Transport operators in Bacolod City partner with beep™ operator AF Payments Inc. to roll out an automated fare collection system in modern jeepneys in the
CATCHING UP WITH THE TIMES. One of the modernized passenger jeepneys plying the streets of Bacolod City on Monday (Sept. 12, 2022). Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said on Wednesday (Sept. 14, 2022) that more modernized PUJ units will soon operate in the city in line with the government's Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program.(PNA Bacolod file photo) BACOLOD CITY - Close to 50 modernized public utility jeepneys (PUJs) are already plying the streets of this city starting this week as part of the implementation of the government's Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). As of Wednesday, 45 units covering two routes were the latest to start trips after four units from two other routes started to operate in February and July this year. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said passengers are now looking for a better version of the passenger jeepney and operators who will not acquire a modernized unit will be put at a disadvantage. "There will be more (of these mo