Around 1.9 million passengers in Quezon City have benefitted from the city government's QCity Bus Augmentation Program since January this year.
The free ride program was a project of the Quezon City program in 2020 to address the lack of available public transportation due to community quarantine restrictions set by the national government.
"Libreng Sakay" rides were initially provided from May to July of that year along four routes to access many public and private hospitals in Quezon City.
In December 2020, the four routes became eight, passing through major thoroughfares and bringing more people to more destinations throughout the City.
"Makakaasa po ang ating QCitizens na tuloy-tuloy ang mga programa natin, tulad ng QCity Bus, na isinadya upang makatulong sa mga taga-QC, sa pamamagitan ng pagbigay ng libreng sakay sa ating mga mamamayan (Our QCitizens can count on the continuity of our programs, such as the QCity Bus, which are designed to help QCs, by providing free rides to our citizens),” incumbent Mayor Joy Belmonte said.
"Isa po sa prayoridad ng inyong Pamahalaan Lungsod ang makapagbigay ng libre, ligtas, at maayos na pampublikong transportasyon. Patunay lamang ito na ang buwis ng taumbayan ay ibinabalik din natin sa mga mamamayan ng ating mahal na Lungsod (One of the priorities of your City Government is to provide free, safe, and efficient public transportation. This is just proof that we also return the people's tax to the people of our dear City)," she added.
The eight QCity Bus routes with daily scheduled trips from 6 AM to 9 PM (except on Holidays) servicing the following routes:
Route 1: Quezon City Hall to Cubao and vice versa (vv);
Route 2: Quezon City Hall to IBP/Litex Road and vv;
Route 3: Welcome Rotonda to Aurora Blvd./Katipunan and vv;
Route 4: Quezon City Hall to General Luis and vv;
Route 5: Quezon City Hall to Mindanao Avenue via Visayas Avenue and vv;
Route 6: Quezon City Hall to Gilmore and vv;
Route 7: Quezon City Hall to Ortigas Avenue Extension and vv; and
Route 8: Quezon City Hall to Muñoz and vv.