Commuters can now expect an ease in their transportation woes as the Public Transport Service Corporation (PTSC) has introduced a number of new services which take effect from today and are expected to bring relief to the travelling public.
PTSC chairman Ethelbert Paul said yesterday that people living in rural communities would also benefit from these new services, as the corporation will begin servicing neglected routes, among them San Fernando/ Guayaguayare, San Fernando/Mayaro, San Fernando/Princes Town and San Fernando/Erin.
Paul, who was speaking at a news conference at the corporation's headquarters at South Quay, Port of Spain, said the PTSC was able to provide these additional services to the travelling public because it had acquired 50 additional buses, which had been initially used to provide transportation for the ICC Cricket World Cup.
He said two of the new ultra-modern buses will be sent to Tobago and added to its fleet to improve the service from the Scarborough-to-Crown Point, -Plymouth and -Black Rock routes.
Admitting the authority had not been providing a proper service to the public, Paul also announced that, from today, additional services will be introduced along the following routes: Port of Spain/Morvant, San Juan/Santa Cruz, Port of Spain/Diego Martin, Port of Spain/Petit Valley, Port of Spain/St James, Port of Spain/Long Circular Road and Port of Spain/Maraval.
He said this meant that PTSC will be increasing its capacity and network coverage by 100 per cent. He also said that there will be no increase in fare prices for these new services.
Paul said the additional services will ensure that "poor service" becomes a thing of the past.
He said the PTSC would continue to upgrade and expand its fleet in order to meet the demands of the travelling public.
"We are hoping to get 313 buses by 2008," he said.
Paul said the new services constituted Phase One of its "current project of improvements to the public transportation network in Trinidad and Tobago".
The second phase of the programme would include the provision of services, within "two or three weeks", to other areas such as Sangre Grande to Toco and Princes Town to Moruga, Paul said.
He said the corporation had also written to the Government, seeking land in Arima, San Fernando and Chaguanas to facilitate infrastructure for the implementation of "park and ride" facilities in the future.
AFTER READING THIS ARTICLE AND A RELATED ONE WHERE SOME FELLA FROM DEIGO SIDE AH THINK LAUD DE NEW SERVICE.... AH WNAT TO HEAR WHAT THE PEOPLE IN DE MIX SAY?
TOUCHES, jah gol(jah ah knwo u would never be caught dead ina ptsc bus, but still, your opnion please 
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