MARK BALMORES/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The MRT-3 yesterday (November 2, 2020) hiked its operating speed to 50 kilometers per hour (kph), which it last attained six years ago, cutting travel time by 10 minutes. The speed boost reduces the intervals between trains from 8 to 9.5 minutes (20 trains...
In response to the clamor of motorists, who have yet to install Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) stickers on their vehicles, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) today moved back the deadline for cashless collections on toll roads from November 2 to December 1, 2020. This means the cashless...
The Metro Rail Transit (MRT) -3 will boost its maximum passenger capacity from 13 percent (51 pax per train car, 153 passengers per train set,) to 30 percent (124 pax per train car, 372 passengers per train set), starting today, October 19, 2020. Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Tuesday ordered all transportation sectors to implement the “one-seat apart” rule, operationalize more public utility vehicle routes and units, and speed up service contracting for buses and jeepneys to accommodate more commuters. This came after...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) today witnessed the virtual signing of the three contract packages which complete the P51-billion Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 2, from Malolos to Clark. A rendering of the Malolos–Clark Railway Project. (Photo courtesy of JICA.) PNR...
The offer of suspended AF Payments Inc. (AFPI) to provide some P10 million worth, or 125,000 free Beep cards to EDSA Busway commuters, in lieu of scrapping the cost of the cards for everyone, was enough to placate the Department of Transportation (DOTr) - for the moment. But that's not the end of...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Philippine National Railways (PNR) this Sunday (Sept 27) awarded the three remaining civil works contract packages for the P51 Billion Clark Phase 2 project - the Malolos-Clark extension of the North-South Commuter Railway System. The award of the...
Petron Corporation has extended its fuel subsidy for participating vehicle units in the Free Ride Service for Health Workers Program until July 31, 2020. The service is a program of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) which the oil company has partnered with to help with the transportation...