Public Transportation and Intermodal Terminals

[bulabog jalaur]

Originally Posted by ~Winston~

Hindi ako sure kung BRT type ito pero parang ganoon ang dating. Yung intindi ko sa news article na yan ay parang gusto ng DOST gamitin ang concept ng "road trains" na popular sa Austrailia. Here's an example pic of a road train:



Basically, more on hauling ng industrial items such as fuel, agricultural products, cars, coal etc. for remiote areas ang gamit nito sa mga bansang Australia at US. Pero ang gustong gawin ng DOST ay gamitin ito as public utility buses sa Metro Manila as what the news article stated. But IMO, I cannot see this working as a PUB in Metro Manila. Mas pabor pa sa akin yung mga articulated bus or double decked bus pwede pa. Pero 5 coaches ang hahatakin? Paano kung kailangan nitong lumiko? o di kaya kailangan nitong dumaan sa medyo incline na daanan? In the article they also mentioned that the concept road train will use a "special lane". Will they construct a new one or will they use existing roads and make a special lane like they did with the motorcycle lane?

Kaya sa tingin ko favorable ang concept ng road trains sa Australia at US eh dahil almost all the time eh flat surface ang dinadaanan at derederecho ang daanan na tinatahak nito dahil sa geographical features ng bansa nila.

Wala namang problema yung concept na road train gamitin sa public

utility,kung baga experimental

kaso lang dun sa artikulo sa malaya, sabi ni montejo motor driven ang mga

gulong ng trailer including prime mover. Sa akin very expensive proposal.

[johndiether]

[tigidig14]

parang bumblebee ng 1st cartoon ng transformer

[Rall]

from Davao

Originally Posted by eflex

Mabuhay Taxi now offers ATM/Debit Card payment system for passengers.

Davao City... Starting July 6, 2012, black colored Mabuhay Taxis, the flagship taxicab of the Mabuhay Group which also operates Blue Taxi will begin its wireless ATM/Debit Card Payment system to its passengers in select taxicabs. For the first time in the Philippines, Mabuhay Taxi passengers now have the convenience of paying via their Megalink and Bancnet member Atm and Debit Cards whenever they take black colored Mabuhay Taxis.

The black colored Mabuhay Taxi is also the first taxicab to use a fully automated GPS Taxi Dispatching System. Using GPS technology, all taxi units are constantly monitored and phone-a-taxi clients are assured of speedy and accurate dispatching to their pick up addresses

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[Mindavao]

Davao's black taxis go hi-tech
ABS-CBN

MANILA, Philippines – A taxi company in Davao City now has the most advanced mode of payment for cabs after installing ATM debit card terminals in its units.

Twenty Mabuhay black taxis, modeled after the black taxis of London, now accept fare payments from passengers using Bancnet and Megalink ATM debit cards.

A GPS system has also been installed in each unit, meaning their location and the driver's speed can now be monitored.

“Noon sinasabi ng pasahero na dadaan muna tayo sa ATM, magwi-withdraw. So now, we give convenience sa pasahero na sa loob na ng taxi pwede niyang i-swipe ang ATM,” said Mabuhya Taxi assistant manager RyanTan.

The innovations also have security benefits since ATM payments mean the drivers have little cash on hand and won't be a target for robbers.

The GPS, on the other hand, is a carjacking deterrent since the units can be located anywhere.

The added technology comes at no added cost to commuters because Mabuhay Taxi charges the same as other taxis.

The Department of Tourism hopes the high-tech taxis will attract more tourists to Davao City. -

[tj_brewed]

Taxis accepting ATM payment debut in Davao City
JULIA JASMINE STA. ROMANA July 6, 2012 1:42pm

Cashless commuting debuted in Davao City Friday after a local taxi company deployed cabs that accept fare payment via automated teller machine (ATM) cards. Premium units of Mabuhay Taxi have ATM card terminals where passengers can swipe their cards to pay their fares, radio dzBB's Davao affiliate reported.

With the new payment system, passengers need not worry about having the exact change for fares although they have to make sure their ATM accounts have enough funds, it added.

