The Pub­lic Trans­port Ser­vice Cor­po­ra­tion (PTSC) says it de­ployed ad­di­tion­al bus­es and pri­ori­tised trans­porta­tion for CSEC and CAPE stu­dents fol­low­ing the re­duc­tion in maxi taxi ser­vices yes­ter­day.

In a me­dia re­lease, the PTSC said it re­spond­ed im­me­di­ate­ly to the dis­rup­tion by im­ple­ment­ing an ac­cel­er­at­ed main­te­nance pro­gramme over the week­end to en­sure ad­di­tion­al bus­es were re­paired, ser­viced and avail­able for ser­vice from yes­ter­day.

The cor­po­ra­tion said ex­tra bus­es were de­ployed from ear­ly yes­ter­day, with pri­or­i­ty giv­en to high-de­mand cor­ri­dors and ar­eas where com­muters were ex­pe­ri­enc­ing the great­est chal­lenges ac­cess­ing trans­porta­tion.