BAGUIO CITY --– Two
motorcycles used for ‘angkas’ service were impounded by the Land Transportation
Office – Cordillera Administrative Region
Wednesday, Feb. 22 after Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong sought action of
authorities on proliferation of public utility vehicles without permits and
franchises.
Drivers license of the motorcycle riders were also confiscated according to LTO-CAR legal officer lawyer Jessie Balagot in a report to engineer Thea Camiring of the City Engineering Office.
The mayor recently issued a warning to motorcycle riders offering "angkas" for a fee as well as taxi drivers using the InDrive Application, saying he had recommended to agencies the revocation of licenses and franchises of those using these unauthorized schemes.
The mayor had earlier asked Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Cordillera Regional Director Lalaine Sobremonte to take action on the matter after receiving complaints from legitimate PUVs losing clients due to angkas and InDrive taxi application.
The local government of Baguio recommended that the licenses of drivers caught using these unregulated practices should be revoked, and that the franchises of these taxi units be cancelled.
In response, Sobremonte averred that the motorcycle angkas is not safe especially with Baguio’s uphill terrain.
In a Facebook post by LTFRB-CAR, the agency warned the public on the use of motorcycles operating as public utility vehicle in Baguio City.
“At present, there is no law allowing motorcycle taxis to ply the streets and carry commuters. Motorcycle taxis have yet to be officially legalized as a form of public transportation and are currently operating under a pilot study in Metro Manila and Metro Cebu. To date, there are no authorized motorcycle taxi operators in the city of Baguio,” the LTFRB-CAR post reads.
“The riding public is urged to refrain from patronizing any individual and company providing motorcycle-for-hire services,” the agency stated.
Sobremonte added that the agency is still waiting for the House of Representatives to pass a law amending provisions of Republic Act 4136 or the Land Transportation and Traffic Code.
Under the said law, registered private motorcycles, scooters, or motor wheel attachments shall not be used for hire under any circumstances and shall not be used to solicit, accept, or be used to transport passengers or freight for pay.
Private vehicles do not have a certificate of public convenience required from PUVs by the LTFRB to before they can operate as public utility vehicles.
Meanwhile, the LTFRB also warned the public against patronizing the InDrive taxi app and Maxim which were recently declared as colorum for offering transport network vehicle service (TNVS) without any accreditation as transport network companies (TNC).
InDrive operates in Baguio, Bacolod, Pampanga, Cebu, Iloilo, and Cagayan de Oro and sets fare prices through real time bidding, with passengers giving a proposed fare and the driver making a counteroffer. – JMPS
Drivers license of the motorcycle riders were also confiscated according to LTO-CAR legal officer lawyer Jessie Balagot in a report to engineer Thea Camiring of the City Engineering Office.
The mayor recently issued a warning to motorcycle riders offering "angkas" for a fee as well as taxi drivers using the InDrive Application, saying he had recommended to agencies the revocation of licenses and franchises of those using these unauthorized schemes.
The mayor had earlier asked Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Cordillera Regional Director Lalaine Sobremonte to take action on the matter after receiving complaints from legitimate PUVs losing clients due to angkas and InDrive taxi application.
The local government of Baguio recommended that the licenses of drivers caught using these unregulated practices should be revoked, and that the franchises of these taxi units be cancelled.
In response, Sobremonte averred that the motorcycle angkas is not safe especially with Baguio’s uphill terrain.
In a Facebook post by LTFRB-CAR, the agency warned the public on the use of motorcycles operating as public utility vehicle in Baguio City.
“At present, there is no law allowing motorcycle taxis to ply the streets and carry commuters. Motorcycle taxis have yet to be officially legalized as a form of public transportation and are currently operating under a pilot study in Metro Manila and Metro Cebu. To date, there are no authorized motorcycle taxi operators in the city of Baguio,” the LTFRB-CAR post reads.
“The riding public is urged to refrain from patronizing any individual and company providing motorcycle-for-hire services,” the agency stated.
Sobremonte added that the agency is still waiting for the House of Representatives to pass a law amending provisions of Republic Act 4136 or the Land Transportation and Traffic Code.
Under the said law, registered private motorcycles, scooters, or motor wheel attachments shall not be used for hire under any circumstances and shall not be used to solicit, accept, or be used to transport passengers or freight for pay.
Private vehicles do not have a certificate of public convenience required from PUVs by the LTFRB to before they can operate as public utility vehicles.
Meanwhile, the LTFRB also warned the public against patronizing the InDrive taxi app and Maxim which were recently declared as colorum for offering transport network vehicle service (TNVS) without any accreditation as transport network companies (TNC).
InDrive operates in Baguio, Bacolod, Pampanga, Cebu, Iloilo, and Cagayan de Oro and sets fare prices through real time bidding, with passengers giving a proposed fare and the driver making a counteroffer. – JMPS
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