(Trinidad Guardian) A TT$2 million contract has been awarded by the Transport Ministry to security company Pegasus Limited to set up a Global Positioning System (GPS) for the Public Transport Service Corporation (PTSC). The system would help track and locate buses, particularly during peak hours, which may be delayed by traffic or accidents.
Pegasus has been in the security industry for 12 years and in the GPS tracking/fleet management business between five to eight years, the company’s chief executive officer Gary Kalliecharan said. The PTSC GPS project was launched at the City Gate Hub, South Quay, Port-of-Spain yesterday.
Transport Minister Devant Maharaj, during an address, said there’s not a single public organisation in T&T with a GPS system in place. Maharaj said the GPS concept for PTSC was developed two years ago when he was chairman of the board. “But there was no need to know where the buses were then. We know where they were. They were in the garage, broken down.”
He said those same broken down buses were now out on the road and the number had increased from seven when the Government came into office to 21 now. “Before next week, we will have close to 30 buses on the road,” Maharaj said. Maharaj said the GPS system would be installed on a phased basis, starting with the Deluxe coaches.
