{"id":242896,"date":"2020-01-23T01:26:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T06:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=242896"},"modified":"2020-01-23T01:26:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T06:26:54","slug":"motorcycle-taxis-pilot-run-continues-rider-cap-now-63k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/23\/motorcycle-taxis-pilot-run-continues-rider-cap-now-63k\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcycle taxis\u2019 pilot run continues; rider cap now 63K"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: The Department of Transportation-Technical Working Group (DOTr-TWG) on motorcycle taxis chair Antonio Gardiola Jr. said the TWG would recommend the termination of the study due to a \u201clegal rigmarole\u201d that failed the gathering of data due to the actions being taken by one of the players. As such, Gardiola told reporters ahead of the Senate hearing on Monday (Jan. 20, 2020) that all motorcycle taxis will be considered illegal and will not be allowed to operate. (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Department of Transportation\u2019s (DOTr) Technical Working Group (TWG) on Wednesday announced that the motorcycle taxi pilot run will continue and that the rider cap has been increased to 63,000 nationwide.<\/p>\n

The TWG also said the recommendation to blacklist service provider Angkas has been cancelled following the successful talks between the DOTr-TWG and the three players last Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In a media interview after a hearing at the House of Representatives on Wednesday, TWG chair Antonio Gardiola Jr. said the new rider cap will be distributed to three pilot test areas with Metro Manila getting the biggest share of 45,000 riders limit for three players — Angkas, JoyRide, and Move It.<\/p>\n

He said Angkas got a 20,000 rider cap after Move It agreed to give 5,000 of its 15,000 allotted riders while JoyRide kept a 15,000 rider limit in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n

The remaining 18,000 allotted riders will be divided equally by Metro Cebu and in Cagayan de Oro City. Each of the participating service providers is allotted 3,000 riders in Cebu and 3,000 riders in Cagayan de Oro.<\/p>\n

Gardiola said Cagayan de Oro has been included in an effort to include Mindanao in the pilot study for motorcycle taxis.<\/p>\n

The new division of riders, he said, was made possible by a redistribution provision present in the revised guidelines submitted last December.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng ibig sabihin po ng<\/em>\u00a0redistribution provision, is that,\u00a0kung hindi kaya ng isang<\/em>\u00a0player to come up with that number of rider,\u00a0ibibigay po ‘yun sa<\/em>\u00a0company\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0ready (What the redistribution provision means, is that, if one player can\u2019t come up with that number of riders, it will be given to a company that is ready),\u201d Gardiola said.<\/p>\n

During Tuesday\u2019s meeting also attended by DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade, Gardiola said the TWG also agreed to reverse its previous decision to blacklist Angkas to create \u201charmonious working atmosphere\u201d.<\/p>\n

In response, Angkas chief transport advocate George Royeca said they have agreed to drop all charges against the revised guidelines of the TWG and collaborate for the success of the pilot study.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe case was to show a grievance on one of the provisions. And\u00a0nagkausap po kami dun<\/em>\u00a0(we talked about that), and that what it’s for. It’s not for anything else,\u201d Royeca said.<\/p>\n

Gardiola said the pilot run, which was extended from December last year to March 23 this year, could still be further extended if necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to relay what (Secretary Tugade) said yesterday. Although\u00a0‘yung<\/em>\u00a0study\u00a0po natin ay hanggang<\/em>\u00a0March 23 (Although our study is set to end on March 23), but still, he is very open, he is very flexible on adjusting it or extending it,\u201d Gardiola said.<\/p>\n

The TWG earlier made the recommendations to blacklist Angkas and to terminate the motorcycle taxis pilot run due a \u201clegal rigmarole\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, the TWG reconsidered its position after lawmakers criticized the transportation officials for ending the pilot test early without data and conclusions during last Monday\u2019s Senate hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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