The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is still drowning in backlogs for the production of car and motorcycle license plates. Now, LTO is looking into asking the Congress for Php 6.8 billion worth of funding to help address the plate backlog issue. LTO officer-in-charge Romeo Vera Cruz said in a briefing on Wednesday that the facilities […]
In two consecutive posts on Facebook, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has extended the validity of all motor vehicle registration, driver’s license, student permit, and conductor’s license that are due this month of July. According to LTO, the extension for validity for both vehicle registration and driver’s license is in response to the rising COVID-19 cases […]
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. just approved the memorandum requesting the extension of free EDSA carousel bus rides and free train rides for students. Through a memo, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said that the free EDSA Carousel bus rides are now extended until December this year. “Considering the availability of budget for Service Contracting […]
Airports play a vital role in transportation and tourism in the Philippines, especially because the country is an archipelago and full of alluring destinations. And so, we delight in each and every completed airport project. Over the last 6 six years, the Department of Transportation (DOTr), together with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines […]
Good news for commuters in the southern part of Luzon: the Philippine National Railway (PNR) San Pablo-Lucena line is operational once again. President Rodrigo Duterte led the reopening ceremony of the said line on Saturday, which immediately started operations the following day. “This is also a vital step towards restoring the PNR Bicol Express that […]
The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is coordinating with concerned government agencies for the regulation and licensing of e-bikes and e-scooters. From January to May this year, MMDA has recorded 64 accidents involving e-bikes, 16 accidents involving e-trikes, and 2 accidents involving e-scooters. For that reason, Atty. Vic Nuñez, Director of MMDA Traffic Enforcement Group, […]
Through the initiative of the Department of Transportation (DOTRr), Grab Philippines will provide free shuttle services to passengers coming from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). The announcement was made by DOTr Undersecretary for Road Transportation and Infrastructure Mark Steven Pastor. According to him, it will further promote tourism in the country while complementing the department’s ongoing ‘Libreng […]
The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) has just announced that they will be extending free rides until the end of June. Originally set to end last April 30, the “Libreng Sakay” program of the MRT-3 by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) was launched last March 28. Due to the great feedback and help […]
During the course of this pandemic, public commuters have been the most affected when it comes to transportation. The world found itself in a grey area when life was returning back to normal but the average Filipino still struggled to find a way to-and-fro the office. To give back to the citizenry for their patience, […]
After two decades, the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) is nearing completion. It’s just a matter of time before it starts operation. The project was conceptualized in August 2001, while the concession agreement was signed in June 2008. However, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) under President Duterte’s administration said that not even a single […]
The Philippine National Railways (PNR) Lucena-San Pablo line is set to reopen before the Duterte administration steps down in June, according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr). The agency said the line is vital in restoring the PNR Bicol Express which will link Metro Manila and the provinces in Southern Luzon, including Laguna, Quezon, Camarines […]
The Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) is now testing its brand-new 4th-gen trains at Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1). “We would like to inform our passengers that they will now start seeing brand-new Gen-4 trains along the LRT line 1, but they still cannot ride these Gen-4 trains yet. We are conducting these trial […]