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Do you believe that the Jamaica Urban Transit Company should be granted a fare increase?

Published:Wednesday | May 15, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Wage freeze, fare freeze!

Only if mi get a raise, and a 2015 dat. Wi on pay cut long time now! Where are we to get the money to pay more fare? This Government is a leech a suck out everything. WAGE FREEZE, FARE FREEZE!

- Julian Johnson

Only if the Government gives ME and everyone else a raise, and they take a pay cut.

- Carlene Rankine

CAN'T SURVIVE

The Government needs to recognise that persons are already struggling to make ends meet, and with no increase in salaries, how is it possible to survive another increase? My answer is noooo!!

- Marsha Sinclair-Campbell

TOO MUCH PRESSURE

No. I cannot just ask for an increase when my living expense increases. The Government freeze wages until 2016 but on the other hand, they are pressuring us. More professionals will be opting to migrate.

- Rhandal Smart

POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE

What for? Are they gonna take less people, put air conditioning on all buses and properly train their drivers? Learn how to serve the public and provide good customer service?

- Kadian Marona

Only if a fare increase causes a shock wave of reliable, timely service with pleasant staff.

- Paulette Spoiltbrat Smith

If they can improve the services, yes, get more buses out now so [there are] shorter waiting periods for commuters, then they can be granted an increase.

- Constantine Douglas

They should not get a dollar more until they have improved their service. Their customer service is atrocious; they do not run on time, and the customer service representative, as well as the inspectors, are downright ill-mannered.

- Fiona EverBless Pryce

When they start employing competent people and improve the quality of their service, they can definitely get an increase. The inspectors in the bus park are the most ill-mannered, incompetent public servants in Jamaica. It is not because of a lack of resources why the JUTC is failing, it is because of the incompetent persons employed there.

- Wayne Lowers

LOCK IT DOWN!

Well, if people a seh no fare increase, shut it down! Lock it down!

- Jayson Shaw

longer hours

Why does the Government need an increase when we are not getting an increase? The JUTC is providing for the public. It is not a private company looking for a profit. All they need to do is break even. And if the fare is raised, they need to run later then.

- Rasheeda Bryan