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    The Philippine government aims to modernize jeepneys through the DOTr's public utility vehicle modernization program. This will involve replacing older jeepneys with newer models that have Euro 4 engines, electric motors, and safety features like cameras. However, critics argue this places an undue financial burden on jeepney drivers and does not address the lack of mass transit. Instead, the government should subsidize upgrading current jeepneys and support local jeepney manufacturing to develop the industry. The modernization program needs to consider the needs of drivers, commuters, and national development to create an affordable and comprehensive mass transit system.

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    The Philippine government aims to modernize jeepneys through the DOTr's public utility vehicle modernization program. This will involve replacing older jeepneys with newer models that have Euro 4 engines, electric motors, and safety features like cameras. However, critics argue this places an undue financial burden on jeepney drivers and does not address the lack of mass transit. Instead, the government should subsidize upgrading current jeepneys and support local jeepney manufacturing to develop the industry. The modernization program needs to consider the needs of drivers, commuters, and national development to create an affordable and comprehensive mass transit system.

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    The Philippine government aims to modernize jeepneys through the DOTr's public utility vehicle modernization program. This will involve replacing older jeepneys with newer models that have Euro 4 engines, electric motors, and safety features like cameras. However, critics argue this places an undue financial burden on jeepney drivers and does not address the lack of mass transit. Instead, the government should subsidize upgrading current jeepneys and support local jeepney manufacturing to develop the industry. The modernization program needs to consider the needs of drivers, commuters, and national development to create an affordable and comprehensive mass transit system.

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    The Philippine government aims to modernize jeepneys through the DOTr's public utility vehicle modernization program. This will involve replacing older jeepneys with newer models that have Euro 4 engines, electric motors, and safety features like cameras. However, critics argue this places an undue financial burden on jeepney drivers and does not address the lack of mass transit. Instead, the government should subsidize upgrading current jeepneys and support local jeepney manufacturing to develop the industry. The modernization program needs to consider the needs of drivers, commuters, and national development to create an affordable and comprehensive mass transit system.

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    Tenorio, Cheanne A.

    H12-03
    November 28, 2017 ENGACAD

    MODERNIZATION OF PUJ’S IN THE PHILIPPINES

    The Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) program to overhaul the iconic Filipino public

    transporter has been in the market for quite some time already. Former LTFRB Chairman Winston

    Ginez explained that a transport system with modern and roadworthy PUJ’s plying the national roads

    prevents pollution and ensures a reliable and safe commute for the riding public, and thus auditing

    jeepneys older than 15 years. The PUV modernization program should be implemented in the

    context of an industrial policy that will truly develop a PUJ manufacturing based on requirements

    such as genuine local content to diminish costs and lack of mass transportation system.

    Testa (2017) states that to reorganize the public transportation system, the LTFRB will

    overhaul the jeepneys from the ground up. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade states that

    jeepneys, instead of being powered by Euro 2 engines, should either be powered by Euro 4 engines

    or electrically powered engines with solar panels for roofs, as cited by Talabong (2017). The modern

    jeepney should also be equipped with safety features, such as a speed limiter, closed-circuit

    television camera (CCTV), GPS, and dashboard camera. It will also be outfitted with an automated

    fare collection system to make it compatible with the current payment system being implemented in

    Metro Manila’s 3 train lines, as Francisco and Sy (2017) projects.

    AGHAM, or Advocates of Science and Technology for the People, states that in absence of

    a clear plan for a mass transport solution for urban centers and rural areas, the government should

    instead support and subsidize the informal public transport alternatives like the jeepneys which has

    taken up the slack. The government should not burden the small drivers and operators with

    expensive alternatives and financing schemes and should instead replace their vehicles with minimal
    or no-cost to them. Capital expenditures such as construction of terminals should be shouldered by

    the government, at the same time, it should make available maintenance and repair shops to

    upgrade current vehicles while new replacements are brought in.

    Such a modernization program will directly benefit drivers and small operators, and the

    commuting public as a whole. It will also make the rehabilitation and uptake of new technologies

    faster instead of putting the burden to the already impoverished jeepney drivers. According to Rey

    (2017), evaluation for road worthiness should be done at a per-unit basis instead of a fixed standard

    as “older than 15 years” which now stands. Auditing all registered PUJs which could still be

    “rehabilitated" and should be complemented by an assured regular maintenance program at "no or

    minimal cost to the cooperative.

    In addition, the government should establish a partnership with driver and small operator

    cooperatives by limiting franchises to genuine (operating) cooperatives or associations. This way,

    the jeepneys can be modernized in a way that respects the small drivers and operator's right to

    work. The government, at the same time, should make available maintenance and repair shops to

    upgrade current vehicles while new replacements are brought in, should shoulder capital

    expenditures such as construction of terminals.

    Instead of favoring foreign-owned companies with factories inside the country, government

    should subsidize local car manufacturing companies. This should be complemented by a program of

    technology transfer to ensure that a genuine domestic PUV manufacturing sector, not only of body

    parts but primarily of the main components, is being developed. The PUV modernization program

    should be actualized with regards to a mechanical strategy that will build up a PUJ fabrication in

    view of prerequisites, for example, veritable neighborhood substance to decrease expenses and

    absence of mass transportation framework.


    The government should pursue a comprehensive program for mass transport system that will

    serve the needs of national industrialization and rural development, facilitate regional dispersal, and

    is affordable to low-income working people. This program shall be oriented towards state ownership

    of major transport utilities and operation of comprehensive nationwide system of land and sea

    transport complementing railway transport system. The government should ensure people’s

    participation in planning and management of the transport system, traffic governance, and in

    defining transport fares.


    REFERENCES

    AGHAM. (n.d.). Retrieved November 21, 2017, from http://www.agham.org/press-releases/position-

    paper-dotrs-puv-modernization-program

    Francisco, K., and Sy, K. LOOK: New jeepneys under PUV modernization program. 17 Oct. 2017,

    www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/road-safety/185554-new-jeepney-puv-modernization-program-

    pictures. Accessed 21 Nov. 2017.

    Rey, A. (n.d.). Current PUV modernization program not the answer – think tanks. Retrieved

    November 21, 2017, from https://www.rappler.com/nation/185802-puv-modernization-ibon-

    foundation-agham

    Talabong, R. (n.d.). DOTr launches modernization program for jeepneys, buses. Retrieved

    November 21, 2017, from https://www.rappler.com/nation/173390-dotr-launches-public-utility-

    vehicle-modernization-program

    Testa, D. M. The Jeepney Modernization Program And How It Will Affect Your Daily Commute.

    17 Oct. 2017, https://www.ecomparemo.com/info/the-jeepney-modernization-program-and-how-

    it-will-affect-your-daily-commute/. Accessed 21 Nov. 2017.

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