Mr. Noel Matthews:

It is, but it does not take in every town because that is currently a PSO route. If we went in there, we would integrate the lot of them and people in the local towns would not suffer. They are suffering at present because it is not profitable to run a bus at 9 a.m., and it is generally too late to get people to the workplace. The times and routes must be revisited and all of it must be integrated. It will then become profitable for everyone and then one can talk about competing on an even playing field. The private sector could not compete. How could we compete with PSOs? They are heavily subsidised. It is all about integration. The entire transport system must be remodelled, integrating rural, schools and express transport.