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Transport workers have agreed to begin shifts 15 minutes earlier than the present start to suit a new bus schedule. The deal was hammered out between the Department of Public Transportation and the Bermuda Industrial Union at a meeting this week. Zan...

Buses could soon start to run earlier after negotiations between the Department of Public Transportation and the Bermuda Industrial Union. The Government said the possibility is to be discussed at a meeting this morning, which will bring the bus serv...

Dear Sir, To residents of Bermuda, it has been an economic struggle regarding transportation. Transportation which requires petrol has been very costly. I believe that it is a great thing that Bermuda is considering the idea to go electric with our p...

Buses around the island will grind to a standstill two hours on Tuesday for a staff meeting. A spokeswoman for the Department of Public Transport said the “brief pause” will take place on December 4 from 10.30am to 12.30pm. The spokeswoman explained:...

Students at a special needs school were given a new minibus yesterday by a reinsurance company. Validus Re donated the “Smiley’s Bus” to the Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy to replace its ageing vehicle, donated 11 years ago in memory of a pupil who ...

Environmental groups have backed a partnership with a US-based organisation designed to transform Bermuda’s transport and energy sectors. Kim Smith, executive director of the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce, said the collaboration was...

An all-electric bus fleet will cut costs, a American expert has claimed. Justin Locke, of sustainability group the Rocky Mountain Institute, explained: “This is not about Bermuda becoming green for the sake of becoming green. “This is about reducing...

Dear Sir, Several Department of Transportation buses are spewing thick, black and putrid exhaust emissions as they travel along our roads. The situation is disgustingly unhealthy, not only to road users, but also to the environment generally. Perhaps...

Victoria Pearman, the Ombudsman for Bermuda, voiced “significant concerns” on the communication of school bus services to the public last night. Her remarks came as the Department of Public Transportation announced that the autumn bus schedule would ...

Private minibuses will not be used to transport children to school next term, the Government has confirmed. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Transport and Regulatory Affairs said no extra transport would be hired to supplement the ageing and unreli...

Dear Sir, I have to say that if it wasn’t so awful, it would be funny. The Department of Public Transportation is telling the public to find alternative transportation. We obviously have got it wrong all along, folks. The DPT’s job is actually not to...