DAGUPAN CITY – The
government has allowed a franchise of 30 taxi units in this city to operate
here and the entire Region-1.
According to lawyer
Leland R. Lopez, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
has already released the provisional authority to operate the public utility
vehicles.
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TAXI - The part of the
thirty units of Toyota Avanza's taxis operated by the Bonuan Transport Service Corporation
(BTSC) parked at one of the bays of the just been inaugurated mammoth Dagupan City Transport Terminal
in Judge Jose De Venecia Highway Extension at Barangay Tapuac, Dagupan City.
The BTSC is where its main office is located. Photo by Mortz C. Ortigoza
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“Dito na rin mag ta- take off and operate
iyong first na taxi operator ng entire province of Pangasinan na awardan na rin
kanina ng probationary authority to operate. Meron na po silang 10 taxi units
owned and operated by the Bonuan Transport Services Corporation,” he said.
Lopez is the counsel of
SPD Development & Consultancy that owns the sprawling almost hundreds of millions of pesos modern Dagupan City Transport Terminal located at the Judge Jose De
Venecia Highway Extension at Barangay Tapuac here.
With the provisional authority
granted to them, the taxis can operate anytime from now.
He explained the authority
means that the franchisee Bonuan Transport Service Corporation (BTSC) should
have to meet all the requirements needed by the LTFRB to finalize its franchise.
One of them was to add the remaining twenty units of its thirty fleet to
operate in the four provinces and nine cities’ region as part of its contract
with the government.
“Kaya nga po provisional iyan kasi sampu pa lang
iyong nai deliver sa kanila na fully compliant taxi units in compliance with
existing regulation, policies, and publication of the DOTR and saka ng Land Transportation
and Franchising Board in relation sa issuance ng kanilang franchise certificate
of public convenience to operate that of taxi units any point of Region -1”
In collaboration with the
Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program of President Rodrigo Duterte
administration, the LTFRB announced the opening of new taxi 75 unit franchises
in the four provinces in Region 1.
Recently, the LTFRB
Region 1 launched a roadshow here and in Laoag City presenting a number of
modernized vehicles which include bus, van, and taxi units along the national
highway, which will soon serve commuters in the region.
Regional Director
Nasrudin Talipasan of the LTFRB Region 1 said this is the first time that a
taxi will operate in the Ilocos Region to improve its public transport system.
Based to the Department
of Transportation’s (DOTr) vehicle modernization program, the additional taxi
franchise is in support of the flagship program of the Duterte administration
which envisions a restructured, modern, well-managed, and environmentally
sustainable transport sector where drivers and operators have stable,
sufficient and dignified livelihoods while commuters get to their destinations
quickly, safely, and comfortably.
According to Director
Talipasan, the modernization program is a comprehensive system reform that will
entirely change the public land transportation industry.
The last time this
burgeoning city had been served by taxis was in the 1950s.
Since 70 years ago
this city will again see taxis, although air conditioned, four – wheel public
utility cruising at her highways and streets and that of the Ilocos Region.
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