ clock in the evening… Barbados does not stop at six, Barbados continues until late hours.“Why is it that we can’t have our buses terminate after six o’ clock but yet you are having pirates being able to fill the void… A study needs to be done, or route rationalisation, to ensure that everybody is able to work a reasonable time on these routes,” he said.
