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Ex-chairman Ginez urges LTFRB: Listen to Uber, Grab users
This comes after WeWantGrabUber trends for the second day and a petition supporting app based transport services gets more than 100 000 signatures
Uber's carpool service aims to move more people in fewer cars
uberPOOL aims to provide passengers with cheaper fares while using fewer cars – its contribution to help ease Metro Manila s traffic woes
LTFRB rejects Grab plea to resume GrabBike operations
LTFRB says bike services may not be considered alternative public transport due to safety reasons
LTFRB to arrest GrabBike drivers
During a hearing the LTFRB chief books a GrabBike ride to prove that the service is still ongoing despite a cease and desist order
Air21 launches premium NAIA buses Wednesday
Seven buses will start bringing passengers to 3 NAIA terminals
LTFRB to provincial buses: Install GPS by end-April
For Metro Manila public utility buses operators have until August 30 to install and register their GPS devices
Lawmakers to GrabBike: Cease 'illegal' operations
Grab says while it will comply once it receives the order it also wants to work with transport authorities to craft regulations specifically for the motorcycle service
Could this be GrabBike’s last ride in the Philippines?
With the Philippine land transport regulator s order to suspend GrabBike operations many motorbike drivers and commuters are disappointed
LTFRB orders jeepney fare cut anew
The temporary rollback or provisional reduction comes as oil prices continue to drop
A long, winding road for better Metro Manila transport
Several infrastructure deals that are seen to solve the nightmarish Metro Manila traffic are still hounded by delays
LTFRB sets final projects for Aquino's term
The LTFRB is making a final push for projects like premium buses and taxis with deals eyed to go beyond 2016
LTFRB to clarify effectivity of TRO on Uber, GrabCar applications
The Solicitor General will file a motion for clarification before the court to determine the TRO s date of effectivity
Lawyer to netizens: Read up on LTFRB-Uber issue
How should the government deal with alternative transportation services like Uber?
LTFRB clarifies Premium Taxi timing, unregistered Uber clampdown
Neither DOTC nor LTFRB owns Premium Taxis We just regulate them LTFRB chief Winston Ginez clarifies
LTFRB to Uber: No one is above the law
In a viral Facebook post an automotive journalist alleges that LTFRB and DOTC are starting their own service called Premium Taxi which is just another racket and another inept way of reinventing the wheel
LTFRB to start unregistered Uber, GrabCar clampdown
Starting August 21 unregistered GrabCar and Uber vehicles will be fined P200 000 and impounded for 3 months LTFRB says
Air21 becomes 1st premium NAIA bus service operator
Air21 will spend P420 million to operate more than 40 modern airport buses servicing Ninoy Aquino International Airport s 4 terminals
LTFRB opens bid for NAIA bus services
The airport bus service will initially have 2 bus routes to and from the 3 NAIA terminals
UNA slams LP for plotting Comelec 'takeover'
I don t respond to these things Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II says after UNA accuses Roxas of dipping his hands in Comelec
Fast, convenient: EDSA express buses hit the road
Fifty buses with limited stops along EDSA begin their pilot run promising faster travel time to passengers traveling from Quezon City to Makati or Pasay
March 31 registration deadline for GPS providers – LTFRB
Installing an in vehicle GPS device is meant to reduce accidents due to overspeeding buses
P10 reduction in taxi flag down rate effective March 9
UPDATED Thanks to prevailing low oil prices in the world market the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board slashes P10 from the current P40 taxi flag down rate
Fixing traffic: Jeeps eyed as feeders to bus routes
The transport franchising agency seeks to get jeepneys out of main routes where they cause traffic while carrying less passengers than buses can
EDSA express bus to connect passengers to LRT, MRT
The project dubbed Express Connect aims to carry commuters faster along EDSA making only one stop or two from starting point to destination
LTFRB to pilot test GPS in buses to regulate speed
Under the scheme a public bus will be installed with a GPS device and communication system that will continuously send speed and location data to authorities
LTFRB approves P1-jeepney fare rollback in NCR
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board cites the spate of oil price rollbacks in approving a provisional reduction in the minimum jeepney fare in Metro Manila
Q and A: Can Uber and PH taxi owners reach a compromise?
Rappler talks to PH National Taxi Operators Association president Bong Suntay to find out why they’re raising the alarm over Uber
Taxi operators: Regulate Uber services, prices
National taxi operators group says they have nothing against technology but noted they are against using private vehicles to provide public service
Should the PH government regulate Uber?
On Monday the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board holds a public hearing to figure out if it can and how it should regulate ‘online enabled transportation services’ like Uber
Philippine congressmen want Uber to stop operations ASAP
While clarifying they are not against the car sharing service lawmakers want Uber to immediately cease operations while they try to figure out whether to regulate it and how
Palace steps into row between LTFRB, mayors, MMDA
Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras will meet with the concerned parties this week to arrive at a common ground that will break the impasse
MMDA: LTFRB to blame for Katipunan traffic
The MMDA says heavy traffic along Katipunan avenue is the ill fated outcome of the LTFRB s recent memo on trucks for hire
Transport groups ask SC to stop higher fines
The groups want the Supreme Court to declare as unconstitutional the order issued by the DOTC and its attached agencies
LTFRB to jeep operators: No fare matrix, no fare hike
The fare hike for jeepneys takes effect on June 14
LTFRB on social media 'rumor': No disguised Florida buses
Chairman Winston Ginez says the board gave permission to another bus line – TransportPro Services – to temporarily use GV Florida terminals Florida s suspension stays
LTFRB tells Makati: No permit, no shuttle service
Makati says it has the power to provide transportation services based on the Local Government Code
LTFRB suspends permit of bus firm in Commonwealth accident
The LTFRB says it will not hesitate to take immediate action against erring bus firms to protect public safety
LTFRB revokes franchise of bus firm in SLEX accident
LTFRB chief Winston Ginez says SCCI was given a chance to pursue an extension of its Certificate of Public Convenience
LTFRB rejects 50-centavo provisional fare hike
The LTFRB says the proposed rate hike lacked merit since diesel prices have remained below P45 per liter
Faulty brakes caused accident; Florida buses suspended
UPDATED GV Florida s suspension may be lifted as long as it complies with the LTFRB s conditions
LTFRB permanently revokes permit of 2 bus firms
While we recognize the financial effect on the part of the employees of the two bus companies the rule of law must prevail above all
5 Mayamy buses suspended after Commonwealth crash
The preventive suspension which begins March 5 will last for 30 days
LTFRB: Florida bus was 'private' vehicle
A hearing conducted by the LTFRB on February 19 reveals that the ill fated bus that killed 14 people in Bontoc was not approved for use as a public utility vehicle
Aquino calls road safety meet after successive accidents
Malacañang says imposing stiffer penalties on erring bus lines will be up to Congress but thinks the cancellation of a franchise is a severe enough penalty
Don Mariano buses may be sold – and be back on the road
The LTFRB says newer buses of Don Mariano are still fit for public transportation but should be operated under a valid franchise
Public servants, take the train!
UPDATED Filipino officials who regularly take public transportation are rare Most officials prefer to travel by car
Understaffed LTFRB to audit public buses nationwide
The gargantuan task will fall on the laps of 400 employees nationwide against the more than 400 000 public buses
