Looks like the students of Holmwood
Technical High has taken matters
into their own hands following the accident that killed four (4) of their
students on Wednesday September 25th
2013 as described in my blog article
entitled “Four Holmwood Technical High School students killed in
Crash in Chudleigh - Opportunity to Implement Islandwide JUTC Bus System, JRC
Passenger Trains along with Automated Traffic Ticketing System”.
They have now set up a Community Bus Service to Transport
students from Mandeville to Christiana as stated in the article “Holmwood Technical Rolls Out
Community School Bus Service”, published MONDAY, 07 OCTOBER 2013 16:27 By
Douglas Mcintosh, JIS Reporter, The Jamaica
information Service. Holmwood Technical
High had already contracted fourteen (14) buses, with an additional four
(4) to be added to make the fleet up to a total of eighteen (18) buses just for
the students!
And yes, the Minister of Education, Ronald Thwaites
has encouraged other schools to take note of this Community driven initiative
and establish their own Community Bus service in conjunction with the Parish Council as
stated in the article “School Administrations Encouraged to Set Up Bus Systems
for Students”, published TUESDAY, 08
OCTOBER 2013 15:09 By Douglas Mcintosh, JIS Reporter, The
Jamaica information Service and “Thwaites encourages schools to set up Bus System for
students”, published Tuesday,
October 08, 2013 5:02 PM, The
Jamaica Observer.
This isn’t the Islandwide Rollout of the JUTC or even a revival of the JRC (Jamaica Railway Corporation) that I was
hoping that this incident would’ve been a catalyst for the current Minister of Transport
Dr. Omar Davies to revive. A multi-modal Idea for Transport in the country a
whole as originally proposed by former JLP Minister of Transport Mike Henry is
a better option that our current fragmented Transport System!
Rather it’s targeted; Holmwood
Technical High is basically doing like UWI (University of the West Indies) or even the Call Centers and taking Transportation
issues into their own hands via contracting Coaster Buses to carry their
students. This as it’s apparent that the Traffic Police are allowing Bus
Drivers with more than 200 Traffic Tickets were allowed to ply the streets of Mandeville
as stated in the article “Holmwood
driver slapped with manslaughter charges” published Friday, September 27,
2013 BY ALICIA SUTHERLAND
Observer staff reporter, The
Jamaica Observer and “Drivers
in ill-fated crash had more than 200 traffic tickets – SSP Lewis”,
published Thu September 26, 2013 7:13 am, RJR
News Online.
While they’re at it, I hope that SSP Radcliffe Lewis can
also begin to remove those Buses with the heavy tint and the Super Bass Sound Systems
as is currently ongoing in Kingston
in the country areas as well as stated in the article “Police
seize more than 20 Buses in clampdown”, published Tuesday, October 08,
2013, The Jamaica Observer.
This as albeit these Buses may be provided for their safety,
if the Students in Spanish Town are anything to go by, they may end up avoiding
them in order to go on the very same unsafe mini Buses and Coaster Buses that
are heavily tinted aka the “Ramping Shop” Buses. Apparently they are so called
as the students engage in every while fantasy from French Kissing to sexual
Intercourse within the darkened confines of the Buses. Thus these Buses gotta
go in order to remove the option of even travelling on them in the first place.
Still batting for Multimodal Transport System as argued in
my blog article
entitled “Four
Holmwood Technical High School students killed in Crash in Chudleigh -
Opportunity to Implement Islandwide JUTC Bus System, JRC Passenger Trains along
with Automated Traffic Ticketing System”!
But until then, if this is adopted by other High Schools, then they are
on the right path as it relates to guaranteeing the safety of High School
students!
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