The Department of Transportation has tapped PayMaya to provide digital payments for taxi cabs and ridesharing vehicles, formally called Transport Network Vehicle Services (TNVS) in the country. The move comes as strict quarantine measures to curb the…
MANILA, Philippines — Three hundred buses will resume operations to supplement the decreased transportation capacity of the Metro Rail Transit-3 (MRT-3) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) as the general community quarantine (GCQ) takes effect in Metro Manila…
MANILA, Philippines — Banning buses and jeepneys after the national capital shifts to a general community quarantine (GCQ) would be “catastrophic” for an economy on the verge of a crisis, a transport economist warned on Wednesday. Jedd…
MANILA, Philippines — For seven years, Ricky de Vera, 55, has been making his way around Metro Manila on his trusty mountain bike. While mostly enjoyable, his road trips are also fraught with peril as he jockeys…
MANILA, Philippines — Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Monday turned down the dare of a commuters’ group, Kongreso ng Mananakay, for him to take public transportation for six months. “That doesn’t matter. I only gave in to…
A HYUNDAI H-100 light truck built as a Class 1 modern PUV was one of two vehicles Hyundai Asia Resources, Inc. (HARI) displayed at the recent LTO Motor Show held to celebrate the agency’s 107th anniversary. The…
ISUZU Philippines Corp. (IPC) on May 24 turned over the initial two units of Isuzu’s modern PUV to the Boracay Land Transport Multi-Purpose Cooperative. The two units are part of the 15 modern PUVs which the transport…
TRAINS on both the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) and the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) were reported to have stalled Thursday because of technical issues. An MRT-3 southbound train stopped between the Guadalupe and…
METRO Manila to Clark in less than an hour. This is one of the goals in the construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR), which forms part of the government’s massive infrastructure program. The railway network covering…
A 3.5-hectare property that can hold 800 vehicles will serve as a “boot camp for impounded vehicles,” according to Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) chairman Martin Delgra III. LTFRB bared this in a June 14…
