Transport in the Bahamas
Golf carts are common in certain low traffic residential communities, resorts, and shopping areas away from main roads.[1] Privately operated licensed jitneys are the main mode of public transport and way to get around at a low cost, with rides ranging from $1 to 3.In 2017, the government launched a pilot programme to unify the different routes under one bus system among other improvements such as clearer signage and timetables.At Wilson City, Abaco, a mill plant and adjacent town was developed by the Bahamas Timber Company at a cost of around $1 million, including building 12 miles of railway for logging.At the last 4 camps, causeways were built so that the rail lines could reach the shore, over the vast expanses of swamp and mangroves.The locomotives were phased out eventually, but the tracks remained for a few more years before being removed due to contamination issued with the salt.There have been a handful of smaller railways that operated without locomotives, built for the purpose of transporting salt, sisal, and agricultural produce.The railroad was built in the 19th century to carry produce from Old Bight to a port where crops would be shipped to Europe and the US, and was closed when the US stopped foreign exports and plantations were no longer in use.
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