Bring back de tandem... but more modern

Bring back de tandem… but more modern

Feb 23, 2026 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists

Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh sometimes the solution staring we in we face. But we too busy watching traffic jam to see it.

Every morning is the same ole story. From Parika to Georgetown. From Diamond to town. From Schoonord to the city. From Parfaite Harmony to Vreed-en-Hoop. From Mahaica to Georgetown. Is long line, short temper and plenty horn blowing. People leaving home before cock crow and still reaching wuk late. And dem boys seh if you listen careful, you could hear engines crying.

Now everybody talking bout light rail. Fancy. Modern. Nice for picture and manifesto. But dem boys seh before we start laying down steel, why not put down some big rubber tyre pon the road? Bring in articulated buses — the long, bendy ones we used to call tandem buses in the old days.

Yes, dem same ones that fold in the middle like a hinge door. The ones that could swallow 150, 180, even 200 people in one trip. Imagine one bus leaving Parika park-and-ride and heading straight to Georgetown. Imagine people parking secure at Schoonord near de bridge, hopping on a big bus and gliding over the bridge instead of adding convoys of cars to the daily crawl. Imagine Diamond residents leaving vehicle in a secure parking lot and reaching town without blood pressure rising.

Dem boys remember the tandem buses long time ago. It did not catch on then. But that was then. Back then traffic wasn’t this nightmare. Back then everybody didn’t feel like they must own a car to survive. Today the road full to the brim. Today people begging for relief.

One articulated bus could remove dozens and dozens of cars from the road. Fewer cars mean less chaos. Less undertaking. Less third-lane madness. Less fender-bender that block half the East Bank for three hours.

Dem boys seh government ain’t got to choose one thing. Study the light rail, yes. But at the same time, actively look at bringing back the big bendy buses. Create proper park-and-ride hubs. Make it safe. Make it reliable. Make it frequent.

Because right now, the only thing moving fast in this country is people patience.

Talk half. Leff half.

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