Also, the dzBB report said the cabs will still issue receipts to the passengers if needed.

First of their kind

The black, cashless taxis are claimed to be the first of their kind anywhere in the Philippines. The cabs come with wireless ATM/Debit Card Payment Terminals –similar to those found in supermarket checkout counters– that accept Megalink and Bancnet member cards. These card terminals work a lot like those card terminals you see in malls or supermarkets.

But instead of connecting to the bank through phone lines, the card terminals connect to the bank directly through GPRS. This means that, as long as there is a mobile phone signal in the area, the passenger can pay for his or her cab fare using an ATM or debit card.

Mr. Ryan Tan, Assistant Manager for the Mabuhay Taxi Corporation, assures that the wireless payment system for these taxis will work practically anywhere in Davao City.

“The only places that the card terminals won’t work are in basement parking and in the outskirts of the city. These terminals also come with signal indicators that tell the driver that the area doesn’t have a GPRS signal and the passenger would have to pay for their fare in cash. And we can assure the riding public that there will be no surcharges and they can use their ATM/debit cards even at the minimum or flag down rate, ” he said.

Cash for gas

One concern that was raised by the taxi drivers is that, with the cashless system, they may run out of cash for gas. They also worry that if this system becomes so successful, they may have a hard time getting their pay.

The Mabuhay Taxi Corporation says it hopes to solve this problem by shouldering the cost of gasoline. According to the company, all the taxis that come out of their lot have a full tank of gas, enough for a 24 hour shift. And with the card payment system, they’d be able to more accurate records of how much a driver actually made that day. The drivers need only to pick up their earnings, in cash, at the taxi lot at the end of their shift. This system also makes it safer for taxi drivers to work. With less cash, there’s less temptation for robbers who prey on taxi drivers.

Global positioning system

These taxi cabs also come withfully automated Global Positioning System (GPS). This allows the taxi dispatchers to monitor the location of their taxis at any time. The GPS system allows the taxis to avoid traffic jams and helps the taxi drivers locate their phone or text clients, and help effectively dispatch the cabs to places they’re most needed.Mr. Tan says that they plan to eventually equip all their taxis with wireless card terminals and GPS, although passengers still have the option of paying in cash. They also plan to eventually expand their wireless card terminals to accept credit cards and to coordinate with international banks to accommodate credit cards and debit cards used by tourists. — LBG/TJD, GMA News

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...-in-davao-city

[InformaticIAN]

After the e-jeepney, prototype of e-trike mock up unveiled

By Alexander Villafania

Several months after the start a major electric vehicle initiative, a prototype of the winning electric tricycle (e-trike) design was unveiled by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The prototype was created by Japanese developer Itchiro Hatayama based on the design of a winning entry in the DOE’s E-Trike Design competition. The basic requirement for the design was for the vehicle to be a three-wheeled transport and have a maximum capacity of six passengers (excluding driver).
“The winning entry was enhanced considering the aspects of safety, functionality and production friendliness. Also taken into consideration were the terrain, passenger capacity and other local operating conditions of a tricycle, whether electric or not. An advertising space was even incorporated into the design for the operators to maximize revenues out of owning and operating an e-trike,” according to Rommel Juan, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines.
Juan said that the next phase of the project is to schedule technical meetings with engineers from the DOE. Among the topics to be discussed are the e-trike’s later design, safety and other functional elements.

Several types of electric engines are available locally and can be incorporated into the design of the e-trike, the industry group also said.
Other plans in the pipeline include discussions with manufacturers regarding manufacturing concerns, mass production, localization efforts as well costs for the project.
“We would like to maintain open communication lines with the DOE and we are happy that they have been very receptive to the concerns of the would-be end users, suppliers, assemblers and other players in the e-trike industry,” he said.
The E-Trike project was started in an effort to find alternative forms of public transport that are environment-friendly and produce less noise. Several places in the Philippines have already started their own electric vehicle projects, such as Makati, Taguig, and Iloilo, which used e-jeepneys.






