PSV owners, Transport Board agree on pilot Emmanuel Joseph20/08/20260497 views Public service vehicle owners have ruled out industrial action after reaching agreement with the Transport Board over its controversial pilot cashless payment system, following complaints that private operators had not… Read more
Wheelchair users meet progress, barriers in transport Lauryn Escamilla19/08/2026058 views Wheelchair users are reporting that transport has improved with the introduction of accessible buses, but they say high taxi costs, inadequate infrastructure and limitations of public transport continue to affect… Read more
Transport biggest concern for families of children with disabilities Lauryn Escamilla18/08/2026085 views With the new school year approaching, transport – not school supplies – remains the most pressing back-to-school need for families of children with disabilities, according to the Barbados Council for… Read more
Moore concerned over unfinished Charles Rowe Bridge works Jenique Belgrave17/08/20260268 views Just hours before the island was placed under flash flood watch and drenched by heavy rains from a tropical wave, St George North MP Toni Moore raised concern that drainage… Read more
Potholes complaints, bus tracking top Pearly app usage – developer Ricardo Roberts06/08/20260958 views Potholes have quickly become the dominant complaint on the newly launched Pearly digital platform, with hundreds of Barbadians logging road defects and tracking the nearest Transport Board bus, according to… Read more
PSVs pledge on-demand services, infrastructure fixes Emmanuel Joseph23/07/20260608 views The owners of the island’s privately run public service vehicle (PSV) industry are set to launch an ambitious ten-point transit plan that will include free on-demand service to the disabled… Read more
Ferry plan must learn from Guyana disaster, fisher warns Ricardo Roberts21/07/20260241 views An inter-Caribbean passenger ferry service will need strict regional safety standards and coordinated emergency systems to work, an experienced mariner and fisherman has warned, citing Saturday’s Guyana river ferry disaster… Read more
EVs, hybrids gain traction with consumers – dealers Shamar Blunt16/07/20260354 views Barbadians are increasingly embracing electric (EV) and hybrid vehicles (HEVs), with dealerships reporting a sharp rise in demand as consumers seek to lower fuel costs and take advantage of government… Read more
Symmonds: Petrol could be far higher without fuel subsidies Jenique Belgrave15/07/20260119 views Government interventions are holding down fuel and electricity costs for households, with motorists paying about 50 cents a litre less at the pump than market rates would otherwise dictate, Minister… Read more
Ferry plan must prioritise cargo to be viable, economist says Ricardo Roberts09/07/20260296 views A proposed CARICOM ferry service should be designed first and foremost around the commercial movement of goods, with passenger transport treated as secondary, economist Jeremy Stephen has suggested, if the… Read more