Editing Kingston, Jamaica (section)

===Buses===
In June 1898, the existing mule car service was phased out and a transition to electric trams, initially operated by the West India Electric Company and later by the Jamaica Public Service Company, was undertaken.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Jamaica Public Service Company Limited |url=http://www.myjpsco.com/about_us/our_history.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507143804/http://www.myjpsco.com/about_us/our_history.php |archive-date=7 May 2012 }}</ref> This transition to the electric tram was completed on 31 March 1899. This service continued to operate, but the inflexibility of a tram service could not keep pace with a growing city, and the tram service ceased to operate on 7 August 1948.<ref>"Last Trams", ''The Daily Gleaner'', 7 August 1948.</ref>

Between 1948 and 1953, a motor bus service was operated by a company called Jamaica Utilities. The government revoked its franchise in 1953.

From 1953 to 1983, the [[Jamaica Omnibus Service]] operated a service, which at its peak consisted of over 600 buses and served an area spanning Spanish Town, Border, Mt. James, Bull Bay and Port Royal. It was wound up by the government in 1983 after being nationalised in 1974.

Kingston is served well by a modern bus system, the [[Jamaica Urban Transit Company]] (JUTC), mini buses, and taxis, which operate throughout the city with major hubs at  Parade, [[Cross Roads, Jamaica|Cross Roads]], [[Half Way Tree]] and elsewhere.<ref name="autogenerated66"/>