The Lawyers for Commuters Safety and Protection on Monday rejected the proposal of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to restrict the services of UV Express units to a point-to-point transport basis.
Ariel Inton, LCSP founding president, asked “what if you are coming from SM Fairview, and the P-2-P is up to Makati City, but you are just going to Quezon City hall or in the Cubao area? How would that be?”
“The P2P transport basis would just be too disadvantageous,” he said.
He blamed the poor implementation of the traffic laws, and other traffic rules and regulations to decongest Metro Manila.
“Can the law enforcers monitor it? Or would it just be a milking cow?” he asked.
He said their group was willing to help the government come up with an inclusive and comprehensive study in fixing congestion in the metro.
“Our guiding principle is that we must always consider the welfare of the majority. And who are the majority? These are the commuters. A policy must always be pro-commuters,” he said.
“The welfare of the passengers is always being sacrificed in the guise of traffic decongestion,” he added.
LTFRB chairperson Martin Delgra III issued Memorandum Circular 2019-025, cancelling the two-kilometer radius from UV Express units’ end points in which they could pick up and drop off passengers.