The deliberate week-long transport strike of some teams to oppose the federal government’s PUV Modernization Program pushed via on Monday.
At the Monumento Circle in Caloocan City, members of Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) gathered early for a program which might be adopted by their tigil-pasada protest motion, in keeping with a report by Mark Makalalad on Super Radyo dzBB.
PISTON nationwide president Mody Floranda instructed Super Radyo dzBB they’re conducting the strike to uphold the rights and livelihood of their countrymen.
“Ito ay para sa karapatan at kabuhayan ng ating mga kababayan,” he stated.
To help commuters, native authorities items (LGU) within the National Capital Region (NCR) started providing “libreng sakay” or free rides on Monday morning.
The Manila metropolis authorities deployed greater than 300 automobiles from the Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau, Manila Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, and Manila Police District, in keeping with the Manila Public Information Office.
Among the automobiles it deployed are greater than 280 e-trikes for secondary roads and 32 buses, pick-up and vans for main thoroughfares.
The Manila LGU stated its Oplan Libreng Sakay will function from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the next routes:
- Vito Cruz Taft Ave – Quezon Blvd.
- Espana Blvd. – Welcome Rotonda
- Abad Santos Ave. – R. Papa Rizal Ave.
- UN Taft Ave. – R. Papa Rizal Ave.
- Recto Ave. – SM Sta. Mesa
- UN Taft Ave. – P. Ocampo St.
- Monumento Rizal Ave. – Divisoria
- Buendia Taft Ave. – Divisoria
- Buendia Taft Ave. – Monumento Rizal Ave.
- Buendia Taft Ave. – Welcome Rotonda
The Pasig City LGU in the meantime introduced it’ll provide Libreng Sakay on 5 routes, as follows:
- Pasig Mega Market to Shaw Boulevard (Vice Versa)
- Pasig Mega Market to Ligaya by way of Dr. Sixto Antonio Ave. (Vice Versa)
- Pasig Mega Market to Kalawaan to San Joaquin to Pasig Mega Market (Loop)
- Pasig Mega Market to Ligaya by way of C. Raymundo Ave. (Vice Versa)
- Pasig Mega Market to Dr. Sixto Antonio Ave. to Rosario to C. Raymundo Ave. to Pasig Mega Market (Loop)
Its free rides will function from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and three p.m. to 9 p.m. from March 6 to 12.
The Quezon City LGU alternatively stated its Q City Buses with free Wi-Fi onboard service eight routes:
- QC Hall to Cubao
- QC Hall to Litex / IBP Road
- Welcome Rotonda to Aurora Katipunan
- QC Hall to General Luis
- QC Hall to Mindanao Ave. by way of Visayas Ave.
- QC Hall to Gilmore
- QC Hall to C5 / Ortigas Ave. Ext.
- QC Hall to Muñoz
It posted the bus schedules on its Facebook web page.
Muntinlupa City LGU additionally introduced it has already deployed service automobiles for Libreng Sakay as early as 5 a.m. on Monday.
The LGU stated the Libreng Sakay might be from March 6 to 12 from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the next routes:
- RMT to Alabang Viaduct and vice versa (National Road)
- Alabang Viaduct to Sucat and vice versa (East Service Road)
- South Station to Sucat and vice versa (West Service Road)
- South Station to Buencamino and vice versa (Alabang-Zapote Road)
- Biazon Road (Southville III)
- Sucat to Poblacion and vice versa (Baybayin)
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in the meantime earlier stated it’ll deploy some 25 automobiles in areas the place commuters might be affected by the transport strike.
It additionally introduced the suspension of the expanded quantity coding scheme for Monday.
More than 100,000 public utility automobiles (PUVs) had been anticipated to take part within the week-long transport strike to specific opposition to the federal government’s PUV Modernization Program.
This was after Manibela transport group chairman Mar Valbuena rejected Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista’s name for a dialogue to move off the week-long strike.
The transport strike will begin on March 6 at 7 a.m. and would proceed till March 12, 2023.
Several transport teams nonetheless determined to not take part within the week-long transport vacation being organized by their colleagues.
Among the teams which is able to proceed servicing commuters are Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (FEJODAP), Pasang Masda and Liga ng Transportasyon at Operators sa Pilipinas (LTOP).
In anticipation of the March 6 to 12 transport strike, the Manila International Airport Authority urged all air passengers to provide ample time to be on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for the standard three hours earlier than flight departure time, the Manila International Airport Authority stated in Sunday assertion.
Earlier, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) set a June 30 deadline for PUVs to shift to fashionable jeepneys, however has since prolonged this to December 31, 2023, in deference of a Senate decision and the request of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista.
The PUV modernization program began in 2017, aiming to switch jeepneys with automobiles which have no less than a Euro 4-compliant engine to reduce air pollution, however drivers and operators complained concerning the prices which might hit over P2 million.
Transport officers have stated that conventional jeepneys can nonetheless function past the set deadline, offered that they be a part of transport cooperatives to forestall “on-street competition” amongst drivers and operators. —KG, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
