{"id":110644,"date":"2020-05-18T09:16:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=110644"},"modified":"2020-05-18T09:16:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:16:17","slug":"bus-associations-want-support-for-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/bus-associations-want-support-for-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus Associations Want Support For Members"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President of the Antigua and Barbuda Bus Association, Keithroy Black, has announced his intention to write to the government on behalf of members.<\/p>

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He told Pointe Xpress that the association will be \u00a0seeking a facility similar to fishermen who pay $10.00 per gallon for a gallon of gas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe association has already made contact with several members of the Cabinet to plead our case and we will be requesting that the matter be brought to the attention of the entire
\nCabinet when it meets on Wednesday,\u201d Black stated.<\/p>

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He explained that the economic impact of the pandemic on bus operators has been quite severe with most drivers being made idle, especially during the first weeks of the lockdown under the state of emergency.<\/p>

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\u201cSince the loosening of the curfew and bus drivers are allowed to resume operations, we are doing so at a tremendous loss. Under the health protocols, we are not allowed to
\ncarry a full trip. What this means is that the 14-seater buses are only allowed to carry 9-passengers and the 15-seaters carry 10. The bigger buses \u2013 29 or 30-seaters \u2013 are now only allowed to carry 17 passengers,\u201d he detailed.<\/p>\n

He revealed that for each trip, bus drivers are losing $12:00 to $14:00 per trip for the 14 and 15-seaters while the 29 and 30-seaters lose $17:00 per trip. Coupled with this, the bus drivers pay an average of $125 to $130 per day in fuel costs for the smaller buses. The costs are even higher for the bigger buses, he explained.<\/p>

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According to Black this comes at a time when ridership on all routes are down significantly, and not just because of the health protocols. He said the lockdown and the closure of
\nhotels and schools translate to less people using buses to travel to and from the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith all this in mind, we think that it is only fair that to seek assistance from the government to help struggling bus drivers. We have to work out the logistics of this assistance, but it is badly needed because our bus men and women are operating at a loss.<\/p>

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Meanwhile, President of the Northeast Bus Association, Veronica Andrew, whose association broke away from the main bus association about a year ago, said members of her association, which operates out of the East Bus Station, are hurting just as well.<\/p>

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