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Youri Kemp suggests a way to address New Providence traffic

by Nicolette Bethel on September 1, 2010

And I think he’s on to something.

The long term benefits would be the upgrade of an essential public good, more persons using the public transportation system instead of their 1 and 1/2 cars daily, a new company to be listed on the national stock exchange, a cleaner environment, savings to the average consumer on fuel, an efficient and reliable bus service along with a new industry complete with everything from administrative staffing, to mechanics, to bus drivers along with the creation of a private sector entity, financed with government bonds or backing — an entity that can actually pay off its debt to the government or other parties or being co-owned by the government via shares, while providing a useful and essential public good in addition to it being sensitive to individual livelihood.

via Caribbean News Now!: Commentary: Getting around in New Providence.

By the way, the link to the COB study he refers to is here:

http://nicobethel.net/uploads/transportation_report.pdf

Tagged as: bus system, Ian Strachan, transportation, Youri Kemp

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