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HABLA RUPTION

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Date: 10:36 03/24 2010

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Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Commuters travelling in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region, KMTR, will have to fork out more to ride on a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus.

The new fares which become effective April 1 will see regular commuters paying $80, up from the $50 they now pay.

For the concessionary groups, including the elderly, the disabled and school children, the fare moves to $20 up from $15.

Transport Minister Mike Henry who outlined the increase says it is based on a Cabinet decision.

Mr. Henry says because the competing bus operations within the KMTR are subject to sub-franchise licensing from the JUTC, the same regular adult fare will be applicable to all the non-JUTC services.

The average 46.7% JUTC fare increase is the first in five years and amounts to less than the aggregate 50 per cent increase which was granted to taxi operators over the last two years.

Mr. Henry said the latest increase represents the government's best effort to balance the need to recover the JUTC's operating costs and lower the level of public subsidy to the company.

100 new buses this fiscal year

Mike Henry, Transport Minister.

In the meantime due to budgetary constraints, the government has opted to delay by a year, the acquisition of 100 of the 200 new buses which were earmarked for the JUTC this budget year.

The first 100 are scheduled to arrive in two batches beginning next month.

Three additional units to offer specialised services to members of the disabled community, will also be arriving in April.

Mr. Henry says the shortfall in new units projected for this year are to be augmented by the output from a successful ongoing internal bus rehabilitation programme and continued aggressive cost-cutting measures mandated by the JUTC Board and Management.

Moving ahead with cashless system

Additionally, he says the JUTC is focused on embracing a new cashless fare collection system as part of its drive to raise the standard of public transportation by offering more comfort, convenience and security to the commuters and operators.

Mr. Henry adds that in tandem with the internal bus rehabilitation programme, the acquisition of the new buses this year has opened up hundreds of job opportunities at the JUTC.

This, as additional operators are recruited and trained in preparation for the anticipated increase in bus roll-out.

New KMTR fracchise coming soon

And the general bus service within the KMTR is also expected to be better regulated shortly.

The JUTC has completed the process of filling the 164 slots for individual sub-franchise contractors to replace the former National Transport Co-operative Society sub-franchise licensees.

The new arrangements, which facilitate better monitoring and supervision of the contractors, are to come on stream shortly, according to Transport Minister Mike Henry.

He says as an introductory gesture, almost a half of the sub-franchise contractors - those who have acquired five-year licences - are set to benefit from an early introduction of their units to the Colour Coding Policy of the Transport Ministry, at minimal cost to the contractors.

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