The deployment of public utility jeepneys serving Baguio’s daily workers is once again under the control of the city government, and not the LTFRB, under a MGCQ, according to a June 4 resolution passed by the City Council.
SHIELDED TRAVEL. Baguio jeepneys have been outfitted with plastic compartments that shield passengers from each other, to comply with quarantine rules on social distancing. PHOTO BY EV ESPIRITU
BAGUIO CITY –– The deployment of public utility jeepneys serving Baguio’s daily workers is once again under the control of the city government, and not the Land Transportation and Franchising Board , under a modified general community quarantine , according to a June 4 resolution passed by the City Council.
Members of the council objected to a new LTFRB rule that requires jeepney drivers, who have been serving the city during the Luzon lockdown, to secure the agency’s permission.As many as 516 jeepneys were granted special travel permits by the city police to carry passengers during the enhanced community quarantine from March to May. The same number of jeepneys have applied for LTFRB permits because some of the drivers have been accosted on the road by land transportation agents.
City Resolution No. 333-2020, however, asserts that LTFRB’s new guidelines for public transportation in areas covered by a general community quarantine are no longer applicable to the summer capital after it transitioned from GCQ to MGCQ on June 1, according to a city council statement.
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