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(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board is opening 250 more routes to help commuters travel within and outside Metro Manila. The LTFRB said of the 250 additional routes, 60 are within the National Capital Region and 190 are from Metro Manila to nearby areas and vice versa. With the opening of the additional routes, around 1800 more traditional public utility jeepneys and 2600 more provincial public utility buses are expected to ply […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 point-to-point provincial public utility buses will start plying roads starting December 21. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said the 269 buses that will travel in and out of Metro Manila was based on Memorandum Circular (MC) 2020-082 issued by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Wednesday, Dec. 16. The buses will ply the following routes: Clark, Pampanga – SM North EDSA Clark, Pampanga – NAIA Terminal […]
(Eagle News) — Health workers can still get free rides courtesy of the Department of Transportation even during the modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila and four other areas. In a statement, the DOTr said the Free Ride Service for Health Workers Program operates in two shifts—from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. So far, there are 20 bus routes in the Greater Metro Manila area. The DOTr […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200 buses under the government’s Edsa Busway System are available to commuters starting today, July 29. The Department of Transportation said the additional 90 buses that brought the total buses under the program to 284 came from the MRT-3 Bus Augmentation Program. The DOTr said the additional buses were “absorbed” by the busway system for passengers. The agency said from the fixed rate of P25, the base fare will now be […]
(Eagle News) — Starting today, Monday, June 22, public utility jeepneys, buses, and UV express vehicles can ply their routes, but with stringent health protocols such as one-seat apart distancing, wearing of face masks, and disenfecting foot baths for boarding passengers, according to the Department of Transportation. This is phase 2 of the government’s plan on public transportation amid the relaxation of community quarantine protocols in phases. From June 1-21, the government has already implemented […]
(Eagle News)–Those riding the buses deployed under the Metro Rail Transit-3 Bus Augmentation Program can expect the vehicles to leave stations in intervals of five minutes regardless of whether or not they are full. The MRT-3 said it was implementing the 5-minute fixed interval schedule to ferry passengers from designated loading and unloading stations along the MRT-3 line. Buses will be using dedicated median lanes along EDSA to deliver faster travel times to passengers. Under […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation has deployed additional buses with additional routes to ferry health workers to hospitals. The DOTr said the buses plying the following routes are free of charge: North West Area Route 1 • Malanday – (pickup/transfer point) • Valenzuela City General Hospital • Monumento / MCU- (pickup/transfer point) • Tondo General Hospital • Metropolitan Medical Center • San Lazaro Hospital • Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center • University of Santo […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation deployed today, March 18, an initial 10 buses to deploy health workers to several hospitals amid the enhanced community quarantine. In a statement, the DOTr said there will be two pick-up points for the buses: the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX), and the BFCT East Metro Transport Terminal in Marikina City. The free bus service, which is implemented in cooperation and close coordination with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory […]
(Eagle News) — More than 100 buses will be deployed in Metro Manila for commuters affected by the maintenance shutdown of the Metro Rail Transit 3 next week. In a statement, the Department of Transportation said the 140 public utility buses will be deployed from April 15 to 17 and April 20 to 21 and will follow the MRT-3 northbound and southbound routes from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. “Participating bus units will be particularly […]
(Eagle News) — Sinuspinde ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ang pag-iral ng number coding para sa mga provincial bus simula ngayong araw December 22, at sa December 26 araw ng Martes. Ito ay upang matiyak na sasapat ang mga pampasaherong bus na bibiyahe sa mga lalawigan. Ayon sa MMDA, inaasahang dadagsa na ang mga pasaherong uuwi sa mga lalawigan ngayong araw ng Biyernes. Habang sa Martes naman, December 26, posibleng dumagsa ang mga pasaherong […]
(Eagle News) — A young congressman has filed a bill requiring public officials to commute to and from work at least once every month so they can “empathize with the riding public,” among others. Under House Bill 6195 filed by Aangat Tayo Partylist Rep. Neil Abayon “elected and appointed public officials and civil servants in national and local government offices with the rank of (or equivalent to) division chief to department secretary” are enjoined to […]
According to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), today is the last day for bus operators to apply for special permit to be able to travel in November 1. This measure is to ensure that commuters will have sufficient means of transportation during the said holiday. The LTFRB added that 960 bus operators have been issued special permits. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by […]
