All hope is not yet lost The Motorcycle Taxi TWG took back its initial decision of ending the pilot run abruptly after yersterday’s senate hearing about the said matter. In an interview with CNN Philippines, DoTR-TWG Chair Antonio Gardiola Jr. said that they “will have a meeting with providers this afternoon para ma-tresh out namin […]
Angkas and other similar services will be considered colorum next week The inter-agency technical working group (TWG) that is conducting a pilot run of motorcycle taxis has terminated the pilot run two months ahead of schedule. The pilot run for the motorcycle taxi study was supposed to end in March. On Monday, January 20, TWG […]
Angkas is back for real The Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced that it has approved the pilot implementation of motorcycle taxi operations. The pilot run will start in June and will cover Metro Manila and Metro Cebu for six months. DOTr partnered with motorcycle-hailing service Angkas for the pilot run. Under the implementing guidelines, both […]
Angkas may soon be legalized Here’s some good news for all patrons of motorcycle-hailing app Angkas: Congress has approved a bill legalizing motorcycles as public transport. HB 8959, also known as the Motorcycles-for-Hire Act, gives the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) the authority to legalize the operation of motorcycle-hailing services like Angkas. Under the […]
Only if the current lanes get a diet Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is looking to add a dedicated, motorcycle lane in the busiest stretch of highway in the Philippines. MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia said that they were looking at adding a motorcycle lane right beside the bus lane in EDSA, which would be […]
Its to curb the worsening accident rate in the country Vehicular accidents are on the rise. Specifically, accidents with vehicles on two wheels have gone up dramatically, with the Philippine Statistics Authority announcing that around 69% of identified transport accidents nationwide are made up of motorcycle-related injuries. For one senator, enough is enough. Senator Joseph […]
Motorcycle drivers should invest in one Face it: Here in the Philippines, there are a lot of crazy drivers. No matter if you drive a car or a motorcycle, it is really hard to avoid reckless drivers and road hazards along the way. While cars can be equipped with GPS systems and dash cams these days, […]
New features! Waze has updated and added a bunch of new features on their turn-by-turn navigation app for Android and iOS today. Firstly, a new motorcycle mode that gives motorcycle riders better recommendations on routes to take based on data pulled from other cyclists. The idea is that motorcycle riders usually take faster, less conventional […]
We’ve seen our fair share of news regarding self-driving cars last year and NVIDIA even got in the game at CES 2017. What we haven’t seen is more advances in motorcycle tech. Today, Honda unveiled a little project they’ve been working on that will make riding a little easier for beginners — a self-balancing motorcycle. […]
Welcome to Bavarian Motor Works’s (BMW) vision of motorcycling future – the Motorrad VISION NEXT 100. This sleek, sci-fi-looking concept motorcycle is BMW’s attempt at incorporating new technologies and connectivity features to change the future of motorcycling. BMW envisions a future where two-wheel vehicles have enough onboard AI to facilitate driving without the need for […]
The MMDA, has announced that it will implement its MMDA Regulation 24-022, or the prohibition of e-bikes, e-trikes, tricycles, pedicabs, pushcarts, and kuligligs from traversing national roads, circumferential roads, and radial roads in Metro Manila on April 15, which was moved to tomorrow, April 17. MMDA Acting Chairman Don Artes says that these are just […]
We all know that a lot of delivery services want to compete against the likes of Grab and Lalamove, while motorcycle-hailing services see Move It (which is under Grab) and Angkas as one of the main competitors. But what if we told you that there’s another service that covers both motorcycle-hailing and delivery service–and happens […]