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Traditional jeepneys can still ply routes after April 30 if...

Published Feb 8, 2024 05:59 am

At A Glance

  • The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) clarified on Thursday, Feb. 8, that traditional jeepneys can still ply their routes after the April 30 deadline of the franchise consolidation, as long as the drivers have heen consolidated to a cooperative or cooperation.

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The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) clarified on Thursday, Feb. 8, that traditional jeepneys can still ply their routes after the April 30 deadline of the franchise consolidation, as long as the drivers have heen consolidated to a cooperative or cooperation.

“After April 30, yung nag-consolidate pero may traditional jeepneys, tutuloy pong tatakbo yun. Yung unconsolidated by April 30, yun po ang hindi na po natin patatakbuhin,” lawyer Mercy Leynes of the LTFRB said.

(After April 30, those who are consolidated but have traditional jeepneys, they will continue to run. The unconsolidated, by April 30, that's who we will no longer allow to run.)

Leynes said during the Committee on Transportation hearing that this was the LTFRB’s “policy as of today” as the House panel continued its motu proprio inquiry into the implementation of the Public utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP).

Consolidated jeepney operators that only operate traditional jeepneys will have up to 27 months—starting from the approval of their area’s Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP)--to switch to the mandatory modern PUVs.

Additionally, since these traditional jeepneys are consolidated into a cooperative or corporation, the driver or operator of the modern jeepney will no longer have legal ownership over it even if they purchased the vehicle themselves.

Committee chairperson and Antipolo 2nd district Rep. Romeo Acop questioned the LTFRB’s logic behind this new policy.

The lawmaker pointed out that if consolidated traditional jeepneys are still authorized to run after April 30, then this could be interpreted as “gentle coercion” on drivers and operators to force them to comply with the PUVMP.

“By your issuances of administrative orders napipilitan yung tao na mag-consolidate kasi kung hindi mag-consolidate after April 30 hindi na siya pwedeng maghanapbuhay,” stressed Acop.

(By your issuances of administrative orders, people are forced to consolidate because if they don't consolidate after April 30, they won't be able to earn a living.)

Transport groups and several lawmakers have questioned the reasoning behind this seemingly non-negotiable consolidation requirement, which many view it as unnecessary or burdensome.

Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jamie Bautista, for his part, stressed that the number one objective of consolidation was to “provide a very good service to our passengers”.

“Tinitignan natin kung ano ba yung makakabuti sa mananakay, and at the same time, di po natin pinapabayaan yung kalagayan ng drivers and operators,” Bautista noted. “Nakikita po namin na with consolidation, there will be improvements in the service”.

(We are looking at what will benefit the commuter, and at the same time, we are not neglecting the condition of the drivers and operators...We see that with consolidation, there will be improvements in the service.)

“It’s about time to modernize our transport industry, tayo po ay naiwan na tayo ng mga kapitbahay natin sa Asia, sa ASEAN (we have been left behind by our neighbors in Asia, in the ASEAN)” he added.

President Marcos recently extended the lapsed deadline of the franchise consolidation from Dec. 31, 2023 to April 30, 2024 to provide an opportunity to those who expressed intention to consolidate but failed to make the previous cutoff.

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