to tbe prospect of mo' Dine National Police -

DlaquinE the country for

vea1s." Reo. Winnie
-Castelo torcycle taxis operating ilighway Patrol Group
public transpor:t.
as ;We
said. "l'm pleased (PNP-HPG). Metro Ma-
with this kind of deci- at the DOTI nila Development Au-
sive leadership from the know how to listen. So thority (MMDA), Sen'
Earning the mo4ick- DOTr and it shows they even if the SC has yet ate. House of Represen_
er "Mr. Transpormer" are sensitive to the to issue a final ruling, tatives, commuter wel-
from transport groups needs of the people,' he we already formed a fare groups, road safety
for his Dositive transfor' added. TWG to study the pros- advoiates, motorcycle
mation initiatives in the Rep. Castelo is the pect of motorcycles serv- mairufacturers, motol-
local transport sector, chairman of the House ins as public transporta- cycle organizations, and
Sec. Tugade earlier.is- committee on Metro Ma- tion," Sec. Tugade said law schools.
sued the directive to nila development. He has in an earlier news re- The TWG has met
create a technical work- called several hearrngs three times to discuss
ing group (TWG) to dis- on motorcycle taxi Tegu- ' The TwG is headed the appropriate stan-
cuss issues in relatiqn to lationin Metro Manila. by Undersecretary Mark dards and capacities of
the prospect of 6otor- Seeing the public de Leon and was cotq- motorcycles for Public
cycle taxis operating as clamor on the legaliza- prisetl of other repre- transportation se rvi ce,
public transport. tion and regulation of ientatives from
including determining
the
"Secretary Tugade's motorcvcle taxis. Secre- DOllI, Land Transporta- the proper type of mo-
creation of a technical tary Aithur Tugade ear- tion Office (LTO), Land torcvcle that can be
working group is an im- lier issued the directive TraNgortbti)n Fran- aranied a fTanchise, the
portant 6tep in solving to create the TWG to chising and Regulatory irinimum Cubic Centi-
an issue that's been diecuss issues in relation Board (LTFRB), Philip- meter (CC) capacity of

the motor, travel speed motorcycle taxis ahead Concepcion, he lauded

of motorcycle 8axis,fran- of their proposed legal- Sec. fugade for creat-
chise route, seat and ization and regulation. ing the TWG. Con-
heLnet requirements, The proposal is still up cepcion noted that the
and training require- for Sec. Tugade's approv- secretary ha6 said that
ments for motorcycle al. he is not against any
bikers looking to regis- Undersecretary de more of traisportatioir
ter as a Public Utility Leon said that the mo- as long as it is efficient,
Vehicle driver. The TWG torcycle taxi proposed safe, tnd comfortable.
also discussed regulato- pilot run is part of the Angkas head of Reg,
ry concerns on account' efforts of the TWG to ulatory and Public Af-
ability for passenger assess the viability of fairs ceorge Roieca
safety in the event of an motorcycle taxis as pub- likewise p;aised the
accident. lic utilily vehicles as DOTr for the resr run
On their second well as to test the im- initiative. "We would
meeting, the TWG did plementing rules and like to thank the DOTr,
an on-site observation of regulations (IRR) that especially Secretary
Angkas' touted safety the group is drafting. Tugade and ljndersec-
traiuing program that In an earlier meet- retary de Leon, for
has resulted in their ing of transport sector their selfless consider'
high safety standards. officials and industry ation of the plight of
After the three meet- players called by Presi- our commuters and mo-
ings, the TWG proposed dential Adviser on En- torcycle dders," Royeca
to conduct a test run for trepreneurship Joey noted. (>q9<.
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