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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.

Synonymous with high speed, multiple vehicles, and shorter travel times, highway driving can be risky business if proper care is not taken to navigate the roadways. Up to September 22, the country has recorded 291 road deaths including 9 children, and with Several legs of highway already constructed and more in the offing, the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry...

As back-to-school shopping revs into high gear, major town centres and market districts will likely be at their busiest this weekend and next, ahead of start of school. School Bags, note and textbooks, uniform, shoes, and socks are but some of the school items that children and their parents will be out picking up, in last minute shopping. And with...

Transport and Mining Minister Audley Shaw recently made his contribution to the 2023/24 sectoral debates, announcing that several projects are being undertaken by the Island Traffic Authority, Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) and Transport Authority.

Transport Minister, Audley Shaw has hailed the learner-driver education programme for high schools as a catalyst that will promote and improve road safety across Jamaica.The school driver-education curriculum has been developed with the assistance of the HEART/NSTA Trust and the Road Safety Unit (RSU) in the Transport Ministry.

The National Works Agency (NWA) is currently rehabilitating three main roads in Trelawny at a cost of nearly $180 million dollars. Community Relations Officer at the NWA’s Western Office, Janel Ricketts, says the works, which commenced in 2022, are at varying stages of completion and are expected to be concluded by May.

A new system for motor vehicle license classification will be introduced when the new Road Traffic Act and its regulations come into effect. Director of the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), Kenute Hare says under the new system the current classifications of Private and General will be phased out, and a new three-class system with sub-classifications introduced.

Transport Minister, Audley Shaw says the Ministry is fully committed to the execution of Jamaica’s road and vehicular safety policies, in accordance with the United Nations Second Decade of Action for Road Safety. He notes that the implementation of the new Road Traffic Act (RTA) and its Regulations, which was passed in Parliament earlier this year, is a welcome sign...

The Government has signed a contract valued at approximately 167 million dollars with J&L Equipment Construction Services to undertake phase three of the Fairfield to Point Road Rehabilitation Project in East Central St. James.