News By TED CORDERO, GMA News
Published April 8, 2021 3:30pm The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is eyeing to open more routes for traditional jeepneys and provincial buses in Metro Manila in a bid to quell the proliferation of colorum vehicles transporting people circumventing quarantine restrictions. At a virtual press briefing on Thursday, LTFRB National Capital Region (NCR) Regional Director Zona Tamayo announced that in the coming week the agency is planning to open 60 more routes for traditional public utility jeepneys and additional 190 routes for provincial buses entering Metro Manila. The planned additional routes for both PUJs and provincial buses translate to at least 4,400 more public transportation units in the region, comprising 1,800 PUJs and 2,600 buses.
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DOTr opening more routes due to human smuggling Tugade By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News
Published April 7, 2021 3:21pm The Department of Transportation is planning to open more traditional, and provincial routes amid reports of colorum vehicles transporting people to circumvent quarantine restrictions. Interviewed on Super Radyo dzBB on Wednesday, DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade said they will discuss the matter and make announcements in two days about the route expansion plan. “Kaya nga pinagpaplanuhan ngayon. In the next 48 hours magkakaroon ng anunsyo regarding the provincial routes”(We are on the planning stage now. In the next 48 hours, we will make announcements), Tugade said.
LRT1, LRT2, MRT3, PNR on limited capacity as workers undergo mass testing By TED CORDERO, GMA News
Published April 6, 2021 3:58pm Metro Manila’s railway systems are operating in a limited capacity as its personnel undergo mass testing for COVID-19, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Tuesday. COVID-19 cases and status of personnel testing in Metro Manila’s railway system. pic.twitter.com/qy4mQT6zRl Ted Cordero (@Ted Cordero) April 6, 2021 As of April 5, the DOTr said there are 91 personnel of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT1) who tested positive for COVID-19 out of its 281 who have undergone testing. In LRT2, there are 143 who tested positive for the disease out of 592 who got tested.
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