The Metro Manila Development Authority on Tuesday met various transport groups and discussed the government’s new policies concerning provincial buses and UV Express vehicles.
The meeting came amid public clamor and oppositions regarding the government’s plan banning provincial buses along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue and limiting UV Express Service Units to point-to-point operations.
“We conducted the consultation so we will be able to hear the side of our stakeholders who will be affected by the policies,” said MMDA spokesperson and Assistant Secretary Pircelyn Pialago.
Pialago said the stakeholders made some recommendations in connection with the new policies.
The government, as the stakeholders suggested, must have a travel time period for the policy; consider the additional cost of the transport operators and the passengers; there must be an available transportation for senior citizens and persons with disability; designate mid bus stops instead of P2P (point to point).
Give priority to higher capacity vehicles (Instead of prioritizing TNVS); regulate and organize bus terminals; provide seminars to commuters; include proper driving in K-12 curriculum; limit coding for public utility vehicles, and fleet management will only be sustainable if jeepneys are allowed 23 km route, and drivers have boundary of P1,500.
