Opposition Spokesman on Transport and Works, Mikael Phillips is warning of a pending crisis and severe chaos in the commuter movement for the start of a new academic year, now just a week away.
In a statement this morning, the Opposition Spokesman said the bus run-out at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has rapidly declined over the summer holidays. The company is now dispatching just over 100 units per day, instead of the 260 required by the summer schedule.
He said the effective transit demand in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) for the school terms is in excess of four hundred and fifty buses.
Consequently, Mr Phillips said, when over 100,000 students return to classes next week, JUTC will not cope, leading to long delays and late school arrivals.
He said this indicated that there is a clear and imminent danger; as we are heading into a period of mayhem in the transport system.
