busway-bridge2 The EDSA Busway, a dedicated median bus lane service under a collaborative project of state transport agencies, reached a total ridership of 47,104,197 in 2021, serving an average ridership of 129,000 daily. This initiative of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Land...
As part of efforts to make vaccination accessible, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will roll out a mobile COVID-19 inoculation drive at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) next week. Coronavirus vaccines have been...
Amid public uproar on the "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) stressed that the exemptions on the scheme have already been stated in the guidelines even before its implementation. Regional Highway Patrol Unit (RHPU) - National Capital Region (NCR) led by Chief...
DOTR123 The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said the exemption of essential workers from the “no vaccination, no ride” policy is not a new protocol enforced after the policy’s pilot implementation. In a statement on Thursday, Jan. 20, the DOTR clarified that prior to the full...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade reiterated that passengers going home to their provinces are not covered by the "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy as "returning home" is considered essential travel. (FILE PHOTO / PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY) This, after Tugade received...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday defended the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) move to implement the “no vaccine, no ride” policy in Metro Manila despite the public’s uproar against it. Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, also said he would...
Amid the persistent problems of congestion at the Port of Matnog in Sorsogon, three government agencies have joined forces to finally resolve the recurring issues especially by commuters and businessmen heading to Southern Samar. In a statement, the maritime sector of the Department of...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) reiterated that its “No Vaccination, No Ride” policy being implemented in all public transportation in Metro Manila has exemptions, adding that the measure is only temporary while the region is under Alert Level 3. A “No Vaccination, No Ride” sign is...
33350 The Philippine National Railway (PNR) Bicol, otherwise known as the South Long Haul Project, will employ over 5,000 people per year directly, during its construction. “For our compatriots in the South who have dreamt of this project for so long, we are finally seeing the light of day,"...
The dream of reviving the once thriving railway system to Bicol region is coming into light with the signing of P142-billion worth of Philippine National Railways (PNR) project. But Department of Transportation (DOTr) Sec. Art Tugade said the contract he signed on Monday, Jan. 17, is just the first...
A Department of Transportation (DOTr) official on Tuesday, Jan. 18, clarified that unvaccinated individuals may still be exempted from the 'no vax, no ride' policy in public transportation if they are medically incapable or if they are going out for essential purposes, including going to work....
DOTR123 Close to 2,000 commuters attempted to take Metro Manila’s rail lines without showing proof of their vaccination on the first day of implementation of the “no vax, no ride” in Metro Manila on Monday, Jan, 17, although it was generally peaceful, the Department of Transportation (DOTr)...
