Transportation

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said yesterday taxi drivers will start issuing receipts to their passengers starting July.

The transport strike staged by the Alliance of Concerned Transport Operators (ACTO) in protest against excessive fines for traffic violations did not paralyze transportation the whole day yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines—Whether they’re using Havaianas or Havanas, please don’t punish drivers of public utility vehicles (PUVs) for wearing tsinelas (slippers), transport group leaders urged government Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines – The La Loma police have come up with a unique way of dealing with “colorum” tricycle drivers in the area.

MANILA, Philippines — The head of the Quezon City Police District Traffic Enforcement Group wants passengers jeeps in the city to have a uniform length and size, saying the extended jeepney bodies were not safe and have been contributing to traffic problems.

The public is paying the subsidy for the mismanaged Metro Rail Transit Corp. (MRT) and the government would be better off taking over the operations of the mass transit firm, opposition Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero said.

The Pasig River ferry sails further upstream to Napindan Channel while the Department of Public Works and Highways starts this month its P48-billion C-6 Expressway alignment.

EVERSING its privatization policy, the government is taking majority control of Metro Rail Transit Corp. to give itself leeway in expanding the passenger capacity of the Metro Rail Transit 3 on Edsa, an official said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ronaldo Puno warned local chief executives yesterday against charging “pass-through” fees from delivery trucks going through their areas of jurisdiction, saying they face criminal and administrative charges if they do so.

MANILA, Philippines – Transportation Assistant Secretary Alberto Suansing is expected to announce today a rollback in the minimum jeepney fare from P7.50 to P7.

LEGITIMATE public utility bus operators covering the Manila to Bulacan route are losing almost P1 million a day because of the rampant operation of out-of-line buses on the said route and traffic authorities are doing nothing about it.

A decree – Letter Of Instruction-1334-a – issued by the late President Ferdinand Marcos during the martial law years is being invoked by the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) in approving the petitions for toll hikes of the Star Tollway Corp. for the Southern Luzon Arterial Road (STAR) and PEA Tollways Corp. for the Manila-Cavite Toll…

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will begin tomorrow the gradual implementation of the meter receipt scheme for 33,000 taxi units all over the country.

The National Council for Commuters’ Protection (NCCP) will file a lawsuit on Monday to stop the increase of toll rates along the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway (Coastal Road) and the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR), which took effect yesterday.   

Expect endless arguing among passengers, drivers and bus conductors as a provisional reduction of fares takes effect today.

Passengers can report abusive cab drivers to the DOTC Action Center/Hotline 7890.  If using a cell phone, dial 027890.