“The contingency plans worked and they were not able to paralyze public transportation,” MMDA Chair Romando Artes said, referring to the buses and trucks deployed by LGUs and other agencies to assist commuters. | janebautistaINQ JeromeAningINQ /PDI
“The contingency plans worked and they were not able to paralyze public transportation,” MMDA Chair Romando Artes said, referring to the buses and trucks deployed by LGUs and other agencies to assist commuters.
The “minimal” effect of the transport strike prompted the MMDA to no longer suspend the number coding scheme starting today.Except for some areas in the Bicol region, the public transport system in most of Luzon was not disrupted by the strike. In Quezon province, jeepneys plied the streets in the capital city of Lucena where more than 500 drivers and operators have formed three cooperatives to join the government’s public utility vehicle modernization program.
At least 13 transport groups in the Cagayan Valley region did not participate in the transport strike, according to the regional office of the LTFRB. While some PUV drivers joined the rally, it hardly affected the usual movement of public transport in Metro Cebu, said LTFRB Central Visayas Director Eduardo Montealto Jr.
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