(Eagle News)–A no-beep card no-ride policy shall be implemented in public utility buses under the Edsa busway system starting October 1. Beep cards are stored-value contactless cards, which allow for the fare to be deducted upon the tapping at the fare collection machine. According to Transportation Assistant Secretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure Steve Pastor, the policy is part of the agency’s added safety measures to reduce the spread of the virus associated with cash-handling […]
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DOTr: Increase only in beep card price, not in fares of MRT-3, LRT-1 and 2
(Eagle News)-The Department of Transportation on Friday, Jan. 3, clarified there was no increase in the fares of the Metro Rail Transit 3, and the Light Rail Transits 1 and 2. According to the DOTr, only the issuance fee of the Beep stored value card has increased based on an automatic provision indicated in the concession agreement signed by the then-Department of Transportation and Communications and AF Payments Inc., the concessionaire jointly owned by the Ayala […]
DOTC hindi papayag na magtaas ng pamasahe ang LRT, MRT; Beep Card maaari nang gamitin sa CAVITEX
Tiniyak ni Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade sa publiko na hindi niya papayagang magtaas ng pasahe ang Light Rail Transit at Metro Rail Transit sa hinaharap. Sa pagdinig ng Senado sa panukalang Emergency Powers para kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, tinanong ang kalihim ni Senador Ralph Recto kaugnay ng panukalang sampung porsyentong fare increase sa LRT Line 1. Nakatakda sanang ipatupad ngayong Agosto ang fare increase, pero hiniling umano ng gobyerno sa Light Rail Manila Corporation, ang […]





