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Tugade wants beep cards to be given to commuters for free upon fare load payment

(Eagle News) — Transportation Secretary Art Tugade wants beep cards given to commuters for free after they pay for the minimum load required. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said Tugade ordered key officials from the DOTr rail and road sector to ensure that the consortium that operates the automatic fare collection system being used in the Metro Manila rail systems and on the EDSA Busway–AF Payments, Inc., the consortium composed of conglomerates Ayala […]

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No-beep card, no-ride policy to be implemented in buses under Edsa Busway System starting Oct. 1

(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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