(Photos courtesy of Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines)
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http://ph.news.yahoo.com/e-jeepney-p...113354453.html

[krrra]

Ayala to build 'Gangnam-style' bus terminal?

by Cathy Rose A. Garcia, ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 12/26/2012 3:16 PM | Updated as of 12/27/2012 8:43 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) is mulling the possibility of building an integrated transport system (ITS) terminal in Quezon City to be patterned after the Seoul Express Bus Terminal in Gangnam district.

Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya on Wednesday said Ayala is likely to submit an unsolicited proposal for the ITS project to be built in near the Trinoma mall in North Triangle, Quezon City.

"Yung sa Ayala, it's because they are already in the Trinoma area. Most likely they might submit an unsolicited proposal for this. That is allowed, not prohibited. But this will be subject to a Swiss challenge," Abaya told ABS-CBNnews.com.

"They're submitting soon, kasi matutuloy talaga ang project na yun," he added, referring to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) ITS project.

A separate source said Ayala Land executives were with Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) officials who recently visited South Korea to look at the Seoul Express Bus Terminal's operations.

The Seoul Express Bus Terminal, located in Gangnam, is the main bus terminal in the South Korean capital. Passengers can buy tickets with designated seat numbers, while the departure and arrival of buses are synchronized. The bus terminal is also linked to the Seoul subway.

The DOTC's ITS project involves constructing three mass transportation terminals that will connect commuters from provinces to the MRT-3, LRT 1 and 2, buses, taxis and other public utility vehicles in Metro Manila. It is expected to help decongest traffic along EDSA and make it easier for commuters to travel to and from Metro Manila.

"The integrated transport system will be intermodal with 3 locations. One is at FTI - there you have SLEX (South Luzon Expressway) and PNR (Philippine National Railways). Then the Trinoma North Triangle area, you have MRT-3, LRT-1 and eventually MRT-7, and the buses coming from Mindanao Avenue, it falls in that area. The other one is at the Coastal mall, the reclamation area, Cavitex and at the same time LRT-1 will go through the station," Abaya said.

The Transportation Secretary said there will be an open competitive bidding for each of the terminals.

"Hopefully we can bid it out first quarter or first semester. The construction period is a year and a half," Abaya said.

Ayala Land is currently developing the first phase of Vertis North in the North Triangle property next to Trinoma Mall. The P65-billion, 29-hectarre Vertis North project will have 45 towers, composed of offices, retail space, a hotel, residential buildings and open spaces, to be developed over a 10-year period.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/...e-bus-terminal

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Traffic is really bad....

[hakz2007]

Transport sector in danger of missing targets, says Neda

State agencies need to improve coordination and fast-track projects in the transportation sector to meet medium-term targets by 2016, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda).

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said that while the quality of national roads and bridges significantly improved since 2010, the indicators as reported in the recently released Socioeconomic Report (SER: 2010-2012) showed that the actual results were slightly below the target set. Ports and airports also had mixed results in terms of passenger volume growth.

“Implementing agencies need to double their efforts,” said Balisacan, who is also Neda director general.

According to the SER, while the Philippines had so far paved 78.87 percent of the 31,242 kilometers of roads as of 2011, this was still slightly below the target of 79 percent. Also, the percentage of length of permanent bridges on national arterial roads had gone up to 94.63 percent (out of 330,089 lineal meters), but this was still below the 95-percent target for 2011.

Read more

[noli-kun]

Originally Posted by Mindavao

Davao's black taxis go hi-tech
ABS-CBN

MANILA, Philippines – A taxi company in Davao City now has the most advanced mode of payment for cabs after installing ATM debit card terminals in its units.

Twenty Mabuhay black taxis, modeled after the black taxis of London, now accept fare payments from passengers using Bancnet and Megalink ATM debit cards.

A GPS system has also been installed in each unit, meaning their location and the driver's speed can now be monitored.

“Noon sinasabi ng pasahero na dadaan muna tayo sa ATM, magwi-withdraw. So now, we give convenience sa pasahero na sa loob na ng taxi pwede niyang i-swipe ang ATM,” said Mabuhya Taxi assistant manager RyanTan.

