{"id":39821,"date":"2013-09-25T09:30:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T13:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=39821"},"modified":"2013-09-25T23:34:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T03:34:20","slug":"a-year-later-jitney-reforms-still-in-discussion-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/09\/a-year-later-jitney-reforms-still-in-discussion-stage","title":{"rendered":"A Year Later Jitney Reforms Still In Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39831\" title=\"jitney-bus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/jitney-bus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/jitney-bus.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/jitney-bus-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>One year on since the renewed promise to reform public transportation, the government is still in talks with jitney owners over the impending unified bus system.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of how to address the current system of \u201cleasing\u201d is still a major concern, according to Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin, who expressed confidence that discussions were moving forward in good faith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have the franchise holder with one interest, and the leaser with another interest, how that person will be dealt with in the unified bus system is a major concern,\u201d said Mrs Hanna-Martin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom our point of view it\u2019s part of the analysis, how will someone that fits that description, how will they fit in that new paradigm.\u00a0 A lot of persons have been leasing for decades, we have to make determinations on all these matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And she added: \u201cWe are committed to a transportation system that makes sense in this country, one that is reputable and one that people feel comfortable with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plans for a unified bus system have moved at a snail\u2019s pace under successive PLP and FNM administrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a year since the renewed promise to reform and unify public transportation, but government is still just in the discussion stage with jitney owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1318],"class_list":["post-39821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-public-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}