{"id":69917,"date":"2016-02-01T04:45:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T09:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=69917"},"modified":"2016-02-01T04:45:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T09:45:04","slug":"fully-operational-mrt-3-escalators-open-for-public-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/02\/01\/fully-operational-mrt-3-escalators-open-for-public-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Fully-operational MRT-3 escalators open for public use"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_66064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66064\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1535026_567762533312435_1634432480_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-66064\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66064\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1535026_567762533312435_1634432480_n.jpg\" alt=\"MRT-3 (Photo from Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1535026_567762533312435_1634432480_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1535026_567762533312435_1634432480_n-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MRT-3<br \/>(Photo from Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8211; With the \u2018Out of Order\u2019 sign no longer near in sight any of the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) escalators, passengers can finally take it as a go signal to finally use them.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on Monday announced that all MRT-3 escalators can now provide relief to commuters \u2014 especially senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and pregnant women.<\/p>\n<p>To recall, the Php22.11-million project was awarded to Jardine Schindler Elevator Corporation in June 2015 through the Department of Budget and Management\u2019s Procurement Service (PS-DBM).<\/p>\n<p>The contractor holds proprietary rights to rehabilitate the 12 Schindler-brand escalators as the brand\u2019s exclusive distributor.<\/p>\n<p>At present, the projects to rehabilitate the other batch of escalators, which includes 34 Mitsubishi-brand facilities, and to replace 32 elevators are under procurement by the PS-DBM.<\/p>\n<p>DOTC Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya meanwhile assured that more facility upgrades will follow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassengers can expect a more convenient commuting experience with the rehabilitated escalators now up and running,\u201d Abaya said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe restoration of these conveyance facilities is a small step towards long-term progress that will make a valuable difference in the lives of daily commuters,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, testing for the second of 48 new light rail vehicles (LRVs) or coach for the MRT-3 system is presently undergoing static testing.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, the same LRV will undergo dynamic testing, such as checks on acceleration and braking, to ensure the reliability of components.<\/p>\n<p>DOTC earlier assured that there will be a 67-percent increase in passenger capacity after the delivery of four LRVs per month from March until January 2017.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\">Two more LRVs will be delivered in February, completing the three-LRV train to be added to the revenue line after all the necessary assessments by the end of March.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8211; With the \u2018Out of Order\u2019 sign no longer near in sight any of the Metro Rail Transit 3 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":66064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[9230],"class_list":["post-69917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-uploads","mauthors-azer-n-parrocha","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69917","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=69917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}