Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion Min­is­ter Eli Za­k­our says he has in­struct­ed his min­istry not to is­sue him a Pri­or­i­ty Bus Route (PBR) pass, in­sist­ing he wants to ex­pe­ri­ence the traf­fic prob­lems of reg­u­lar cit­i­zens.

“I have in­struct­ed the per­ma­nent sec­re­tary and the min­istry not to is­sue me a bus route pass at this time,” Za­k­our said. “Traf­fic man­age­ment falls un­der my purview. How can I ad­dress it if I am avoid­ing it? That is why traf­fic did not ease up in the past nine and a half years, be­cause those who were re­spon­si­ble were avoid­ing it.”

Za­k­our, who lives in west Trinidad, would not re­quire a PBR pass for his com­mute to his min­istry to Port-of-Spain but said he ex­pe­ri­ences traf­fic from where he lives.