QUEZON City Mayor Herbert Bautista on Sunday backed the approval of a resolution urging the Department of Transportation to solve the problem of disproportionate number of public utility vehicles against routes with fewer passengers.
He lauded the 36-member city council for asking Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade through the agency’s road transportation planning division to consider the city’s inclusion in its route measured capacity in all PUVs.
The DoTr’s scheme aims to determine the acceptable number of PUVs to serve the riding public, and thus to solve the imbalance in the number of PUVs, particularly in areas where commuters are thickly concentrated, as against routes with fewer passengers.
Under the city’s measure, a local government unit must be consulted in the determination of the route measured capacity.
The Quezon City government said the local government could identify better which routes are “over-served or under-served.”
To efficiently define the number of trips to meet passenger demand to be applied on buses, jeepneys and UV express vehicles, the participation of the concerned LGU must be given a closer look to come up with an equal distribution of public transports most favorable to the riding public.
Bautista considered the city council’s “laudable” resolution, saying the city’s participation would help ease the commuters’ struggles, especially during rush hours.