The Transport Authority's primary function is to plan, monitor and regulate the public transport system in Barbados.
Based on the provisions of the Transport Authority Act 2007-28 some of the primary functions are:
- to undertake planning for the public transport system
- to monitor and regulate the public transport system
- to issue, cancel, suspend licenses of drivers and conductors of public service vehicles
- to issue, suspend or revoke permits in respect of public service vehicles
- to restrict the use of motor omnibuses, minibuses and route taxis to specified routes
- to regulate and restrict the number of motor omnibuses minibuses and route taxis on specified routes
- to supervise the conduct of business in the passenger terminals
- to publish current information on public transport services
- to establish timetables to be observed by drivers and conductors of motor omnibuses minibuses and route taxis
- to determine the siting of lay-by and the location of bus stops for the picking up and setting down of passengers using motor omnibuses, minibuses and route taxis