The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and its attached agencies are all geared up to implement the "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy in all public transportation to, from, and within Metro Manila starting Monday, Jan. 17. A police officer checks the vaccination cards of passengers at a jeepney...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has so far nabbed 32 public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators in its crackdown against health protocol violators in public transport under the more stringent Alert Level 3. Enforcers of the LTFRB and I-ACT conduct an inspection along Taft Avenue on...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said unvaccinated individuals, minors, and senior citizens will be temporarily barred from using public transportation while Metro Manila was under the more stringent Alert Level 3. Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces...
Public transport operators in Metro Manila were directed to impose tighter health protocols inside public utility vehicles (PUVs) and terminals as the capital region was placed under Alert Level 3 on Monday, Jan. 3 until Jan. 15, following a spike in COVID-19 cases. Commuters in Philcoa, Quezon...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has temporarily modified the routes of some public utility vehicles (PUVs) going to Metro Manila to ferry more passengers for the New Year’s Day celebrations. Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA amid heightened movement...
Passenger capacity of road-based public utility vehicles (PUVs) in Metro Manila will remain at 70 percent this holiday season, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said. Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the...
The transport sector is the hardest-hit in the country because aside from facing the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), they also suffer lack of funding support from government and overregulation, Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson had stated....
CAVITE – Mayors will hold an emergency meeting on Monday (Dec. 6) to discuss fare readjustment in the province. According to Governor Jonvic Remulla, it is high time to review public transportation fare rates now that that travel has returned back to normal. "Nasa mga Alkalde ang...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has started distributing some P1 billion worth of fuel subsidies to about 136,000 public utility jeepney (PUJ) drivers in the country as part of the government's assistance program to the transport sector amid the continuous hike in...
Restrictions in public transport have further eased as the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) allowed the vulnerable population, including children and the elderly, to ride public utility vehicles (PUVs). (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In its Memorandum Circular No....
Passengers may opt not to wear face shields inside public transportation following the government's decision not to require its use in areas under Alerts Level 1 to 3, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced. Amid the persistent government reminder to observe minimum health protocols,...
More than 200 erring public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers in Metro Manila were flagged down by the Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) due to "overloading" on the first day of the implementation of the 70 percent passenger capacity in public transport. A Muntinlupa police officer checks...
