Suggestion Collecting all Jeepney routes in DGTE

That is what I love about here compared to Australia. To catch the local Bus Service I needed to walk about 1/2 a kilometer to the nearest Bus Stop and they are lucky to run once an hour. Here you can hail a Tricycle and go 25KM's for $10AUD whereas a Taxi in Australia costs around $20/25AUD to drive 5 minutes down the road. Sorry but IMHO I have never had it so good when it comes to Public Transport than living here! I just make it my choice to live outside of the City Limits here to avoid all of the hustle and bustle, and noise and pollution, and over crowding, and... Well I think I have it covered!

 

The Dumaguete-style tricycles are perfect for the city. They have way more capacity than the trikes I've seen in some other Philippine cities (some of which have a single bucket-type seat.) They're far more maneuverable than a taxi-automobile would be and take up half the road space. My only criticism is the noise they make. I have a 150 cc scooter that I can barely hear by comparison. Surely the biggest factor for that is having a proper muffler.

It will be interesting to see just what they plan to replace the tricycles with if they phase them out. Electric tricycles are a nice novelty, but (as noted elsewhere in the thread) are too underpowered to get the job done properly. To be sure there are electric motors out there that can compete well with the gasoline/petrol-powered versions, but are they yet practical given the state of battery technology, charging infrastructure and price?

 

Dustin, where did you read about the modernization law being targeted at not only jeepneys but also trikes?
I can only find references to jeepneys. And yes I am aware that many jeepney drivers see it as a "phase out plan", but it is really not. What the government wants to achieve is to replace the old jeepneys (anything older than 15 years), with more modern replacements.



The reason many drivers object vehimently is that the replacement would see the jeepney owner go into between 1.2 and 1.6 million debt, financed with a 7 year loan at 6% interest. Such a loan would require monthly payments around the 22,000 PhP mark. I reckon the average current jeepney would be lucky to earn 600 a day after fuel and maintenance, or 18,000 a month. So if my guess is correct, jeepney fares would need to rise dramatically, even if the new models can take more passengers.
And here's the catch, if that happens the jeepneys will loose business to taxis and trikes.

As with everything subject to government regulation in this country, things will only get underway if the rules are actually implemented. While I agree that things will get moving in the provinces a lot slower than in the NCR, the law says absolutely nothing about different objectives for different regions.

 

Need to partly correct myself, because yes the Dep.of.Transport has said it aims to expand the renewal throughout the country, but the actual plan for now is only for the NCR , Metro Cebu and Davao.

 

You cant impose any new laws onto jeepneys and pedicabs which by they way are privately owned enterprises. That transport system cannot become anything more than it already is due to noncompliance by the owners. I bet half of them are not even registered. A city has to have government-owned vehicles and government employed drivers. It would then be up to the government to manage the system. For a small regional town like Dumaguete that will never happen. Tourists can go and hire a motorbike or a pedicab will take you anywhere.

 

I would take that bet, but only for a small amount ) Its my guess that the jeepneys and tricycles are watched as they are the easiest ones to catch when they don't pay their fees.

 

There are some cities which are able to organize a working public transport system. Ex: Taguig City with the bus system in the Bonifacio Global City or Olongapo with the route numbers and color coded jeepneys. Even route maps are available. Ot the Ubeexpress system connecting NAIA with Metro Manila. Or the bus system in Pasig or Makati City around the Ortigas area.

In the case of route numbering it seems only few cities have it. Olongapo, Metro Cebu, in lesser degree Davao and Dumaguete.

 

And many people don't know the meaning of the numbers. Example. You are in town and see a tricycle with only 3 digits in its number. Where is it Going.

Spoiler: Answer

Most likely Sibulan. I know Sibulan uses 3 digits to number their tricycles and Dumaguete uses 4 but I do not know about places like Valencia. Does anyone know how many digits are in the Valencia number?