Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said Wednesday the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) would carefully study the call of transport groups to charge an additional P1 to P2 to commuters during rush hour.
"Actually, pag-aaralang mabuti 'yan ng LTFRB. Although we acknowledge talaga na medyo nahihirapan 'yung ating mga drivers because of fuel price increase. Pero dapat i-balance kasi natin 'yung effect para sa ating mga pasahero. Kaya pag-aaralang mabuti 'yan ng LTFRB," Bautista told reporters at the sidelines of the Philippine Coast Guard 121st founding anniversary.
"I think it's a logical request kasi naman totoo naman talaga na tumataas 'yung kanilang operations [it's true that the cost of their operations has increased]," he added. Pasang Masda, the Alliance of Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines , and the Alliance of Concerned Transport Organization asking it to allow traditional and modern public utility jeepneys to charge an additional P1.00, and public utility buses an additional P2.00 during rush hour periods of 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., except on Sundays and national holidays.
In filing the petition, the groups said the recent provisional increases, while helpful, were "not enough to alleviate the woes of public utility vehicle operators in the face of further fuel price hikes, higher operational costs caused by inflation, and also due to rush congestion in the city.”
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