With the prospect of a new year, the National Road Safety Council, NRSC remains hopeful as it prepares to advance road-safety activities aimed at stemming the bloodletting on the nation’s roads. From January to December 28, 2023, the Road safety Unit recorded 417 fatalities, a 14 percent reduction compared to the 483 people killed in traffic crashes for the corresponding...

With more than 400 people having already lost their lives in traffic accidents this year, the message to motorists this Christmas is 'slow down.’ On today’s programme, the National Road Safety Council, NRSC encourages road users to practice road safety during the Yuletide season and beyond.

The thrust to get more motorcyclists and their pillion riders to wear helmets is on in earnest. The National Road Safety Council, NRSC has been spearheading a public education campaign to achieve this objective. We tell you all about it on today’s programme. Stay tuned.

Agricultural production in Spring Garden, St. Ann is set to be boosted as farmers reap the benefits of the recently upgraded farm road in the community. Come Duh Road with us, as we tour the 350-metre resurfaced corridor. Stay tuned.

360 persons have been killed in road crashes since the start of the year, up to November 17. While this is a 14 percent reduction in road deaths, compared to the 420 persons killed for the similar period last year, it still poses significant economic and quality of life costs for the families involved, the health care sector, and the...

Commuters and law-abiding public transport operators in Kingston and St Andrew are breathing easier as the police maintain efforts to rid the public transport sector of rogue and criminal elements. Listen up to hear how taxi and bus operators have been ‘doing road’ alongside the police, as they employ different technologies to stem extortion.

The National Works Agency, NWA, responsible for 736 bridges on Jamaica’s main road network has been assessing the structural integrity of some bridges, following last Monday’s 5.6 magnitude earthquake. To ensure the safety of these structures, technical teams from the Agency are out assessing their structural integrity, especially in parishes which felt the greatest impact of the quake.

The regulator of the public transport system has been keeping an eye out for bus and taxi operators who overcharge passengers, while also educating the public about the approved fares. Operators have also been prosecuted where there have been clear breaches.