{"id":31479,"date":"2014-11-12T08:51:24","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T00:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=31479"},"modified":"2025-01-07T22:15:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T03:15:42","slug":"dotc-to-modernize-transport-options-with-uber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/12\/dotc-to-modernize-transport-options-with-uber\/","title":{"rendered":"DOTC to modernize transport options with Uber"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22735\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/manila-traffic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22735\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/manila-traffic-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Metro Manila traffic (Viet Images \/ Shutterstock)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/manila-traffic-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/manila-traffic.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metro Manila traffic (Viet Images \/ Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Transport and Communications (DOTC) on Tuesday said on Tuesday that it will start its partnership with app-based transport service Uber in a bid to modernize the country&#8217;s transportation options.<\/p>\n<p>Uber is an application that allows users to flag down the nearest Uber-registered vehicle for hire, electronically.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis soft tabs online <a href=\"https:\/\/youngchiropractic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-soft-tabs.html\">https:\/\/youngchiropractic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-soft-tabs.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment welcomes tech solutions to transport problems, and fortunately, Uber also wants to work with us to make it happen,\u201d Transportation Secretary Jun Abaya said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, MMDA chair Francis Tolentino gave his full support on the DOTC&#8217;s move.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy doxycycline online <a href=\"https:\/\/youngchiropractic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/doxycycline.html\">https:\/\/youngchiropractic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/doxycycline.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUber or hybrid carpooling is a well-meaning technology-driven effort intended for public safety and convenience. That\u2019s why people are patronizing it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairman Winston Ginez also shared insights on how the department can update transport regulations to allow new technology to improve user experience of passengers.<\/p>\n<p>It also pledged to draft a set of provisions that will contain more modern solutions to the country&#8217;s traffic problems.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy advair online <a href=\"https:\/\/youngchiropractic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/advair.html\">https:\/\/youngchiropractic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/advair.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Transport and Communications (DOTC) on Tuesday said on Tuesday that it will start its partnership &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":22735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[806],"class_list":["post-31479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-traffic","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31479","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280503,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31479\/revisions\/280503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}