FREE RIDE. Commuters in Quezon City avail of the city government's QCity Bus program that offers free rides in this undated photo. The city government on Friday (March 17, 2022) bared that the program has already serviced around 5.3 million passengers since its launch in December 2020. (Photo grabbed from QC government Facebook page) MANILA - The Quezon City government's bus augmentation program or the QCity Bus has so far offered free rides to more than 5 million commuters around major routes within the city. In a statement issued on Friday, the city government said the QC bus augmentation program has already served more than 5.3 million passengers since it was launched on December 7, 2020. Mayor Joy Belmonte said the program was introduced to address the need for a reliable, efficient, and safe means of transportation amid the community restrictions brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic that also limited public transportation in Metro Manila. With