The Department of Transportation ordered the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to review certain provisions stipulated in the agency’s memorandum circular, which limits the common supply base of Transport Network Vehicle Service units in Metro Manila to 45,000.
The DOTr and LTFRB will start monitoring in the next few weeks the number of booking requests received by TNCs, to include served and unserved requests, as well as other factors affecting the supply of TNVS, such as number coding, maintenance schedules, and working hours of drivers, to judiciously arrive at an objective number for the common supply base. The data will be based on the official list of accredited TNVS as submitted by TNCs, such as Grab, Uber and U-Hop, to LTFRB.
“We assure you that should there be adjustments in the common supply base as a result of the review, the decision would be based on actual data from the different transport network companies (TNCs), thorough DOTr study, and consultations with the public at large,” the DOTr said.
