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Many transport workers, who have not benefited from the project, have been tipped “into extreme poverty,” said the Move as One Coalition in a May 4 statement, adding it found the situation “unacceptable.”
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) launched on April 21 the Active Transport Manual to raise awareness of road safety and courtesy and traffic rules.
Conflicting pieces of legislation, a lack of deputized traffic enforcers and delays in accreditation of road safety equipment make implementation difficult.
Papaano ito naging “nasa isip lang natin?”
Marami ang nagmamanehong hindi alam ang traffic rules. Kaya madalas nasasangkot sa away-trapiko.
It comes with an 11-page template of a speed-limit ordinance.
Transport groups call it a phaseout, not modernization.
Experts need to explain the intricacies of the new law
A “very radical transport modernization program” is in the offing.
No more outdated and potentially harmful public transport vehicles in Philippine roads in the next five years.