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DOTr extends free MRT-3 ride until June 30
MANILA – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has extended the Metro Rail Transit-3 (MRT-3) free ride for commuters until June 30.
In a public advisory on Wednesday, DOTr Secretary Art Tugade said through the extension, the government aims to let more Filipinos enjoy the much-improved and newly rehabilitated MRT-3 for free.
“Layon ng DOTr at DOTr MRT-3 Management, na patuloy na makapaghatid ng tulong sa ating mga kababayang patuloy na naaapektuhan ng pagtaas ng mga bilihin at krudo (The DOTr and the DOTr MRT-3 Management aim to continue providing assistance to our fellowmen affected by the increase in prices of basic goods and oil products),” Tugade said.
On March 28, President Rodrigo Duterte launched the free MRT-3 ride in celebration of the significant improvement of the MRT’s services after aggressive rehabilitation and procurement of additional trains.
The free ride, which was originally slated only until May 30, is extended until the last day of the Duterte Administration.
DOTr data on May 24 showed that over 15 million commuters have benefited from the free MRT-3 ride.
Janice Ian
May 25, 2022 at 12:13 PM
Maraming salamat po sa programang ito. Malaking tulong ang kaginhawaan na ito para sa mga commuters na nagtatrabaho na sa public transportation umaasa. Di ako taga Maynila pero naranasan ko makasakay sa libreng sakay sa MRT at EDSA CAROUSEL , Sobrang convenient at ang bilis pa ng byahe. Kung mapagbibigyan lang ang nakakarami maganda at malaking tulong sana ito kung pangmatagalan na. Halimbawa nalang kung ang pamasahe sa araw araw nasa 50, pang isang kilong bigas na rin ito. Sana lang talaga pang matagalan na.
Jay Soliman
May 25, 2022 at 7:56 PM
Great! thanks to our DOTR in providing a Free MRT rides. As we look forward, MRT’s are also going great as we saw a lot of improvement and continues operation without getting severe problems. I hope DOTR will also focus more on our transport system to improve and to be more reliable incase of submerging cars at edsa.
Vilma Si
May 25, 2022 at 8:49 PM
Salamat DOTR, malaking tulong ito lalo’t mataas ang mga bilihin at expenses sa bahay. Sana patuloy na magkaroon nang ganitong programa hindi lang para sa pang araw-araw na transportasiyon kung hindi ay mas nakakatipid din sa pamasahe ang ibang tao at eto narin ang way upang tangkilikin muli ang pinabago at pinagandang serbisyo nang MRT.