John Brown* was trying to pick up passengers in downtown Kingston on a busy Thursday afternoon last month when inspectors from the Transport Authority (TA) blocked his Toyota Probox motor car with red plates affixed. The TA was established by law in 1987 to regulate and monitor the public transportation sector in Jamaica. All the documents for Brown’s vehicle were up to date, including the hackney carriage licence that he was issued by the regulatory body, he recounted during an interview with The Sunday Gleaner last Friday. Read more