Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor D. Mendoza II urged on Tuesday, Dec. 19, school authorities to include a visit at the agency’s newly-opened Road Safety Interactive Center (RSIC) in their educational tour in order to educate their students at a young age the importance of road...
Officials of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) across the country were ordered to intensify the conduct of inspection of all passenger buses to ensure their road worthiness amid the expected influx of passengers for the Christmas break. LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II said the inspection covers all...
Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor D. Mendoza II has ordered all regional directors and district office heads of the agency to intensify a regular road worthiness inspection of public utility buses in terminals following a fatal road accident in Antique that left at least 12 people dead....
House Deputy Minority Leader Bernadette Herrera has called on the House leadership to fast track the approval of the bill that seeks to improve the country’s road safety measures and ease tollway congestion especially during the peak holiday seasons. The Bagong Henerasyon Party-list...
The Land Transportation Office-National Capital Region (LTO-NCR) warned on Thursday Oct, 19., all motorists to refrain from driving cars and motorcycles with defective accessories to avoid road accidents. LTO-NCR director Roque Verzosa III said a total of 587 motorists out of the 3,047 of those...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Wednesday, Sept. 27, launched the Philippines’ first Motorcycle Riding Academy, a project that is aimed at educating motorcycle riders on traffic rules and road safety and eventually preventing accidents. Located in a compound donated by the...
Safer roads is a concern that everyone shares. We all want to protect the vulnerable members of society – children, pedestrians, and cyclists – from death or injury on the roads. Today, as the observance of the 7th UN Global Road Safety Week comes to a close, we call attention to its focus on...
Coach Mel Aquino instructing the participants on the proper riding techniques. The motorcycles industry in the Philippines is the fifth largest in the world. Motorcycles account for 71% of our total registered vehicle population and is seen to continually grow in the coming years. With such a...
Road safety is a shared responsibility. Every person using the road should be aware of how to keep it a safe place. On the other hand, each government agency with a function related to the roads should be attentive to their tasks that will keep the roads safe. People need to be aware of that...
*Photo above shows DOTr Undersecretary Mark Steven C. Pastor and DOTr Secretary Jaime J. Bautista join SM Supermalls President Steven Tan and Senior Vice President Engr. Bien Mateo in a photo op with active transport advocates.* - - - In a bid to promote safer and more accessible roads in the...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has conducted a road safety seminar for the personnel of bus companies plying the Metro Manila and nearby provinces routes. Roque I. Verzosa III, director of the LTO-NCR West, said the move is part of the government's program to have safer roads for all...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has started coordinating with other traffic enforcement agencies for the implementation of road safety measures as exodus to the provinces for the Yuletide season begins. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said the police and enforcers from the Land...
