Nothing typifies the arrogance of the Premier like this picture of his car parked in a handicapped spot outside the Harbourfront restaurant. This isn't the first time that Dr. Brown's car has been caught parked illegally. A couple of years...
Premier Ewart Brown likes to portray himself as a man who gets things done. As a man who can cut through opposition and make things happen. Unfortunately, reality does not always accord with this rosy image. This will be the...
After reading the opinions of some motorists on the Corporation of Hamilton’s new clamping policy, I can understand why the Corporation is having to spend $300,000 to secure the city’s car parks with automatic barriers too. If you object to...
Tiger Bay writes: "Yesterday's announcement that government will begin to use RFIDs on vehicle licenses is a good idea. It is appalling that up to 8 percent of vehicles on Bermuda's roads are unregistered and unlicensed. This is indicative of...
In addition to the question-and-answer session with Premier Ewart Brown, tonight’s town hall meeting in St. George’s included a presentation on the results of the cruise ship ports study and upcoming public transport improvements. On cruise ships: Computer simulations have...
Another Club Med developer falls by the wayside and a poll finds that just 16% of people think that Bermuda’s taxi service has improved since GPS was introduced. Meanwhile, despite an improvement in the visitor arrival figures, Transport and Tourism...
I wasn’t one of the two dozen people rattling around inside the 350-seater Warbaby Fox – the first fast ferry serving the East End of the island – on its first trip this morning. Nor did I catch it for...
There’s nothing new about the news that Bermuda has a staggering number of outstanding arrest warrants. In July this year, the Mid Ocean News reported that there were 5,000 outstanding warrants, although at the time police spokesman Dwayne Caines admitted...
After four people lost their lives on the Causeway at the height of hurricane Fabian in 2003, the structure has been closed to traffic when wind speeds exceed 50 mph. Now the Government is considering putting a wind monitor on...
During hurricane Florence, Bermuda suffered downed power lines, damage to the Causeway, and looting. So it's perhaps not surprising that some people are calling for power lines to be put underground, a more durable connection to the East End, and...
Sean over at IMHO.bm has picked up on a press release from the airport describing how flights from Bermuda are affected by today's foiled terrorist attack in the UK: The U.S. Dept. Of Homeland Security has announced that the Threat...
Premier Alex Scott’s decision to ride the bus in to work this morning has attracted a mixed response from his fellow commutersi “I had to sit next to the Premier the whole way here,” grumbled one man as he disembarked....
I’m a big believer in the necessity of speed cameras to help improve behaviour on Bermuda’s roads. So I was pleased to hear that Transport Minister Ewart Brown has asked Public Safety Minister Randy Horton to expedite their installation. Alas,...
The Government’s decision to exempt holders of foreign driving licences from parts of Bermuda’s driving test is a step in the right direction. However, I would have scrapped the need for such drivers to take any of it. A Bermudian...
Tourism and Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown, on yesterday’s walkout of bus drivers: “Bermuda cannot go on this way. Whether we are in the tourism business or not, the country cannot withstand the cumulative impact of repeated work stoppages.” So...
It seems that the Island's bus service is out of action again, supposedly because the drivers are attending another of their inconveniently-scheduled meetings. However I have heard that no buses have been running since lunchtime, which would be unusual, and...
Today’s announcement that a new ATM machine at the airport will help cut the wait time at customs for returning residents is welcome news. On a bad day, travellers can spend longer in the immigration and customs halls than they...
Bermuda’s bus drivers often get a bum rap, accused of being surly, unhelpful and, occasionally, driving like maniacs. So it’s nice to be able to report a driver who went beyond the call of duty to help someone. Kudos to...
In Saturday’s Royal Gazette, Tourism and Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown rejected the idea that Smart cars should be available for rent by Bermuda’s visitors. But not for the reason I was expecting. Instead of citing the amount of traffic...
Several stories in the weekend papers illustrated the different attitudes in the taxi industry to the requirement that all taxis be fitted with a GPS system by 6 February. In the Royal Gazette, it was “Cabbies want more time” and...
I'm amazed that Smart cars still haven't taken off in Bermuda. They're tiny, so they're cheap to licence. They're fuel-efficient, so they're cheap to run. They're made of fibreglass, so they don't rust. Their size makes them ideal for navigating...
Stockholm has become the latest city to introduce a congestion charge. For a seven-month trial period, drivers entering or exiting the city during the daytime will be charged between 10 ($1.30) and 20 kronor each time... The toll will remain...
When I first learned about the new weekly flight from Bermuda to Munich that will begin next year, I was excited. In addition to its potential for bringing vacationing Europeans to Bermuda, it sounded like something that ought to make...
Sean Gleeson alerts us to some serious safety issues on the plane that diverted to Bermuda last Mondayi
Everybody seems to agree that Bermuda has a traffic problem. On the way home tonight, I had an epiphany. I figured out the solution to Bermuda's traffic woes. Let me be the one to decide who gets to keep their...
