{"id":108283,"date":"2017-07-26T04:07:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T08:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=108283"},"modified":"2025-01-07T20:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T01:45:33","slug":"lim-to-colorum-uber-and-grab-keep-off-the-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/07\/26\/lim-to-colorum-uber-and-grab-keep-off-the-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Lim to colorum Uber and Grab: Keep off the roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_108286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108286\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Uber-Grab.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-108286\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Uber-Grab-300x156.png\" alt=\"MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim, in a press conference Wednesday, said he supports the proposal to set a cap on the number of TNVS units of transport network companies (TNCs) Uber and Grab. (PNA photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Uber-Grab-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Uber-Grab.png 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim, in a press conference Wednesday, said he supports the proposal to set a cap on the number of TNVS units of transport network companies (TNCs) Uber and Grab. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">MANILA, July 26 &#8212; The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) stressed transport network vehicle service (TNVS) without permits should be kept off the streets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim, in a press conference Wednesday, said he supports the proposal to set a cap on the number of TNVS units of transport network companies (TNCs) Uber and Grab.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cIf you\u2019re colorum, you shouldn\u2019t be on the road,\u201d the MMDA chief said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy azithromycin online <a href=\"https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/azithromycin.html\">https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/azithromycin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Lim explained that the proliferation of \u2018colorum\u2019 TNVS has contributed to congestion in major roads and thoroughfares in Metro Manila such as EDSA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">He said a total of 417,000 vehicles were sold last year while car sales for this year are projected to reach by 450,000. \u201cLet&#8217;s say 30% of those cars are in Metro Manila. But the capacity of EDSA is not expanding,&#8221; the MMDA chief stated.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy symbicort inhaler online <a href=\"https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/symbicort-inhaler.html\">https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/symbicort-inhaler.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Based on the numbers given by Uber and Grab, there are 56,000 activated TNVS drivers, including the 3,000 with approved franchises. About 40,000 vehicles are plying the streets without certificates of public convenience (CPC) or provisional authority (PA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has issued a memorandum last year suspending the applications for new TNVS pending review of its existing policies as the number of franchise applicants ballooned at that time.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy ozempic online <a href=\"https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/ozempic.html\">https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/ozempic.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">It has created a Technical Working Group that will address various concerns of TNCs such as accreditation and pending applications, accountability and dynamic pricing scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade said the government is planning to put a cap on ride-sharing drivers applying for franchise once compliance among those who want to operate under the scheme is already established.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Tugade said the measure is being studied as the increase in applicants and users of TNC applications is not proportional to the increase of those who are registering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cWe wanted to have compliance. Once we have the compliance then we can establish a cap,\u201d the transportation secretary said in a Malacanang press briefing recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cSo, as we gather the data, we are studying the possibility of putting a cap on how many TNCs and TNVS are allowed to operate on roads,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, July 26 &#8212; The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) stressed transport network vehicle service (TNVS) without permits should be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":108286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[5493,19839,2132],"class_list":["post-108283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-colorum","tag-grab","tag-uber","mauthors-aerol-b-patena","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280459,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108283\/revisions\/280459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}