Transportation In The Philippines

And
Legislation About Land Use In The Philippines
 TRANSPORTATION simply means movement of goods or
people. It is a major part of our life, which makes life easier for
people. In the past, people faced numerous problems while
traveling to far destinations. In this case, transporting goods
and helping people travel was very hard and was time
consuming to transfer one item from one place to another
because there were no vehicles or transport equipment's;
which we have today; mostly the transportation of goods was
done by animals. It is transportation, which made it easier to
explore incredible places, to assure more accurate time in
relation to supply of goods and other demands and to keep
goods preserved on its natural life spans. Nowadays, people
are able to discover space by transportation. Therefore,
transportation has very essential roles in our life.  the subject
will be limited to ground transportation only thus excluding
aviation and maritime transportation
Pre-Spanish period
Considering a long-term and
very slow-changing geographic
factors that shaped Philippine
transportation, prior to the
introduction of horses and wheeled
vehicles by Spanish colonizers, our HISTORY
ancestors moved by raft or native OF
outrigger boat powered by paddles
and sails, hopping from island to TRANSPORTATION
island or coastal point to point.
They reached interior valleys by
trekking along estuaries and rivers IN
(by water and on foot) and through
trails across mountains. They THE PHILLIPINES
eventually settled along or near the
coasts, lakes, rivers and major
creeks where there was enough
access to land, water, and food
sources.
Spanish period
Establishment of Spanish rule in most islands paved the
way for the colonial and feudal socio-economic system to
take root, and alongside this, expanded modes of
transportation that served the expanding needs of colonial
and feudal rule. All these required the building of ships,
ports and wharves, and inland roads, bridges across rivers,
and horse trails across mountains. Many Spanish-period
trade and travel routes were merely expanded and
interconnected versions of pre-Spanish routes.
 The concept of land transportation system in the
Philippines started when our ancestors invented the means
of locomotion with the animals in moving people and goods
from place to place. Although the means of land
transportation during the early days were not as
sophisticated as the modern vehicles of today and the
roads not as well constructed, the early Filipinos also
observed some laws to govern their mobility. These laws
were as informal and simple as specifying which animal
could be used for certain purposes but these showed that
our ancestors had already felt the need to regulate the
transportation system.
 As early as 1910, there were already few motor
vehicles seen operating in public highways in
Manila and suburbs.
Better means of transportation were invented
and introduced in the country. Gradually, the
Filipinos learned to use cars, trucks, jeeps and
other types of vehicles. The means of
transportation became better and powerful and the
laws governing land travel became more formal
and modern.
 Most common method of transport. In
the past, animals and humans were
carrying goods but as the technology
progressed and businesses improved all
over the world, people invented cars which
transporting things become very
convenient for people and cars replaced
animals for transporting goods or helping
people travel. It is classified vehicles
moving on wheels like bikes, motorcycles,
Land
cars, trucks, vans and trains. There are
two categories of land transportation:
Transportation
people traveling and goods transportation.
Recently, it is the most helpful and
common method of transportation and
people mostly prefer to use it for short
distances. People use cars for various
reasons of activities. For instance, go out
with friends, work, university or any others
place. Vehicles have become part of our
life and we are heavily dependent in it.
 A viable alternative or addition to road
and rail transport. Waterways provide
enormous advantages as a mode of transport
compared to land and air modes of transports.
Cheaper capital cost, nature has already done
the initial engineering work for the INLAND
transportation infrastructure. Thanks to this WATERWAY
gift of nature, the cost of developing an inland
waterway is 5- 10% of the cost developing an TRANSPORT
equivalent railway or a four-lane expressway.
This varies a lot, the waterway might be ready
naturally, only ports are needed, or if a canal
and locks are needed might be very expensive.
 Occupies a significant role
in the transport system of a
country because the
development of trade, industry
and commerce of a country RAILWAY
largely depends on the TRANSPORTATION
development of railways.
Moreover, the traffic can be
protected from the exposure to
sun, rain
 Enables highly perishable and
valuable products to be moved fast over
long distances, but it lacks the
environment control that is possible for
other modes. In-flight storage will be at
hold temperature and whilst it may be
quite low over most of the distance, the
AIR
quality of the product will be highly
dependent on prompt and speedy
TRANSPORT
handling at the airports. Exposure to
local weather conditions whilst waiting to
be loaded onto a plane or being moved
to and from the airport can constitute a
major part of the total travelling time.
 Policies, Laws, and Programs:
Main Legal and Regulatory Provisions
Legal Provision Purpose
Land Transportation and Traffic Governs the registration and operation of motor
Code vehicles and licensing of owners and drivers, and
(RA 4136, 1964) establishes traffic rules
Public-Private Partnerships Law Lays down the rules for private sector financing and
(RA 6957 as amended by RA infrastructure development
7718, 1994)
Motor Vehicle User’s Charge Provides additional resources for maintenance
(RA 8794, 2000) safety, and air pollution control, and for
establishing a Road Board for the prudent and
efficient management and utilization of these
resources

Government Procurement Harmonizes procurement processes across all

Reform Act national line agencies and LGUs, simplifies
(RA 9184, 2002) prequalification and award, enhances transparency,
and encourages electronic bidding
 Land use planning is an
instrument that facilitates a fair
and transparent allocation of land
resources. Besides land Legislation
registration it is a core instrument
in the steering of local About Land Use
development trajectories and it In
helps to ensure the sustainable
use of vital resources. However, The
land use planning is often subject Philippines
to diverging interests of
governmental agencies as well as
political will.
 Reclassification of agricultural land refers to the act of
specifying how agricultural lands shall be utilized for non-
agricultural uses such as residential, industrial, commercial, as
embodied in the land use plan, subject to the requirements and
procedure for land use conversion, undertaken by a Local
Government Unit (LGU) in accordance with Section 20 of
Republic Act (R.A.) 7160 and Joint Memorandum Circular (MC-
54-1995) by the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
(HLURB), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG),   It also includes the reversion of non-
agricultural lands to agricultural use (DAR, 2002).
Land Use Conversion is the act or process of changing the
current physical use of a piece of agricultural land into some
other use or for another agricultural use other than the cultivation
of the soil, planting of crops, growing of trees, including
harvesting of produce therefrom, as approved by DAR (DAR,
2002)