The innovations also have security benefits since ATM payments mean the drivers have little cash on hand and won't be a target for robbers.

The GPS, on the other hand, is a carjacking deterrent since the units can be located anywhere.

The added technology comes at no added cost to commuters because Mabuhay Taxi charges the same as other taxis.

The Department of Tourism hopes the high-tech taxis will attract more tourists to Davao City. -

Makes sense.

[spearhead]

Sorry di ko alam talaga kung san dapat ito eh, bahala na sila batman maglipat nito

[oreotm]

this is a nice concept.. babagay to satin especially with the amount of vehicles plying through our highways...

[spearhead]

Ayokong suportahan yan for the meantime habang di pa nila rinerespeto ang mga teritoryo ng pilipinas. Tsaka, dilikado parin yan dahil baka maka bangga parin yan ng mga sasakyan tapos medyo mababa parin ang ceiling, eh maraming trucks sa mga hwy sa pinas eh.

[Parchie]

Originally Posted by InformaticIAN

After the e-jeepney, prototype of e-trike mock up unveiled

By Alexander Villafania

Several months after the start a major electric vehicle initiative, a prototype of the winning electric tricycle (e-trike) design was unveiled by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The prototype was created by Japanese developer Itchiro Hatayama based on the design of a winning entry in the DOE’s E-Trike Design competition. The basic requirement for the design was for the vehicle to be a three-wheeled transport and have a maximum capacity of six passengers (excluding driver).
“The winning entry was enhanced considering the aspects of safety, functionality and production friendliness. Also taken into consideration were the terrain, passenger capacity and other local operating conditions of a tricycle, whether electric or not. An advertising space was even incorporated into the design for the operators to maximize revenues out of owning and operating an e-trike,” according to Rommel Juan, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines.
Juan said that the next phase of the project is to schedule technical meetings with engineers from the DOE. Among the topics to be discussed are the e-trike’s later design, safety and other functional elements.

Several types of electric engines are available locally and can be incorporated into the design of the e-trike, the industry group also said.
Other plans in the pipeline include discussions with manufacturers regarding manufacturing concerns, mass production, localization efforts as well costs for the project.
“We would like to maintain open communication lines with the DOE and we are happy that they have been very receptive to the concerns of the would-be end users, suppliers, assemblers and other players in the e-trike industry,” he said.
The E-Trike project was started in an effort to find alternative forms of public transport that are environment-friendly and produce less noise. Several places in the Philippines have already started their own electric vehicle projects, such as Makati, Taguig, and Iloilo, which used e-jeepneys.






(Photos courtesy of Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines)
***
Filquest Media Concepts, Inc. , the parent company of loQal.ph, is a multimedia publisher and provider of web, print, mobile and video content. We do this for our own media properties, but we also extend that service as an outsourced provider for news organizations, web, print, mobile and broadcasting companies.

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/e-jeepney-p...113354453.html

The wider the tire, the greater the rolling resistance, the greater will be the fuel required to travel the same distance! IMO, bad choice of tires! Go figure.

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Sitwasyon sa bawat istasyon ng MRT 3, masisilip na sa internet
Date posted: Feb 21, 2013 7:21pm

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video...na-sa-internet

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A makeover for PHL license plates


Starting July 2013 up to June 2018, vehicles in the PHL will sport new license plates with four digits instead of three, with public utility vehicles such as jeeps required to have their routes placed on their license plates, such as the yellow plate above. The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is still seeking bidders for the production of new license plates, including screws and stickers. GMA News

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/photo...license-plates

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LTO to issue new series of license plates in mid-2013
February 22, 2013 12:22pm

The Land Transportation Office said it has started the process of sending invitations to bid to prospective manufacturers, according to a report on "State of the Nation."

Covered by the new series of license plates are some 7.7 million registered vehicles in the country. Of these, 53 percent are motorcycles.

MORE:
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...es-in-mid-2013

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Robotic carpark sa pilipinas: