The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is requesting a higher allocation for EDSA Busway in its 2027 budget as it looks to expand the bus rapid transit (BRT) system to other routes in Metro Manila. Transportation Undersecretary Mark Steven Pastor said the DOTr is hoping for a much-needed increase...
The national government’s (NG) usual April budget surplus shrank by more than half this year after the annual income tax returns (AITRs) filing and payment deadline was extended by one month due to the national energy emergency, although revenues were partly supported by millions of pesos in...
The House Committee on Transportation learned from a Land Transportation Office (LTO) official Monday, May 25 that the country’s Land Transportation Management System (LTMS) under Dermalog has been operating without active maintenance coverage this year. During a public hearing at the House of...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has secured a loan from Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) to settle ₱3.6 billion in outstanding obligations to the private operator of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1), months after a major investor considered selling its stake. Together with...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) expects more than 70 local and international companies to slug it out for the concession to take over the increasingly lucrative Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) on the back of its growing passenger demand. Transportation Undersecretary Timothy John Batan...
More than a decade after the World Bank approved financing for the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project, the flagship urban transport initiative remains far from achieving its original objectives, with only a short section of the corridor substantially completed before the loan expires in...
Commuters will soon have a more seamless experience transferring from one mode of transport to another as international and local companies, including GCash and Maya, have expressed interest in managing the country’s pioneering interoperable fare collection system. The Department of...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is planning to bid out the concession to operate and maintain Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) by October as it seeks to nearly double the railway’s passenger capacity. In a notice issued last week, the DOTr said it is preparing the tender for the...
The World Bank has canceled part of the loans for the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) while as project scope was pared down with only five months left before its financing closes. A May 8 restructuring paper seen by Manila Bulletin showed that the Washington-based multilateral lender, effective Jan....
The Economy and Development (ED) Council has approved refinements to the implementation of San Miguel Corp. (SMC)-led Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) and adjustments to a maritime security project involving fast patrol crafts, as the government moves to accelerate infrastructure delivery and...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has suspended the onboarding of new transport network vehicle service (TNVS) drivers and motorcycle taxi riders as it seeks to curb the excessive hiring of drivers beyond the government-mandated limit. In a memorandum signed on April 30, Acting Transportation...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Friday, May 1, issued a show cause order (SCO) against a personnel of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) whose sports utility vehicle (SUV) got involved in a viral road rage in Silang, Cavite. LTO Chief, Assistant Secretary Markus V. Lacanilao said the SUV, a...
