Over 90 percent of transactions in the country’s toll roads are now via radio frequency identification (RFID) stickers, after transport authorities enforced cashless transactions since the month began, the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) reported. Based on the AutoSweep and Easytrip daily reports, as...
Toll operators have agreed to conduct joint testing for the interoperability of their systems to make travel easier for motorists and commuters as soon as possible. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) today (December 7, 2020) announced that the SMC TPLEX Corp. (SMCTC), the Metro Pacific...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is urging the Department of Agriculture and Department of Transportation (DOTr) to facilitate the movements of food supplies to ensure prompt price normalization. Following the uptick in...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of National Defense (DND) on Friday (December 4, 2020), virtually signed the Right-of-Way Usufruct Agreement (ROW UA) covering five real estate properties of the DND to be expropriated for the first phase of the P355.6-billion Metro...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) president Ramon S. Ang appealed to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to extend tomorrow's (December 1) deadline for cashless transactions till February for the sake of motorists scrambling to get Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) stickers. "Given the surge in...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) last night (Nov 16) released its guidance to ensure that the air cargo industry can support the large-scale handling, transport and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine. IATA’s Guidance for Vaccine and Pharmaceutical Logistics and Distribution...
Transport authorities can no longer postpone the contactless toll payment scheme beyond next month, December 1, 2020, although the tollway systems of expressway companies are not yet interoperable. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) issued the statement last night (November 5, 2020)....
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...
