{"id":274034,"date":"2020-11-04T04:39:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T09:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=274034"},"modified":"2020-11-04T04:39:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T09:39:58","slug":"eased-distancing-faster-trains-boost-mrt-3-ridership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/04\/eased-distancing-faster-trains-boost-mrt-3-ridership\/","title":{"rendered":"Eased distancing, faster trains boost MRT-3 ridership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a Facebook post, the MRT-3 said it was the highest number of passengers served in a day since the rail service resumed service amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic on June 1, 2020. (File photo: DOTr MRT-3\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The number of passengers served by the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) reached 104,346 on Tuesday, as compared to its daily average number of passengers of 70,000 back in October.<\/p>\n

In a Facebook post, the MRT-3 said it was the highest number of passengers served in a day since the rail service resumed service amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic on June 1, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIto ay resulta ng mas pinataas na<\/em>\u00a0passenger capacity,\u00a0mas mabilis na pagbiyahe ng mga tren at pagkakaroon ng mataas na bilang ng mga<\/em>\u00a0running\u00a0at<\/em>\u00a0operational\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0train sets\u00a0sa linya<\/em>\u00a0(This is the result of the increased passenger capacity, faster train travel, and more trains running and operational along the rail line),\u201d the MRT-3 said.<\/p>\n

From the previous maximum passenger capacity of 13 percent (51 passengers per train car or 153 per train) during the first several months of the pandemic, the MRT-3 now has a maximum passenger capacity of 30 percent (124 passengers per train car or 372 per train).<\/p>\n

This was the result of eased physical distancing in public transportation from a minimum of 1-meter distance between passengers to a \u201cone-seat-apart\u201d policy recently approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).<\/p>\n

On Monday, the MRT-3 also increased the maximum speed of its trains from 40 kilometers per hour (kph) to 50 kph.<\/p>\n

\u201cDahil dito, nabawasan ang<\/em>\u00a0average headway\u00a0o oras sa pagitan ng mga tren mula 8.5-9 na minuto sa 20 tren, pababa ng 4-5 minuto<\/em>\u00a0(Because of this, the average headway or gap between 20 trains was reduced from 8.5 to 9 minutes to 4 to 5 minutes),\u201d the MRT-3 said.<\/p>\n

It also reminded passengers of the \u201cseven commandments\u201d aboard public transportation — the mandatory wearing of face mask and shield, no talking, no eating, proper ventilation, regular disinfection, barring passengers with Covid-19 symptoms, and strict adherence to the one-seat-apart policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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