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MANILA, Philippines – There is no official policy from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchise and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) that requires traditional jeepneys to install plastic barriers inside vehicles to separate passengers, he said on Saturday the president of LTFRB, Martin Delgra III.
“Patungkol naman din po a plastic barrier that separates the passengers, I would just like to clarify a policy yung na binaba po ng DOTr at saka sa LTFRB patungkol sa plastic barriers, this is actually in relation to the plastic barrier that separates the driver from the passenger, ”Delgra said at a DOTr press conference.
(In regards to the plastic barriers that separate passengers, I would just like to clarify that the policy dictated by the DOTr and LTFRB was actually in relation to the plastic barrier that separates the driver from the passenger.
“So wala pong official statement yung LTFRB, DOTr or even the IATF (Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases) regarding plastic barriers between passengers,” he added.
(So we don’t have an official statement from the LTFRB, DOTr, or even the IATF on the placement of plastic barriers between passengers.)
However, Delgra did not discourage jeepney drivers if they had already placed plastic barriers between passengers to remove them.
“If it helps, then they should keep doing it (if it helps, then they should keep doing it),” he said.
“But the LTFRB or DOTr does not have the assigned plastic barrier between passengers,” he reiterated.
(But it is not LTFRB or DOTr policy to place plastic barriers to separate passengers.)
The DOTr previously said it would begin easing restrictions on public transportation in a bid to revive the Philippine economy, which is now in its worst recession.
The transportation department added that it wants to reduce the distance between passengers inside public utility vehicles to 0.75 meters.
/ MUF
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