‘Colorum’ taxi under ride-sharing app Tripid fined P200K, impounded for 3 months

Taxi cabs block an intersection during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, June 25, 2015. French taxis are on strike around the country, snarling traffic in major cities and slowing access to Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport after weeks of rising and sometimes violent tensions over Uber. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

A vehicle providing service through the ride-sharing app Tripid was apprehended on Tuesday for operating without a franchise, an official of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said.

The Toyota Innova with Plate No. PIG 435 was the first app-based vehicle service apprehended after the LTFRB announced that it would implement a crackdown on “colorum” vehicles starting Aug. 21.

LTFRB Executive Director Roberto Cabrera said a trip was booked from Market Market in Taguig City to Blue Wave in Marikina where enforcers were waiting around 3:30 p.m.Tuesday.

Cabrera did not identify the driver but said he would be fined P200,000 and the vehicle would be impounded for three months.

Last October, an Uber driver was apprehended in a similar sting operation. Following consultations, the LTFRB came out with guidelines for the registration of the newly created online-enabled transport category–Transportation Network Company (TNC) for the app provider and Transportation Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) for the vehicle operators. (Erika Sauler, Philippine Daily Inquirer)