Visitors looking for local transportation information will now be able to find everything they are looking for in one handy brochure.

Monitor Company consultant Jeffrey Wetzler yesterday unveiled the Bermuda Transportation Guide, a two-sided fold out document with information on all available modes of Island transport.

The map marks the first collaborative effort between local transportation providers and is set to herald future announcements from the Bermuda Transportation Community.

Mr. Wetzler said: "In Monitor's phase one work, many visitors in Bermuda expressed confusion about how to navigate the range of transportation choices available.

"The guide represents a partnership among transportation providers to respond to this customer need.

"In recent months, we participated in a joint process in which leaders from all transportation groups, Government and private sector, collaborated to create and pay for this Guide.'' Work on the guide began in January and marked the end of confrontation between the different transport providers and the neglect of what customers needed.

Public Transportation Board assistant director Dan Simmons said the new guide would make life easier for visitors.

"People can now go to one place to get their information. That cannot hurt at all.'' And Chamber of Commerce Cycle Livery division chairman Geoffrey Gibbons noted that when a visitor need was recognised, it had to be filled.

"It is something that was obviously needed. I think it is great that the visitors asked for something and we have put it together and made it available.'' He added that the fact it was a joint effort between all the transportation providers was important.

"I am very pleased that all the different transport providers put it together.'' And Mr. Gibbons noted that commitment to the guide was illustrated by the fact that the private sector came up with the necessary money to fund the guide after Government had made an initial contribution of 75 percent of the cost.

The guide features maps of the Island, Hamilton, Dockyard and St. George's which show taxi stands, bus stops and routes, ferry stops and routes, minibus stops, scooter rentals, horse and buggy stands plus other information such as gas stations, one way roads and parking areas.

There is also information on the time certain journeys will take, depending on the mode of transport, and the relative costs.

The second side of the guide shows all the modes of transport available and which are best equipped to meet different customer needs.

Details of the services they offer, rates and contact numbers are also listed for each mode of transport; taxi, pre-arranged airport services, Island-wide public bus, local mini bus, ferry, scooter, bicycle and even pedestrian travel.

Mr. Wetzler said 100,000 copies of the guide have been produced by the local firm PrintLink and would be distributed to Visitor Services Bureaus, hotels, cultural attractions, VIP ambassadors at the Airport and cruise ship terminals and overseas Department of Tourism offices.