Fred Barritt doesn't subscribe to the orthodoxy that Bermuda has too many cars either. "There are NOT too many cars in Bermuda... there is a traffic problem in Hamilton for six hours a day, five days a week. That’s less...
Larry Burchall gets it spot on. How many more people will have to say that it takes too long to get through Bermuda's airport before someone does something about it?
Royal Gazette Opinion, Thursday 18 August 2005 I live in St. George’s. Every weekday morning, at around 8.15am, I get into my car and drive to Hamilton. In the evening, usually around 5.45pm, I drive home again. The journey each...
I’ve always found it puzzling that anyone can drive anyone else’s car in Bermuda, as long as they have the owner’s permission. While it’s undeniably great to be able to borrow the car of a friend or family member when...
The roads are not the only place to find bad drivers in Bermuda. After spending the day in Somerset watching the dinghy races from my in-laws' yacht, at 4pm we started motoring back along North Shore to St. George's. At...
The Ministry of Tourism and Transport has asked the public to please not inconvenience the BIU by demanding a bus or ferry service between 10.30am and 2.30pm tomorrow (Tuesday 8 February), when the Union will be holding another general meeting....
Readers of A Limey In Bermuda are divided over the suggestion that Bermuda should use speed cameras to catch drivers travelling faster than 40 kph. The idea was put forward by the Chairman of the Road Safety Council, Dr. Joseph...
Is the congestion on Bermuda’s roads really that bad? Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown certainly thinks so. Earlier this week he was again publicly musing about tightening Bermuda’s already draconian restrictions on car ownership, which currently limit residents to one...
I have a lot of respect for Road Safety Council chairman Joseph Froncioni. But his opposition to raising Bermuda’s speed limit to 50 kph is in direct conflict with his desire for greater use of speed cameras. His argument against...
Bermuda is looking to the American city of Nashville for ideas on how to implement legislation to regulate taxi driver behaviour. According to an article in today's Nashville City Paper, Nashville Councilman-at-Large Adam Dread has been invited to speak in...
Airline food's bad at the best of times, but if you're soon to hop on a British Airways flight to or from Bermuda, right now you have more reason to worry than most. ...Dozens of passengers and several crew fell...
As I lay back on my picnic blanket at the Bermuda Music Festival on Thursday evening, trying to block out “comedian” Earthquake and wondering if we were ever going to hear any more music, I found myself thinking of the...
Shares of Adobe have plummeted on news that the Government’s Transport Control Department (TCD) will soon begin issuing a new driving licence that doesn’t look quite so much like it’s been knocked together in Photoshop. “We just had to stop...
British Airways is offering its Bermudian customers the chance to receive a free upgrade to First class on a flight from Bermuda to London. The catch? Between now and the end of the year you need to make one transatlantic...
Could someone please explain how it's possible to have a "remote place" on an island that's only 1 mile wide and 21 miles long, with more than 28 taxis per square mile? Wait, what's that noise I hear? Ah, that...
That’s how I’d describe the reaction of Bermuda Taxi Owners Association (BTOA) spokesman Lee Tucker to Government’s decision to raise taxi fares by 20% and introduce shared rides to and from the airport. Both initiatives came into effect yesterday and...
Amid all the political bad news at the moment, last week's announcement by Transport Minister Dr. Ewart Brown that he has signed regulations to increase taxi fares by 20% and introduce shared rides to and from the airport is a...
I've just returned from a two-week trip to the UK and Tuscany, my first holiday of note since moving to Bermuda last year. I wasn't expecting London to have changed much, and it hadn't. But the differences with Bermuda seemed...
Another example of the flexible attitute Bermuda's Government has when it comes to rules and regulations. By giving PLP trustee Henry Talbot permission to own a car that exceeds the Island's size restrictions, Transport Minister Ewart Brown has again demonstrated...
Following the defeat of the legislation to introduce mandatory GPS in Bermuda’s taxis in the Senate last night, both Government and the taxi industry need to take a step back. This is the second time the Senate has rejected the...
While driving home from work this evening I found myself behind a taxi with a makeshift poster stuck to its rear windscreen urging me to "Say No To Mandatory GPS" Next to it was a green and white sticker suggesting...
With the taxi drivers engaged in go-slow protests and noisy demonstrations following the Government's determination to press ahead with legislation requiring them to install a GPS system in their cabs, it's difficult to have much sympathy for either side. The...
What was Transport Minister Ewart Brown thinking? My first clue that the Department of Transport was doing something extremely stupid was as I was riding in to work on the bus last week and noticed a crane lowering a large...
So what exactly did Dr. Ewart Brown do at the aiport on Wednesday? Four days after the Transport Minister supposedly breached airport security procedures when boarding a flight to Washington, the precise nature of the allegations against him remains unclear....
The recently-published recommendations of the taxi review committee seem to be a mostly sensible collection of measures to help improve the service offered to Bermuda's residents and tourists. However Transport Minister Ewart Brown's decision to link any increase in fares...
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