The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is mulling lifting by year-end its more than a decade-old ban on releasing a franchise to public utility vehicles (PUVs) once local government units (LGUs) nationwide submit their respective…
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is reviewing the rules governing transport network companies (TNCs) not only to discipline erring drivers but to also put a cap on the riding applications’ surge pricing scheme. LTFRB…
China’s biggest train maker is sounding off to the Duterte administration that it wants to do more business here while offering larger investments that include a manufacturing plant in a country it described as a “valued friend…
The Interagency Council on Traffic (I-ACT) will intensify road-clearing operations in the coming weeks on four of the 17 Mabuhay Lanes in Metro Manila to ease the expected traffic congestion during the holiday season. Chief Supt. Antonio…
Say goodbye to weekday sales. In a bid to ease traffic during the holidays, the Interagency Council on Traffic (I-ACT) and mall operators in Metro Manila agreed on Friday that starting Oct. 21 until Jan. 9, 2017, mall sales will…
Starting Oct. 25, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is no longer allowing the so-called “window hours” under the number coding scheme, for motorists taking Edsa and C5 Road. The window hours refer to the five-hour period—from…
The city government of Parañaque is allowing a seven-hour window period under the unified vehicle volume reduction (UVVR) scheme, more commonly known as number coding, which is being reintroduced to the city. City Public Information Officer Mar…
During a presentation by the Department of Transportation (DOTr ) marking the first 100 days of the Duterte administration, the head of the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) of the Philippine National Police said the government would need…
Senate President Aqulino “Koko” Pimentel III wants the Senate to look into the “alarming” and “disturbing” number of vehicular accidents in the country with the police recording more than 10,000 incidents in the first four months of…
It has been two months of wrangling in both Houses of Congress, and the nation is still to see the progress of the emergency powers sought by the President in resolving the traffic problem in Metro Manila.…
