E-Jeepney | Electric Jeepneys, the cleaner, safer, alternative to fossil fuel-based transport, today become the first vehicles in the country to be issued orange license plates for electric vehicles by the Land Transportation Office. E-Jeepney project proponent GRIPP (Green Renewable Independent Power Producer), and Greenpeace welcomed the move as a landmark in greener Philippine transport. The orange plates are issued specifically for electric vehicles, and its issuance by the LTO was largely spurred by the E-Jeepney and the Climate Friendly Cities Project--meant to reduce dependence on fossil fuels by cities--of which it is part.
"The registration of the E-Jeepneys is much-awaited and smooths the way for the full implementation of the Climate Friendly Cities Project, particularly when we start scaling up E-Jeepney fleets around the country. The full-implementation of the project will hopefully steer the Philippines--starting with pioneering cities--away from harmful fossil fuels, and toward climate-friendly, sustainable, renewable energy-based transport," said GRIPP Chair Athena Ballesteros.
The E-Jeepneys were launched last July 4, 2007 in Makati City as part of a larger initiative that demonstrates how cities can help mitigate the problem of climate change through implementing measures that would avoid the use of climate change-inducing fossil fuels. Through the project, a fleet of electric-powered jeepneys will derive energy from biodegradable wastes from the city's wet markets, food establishments and households, thereby helping mitigate climate change even as it addresses urban problems such as air pollution and solid waste.
The E-Jeepneys will now be registered under the new classification 'low speed vehicles' (LSV) as set forth in the IRR (implementing rules and regulations) of AO AHS-2008-14 'Guidelines in the registration of LSVs.' The orange plates are issued to private LSVs. Yellow plates and orange stickers will then be issued to for-hire E-Jeepneys when the LTFRB (Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board) issues the permits which GRIPP hopes to be processed soonest.
Four E-Jeepneys will be among the first to be issued the plates: three units plying Makati, and one currently in UP Diliman. They will also be inspected by LTO's Motor Vehicle Inspection Station team. These jeepeneys, however, are exempted from the agency's standard smoke emission testing procedures.
GRIPP believes the launch of the registration classification will enable better access to E-Jeepneys, promoting its acceptability to transport groups. With current spiraling fossil fuel prices, the E-Jeepneys stand to increase income levels of jeepney drivers by at least PHP400 a day, without the respiratory health hazards associated with conventional, frequently smoke belching jeepeneys. That's aside from anticipated environmental benefits, such as less air pollution and climate change mitigation.
"The problem of global climate change and worsening air pollution are a result of really bad environmental decisions made in the past. The E-Jeepneys represent the range of technologies now made available for us to choose a cleaner, low carbon development path. Spiraling diesel and gasoline prices prove that fossil fuels are not the energy choices for the future. The E-Jeepneys represent the revolution toward clean, renewable energy alternatives that must be implemented now, and in a much larger scale, by the national government," said Greenpeace Executive Director Von Hernandez.
The Climate Friendly Cities Project is sponsored in part by the Dutch Doen Foundation and is currently supported by Makati, Bacolod, Baguio, and Puerto Princesa Cities.
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Jeepney, bus fares Up!!!
In a further blow to the country’s already groaning consumers, public transport officials Sunday announced a provisional or temporary increase in the minimum fare of jeepneys and buses in Metro Manila, Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog.
The new rates will take effect at exactly 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, May 21.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said it approved the new rates to give drivers temporary relief from spiraling fuel prices.
The minimum jeepney fare in these areas will be raised from P7.50 to P8 for the first four kilometers. For ordinary buses, the minimum fare will be increased from P8 to P9, while the minimum fare for air-conditioned buses will be raised to P11.50 from P10.
For provincial routes, ordinary buses may add P0.10 per kilometer while air-conditioned buses may charge P0.25 more per kilometer.
This means provincial regular buses may increase their fare from P8.50 to P9 for the first five kilometers and charge P1.40 for every succeeding kilometer.
The new rates will be in force pending resolution of the fare hike petitions filed by various jeepney and bus groups.
LTFRB Chair Thompson Lantion said in a telephone interview that the board approved the temporary fare increase on Saturday night.
Central Luzon (Region 3) covers Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales. Region 4, which used to be Southern Tagalog, is currently divided into Region 4A or Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon), and Region 4B or Mimaropa (Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan).
However, Lantion said, there will be no increase on the rates for every succeeding kilometer for both Metro Manila jeepneys and buses.
LTFRB also granted a separate petition filed by bus operators in Sapang Palay, Bulacan. LTFRB has provided a 20-percent discount for all bus passengers en route from Sapang Palay to Baclaran.
Senior citizens, students, and disabled passengers were also granted a 20-percent discount on their fares, Lantion added.
All buses and jeepney operators are required to post the notice for provisional fare increase on their vehicles on Wednesday, he said.
But Lantion clarified that the provisional increase could be withdrawn anytime. “The important thing is that government is responding with recognizance of the problem and we need a mitigating program to alleviate the problem of continuous oil price increase,” he said.
He added that the agency also considered the riding public. “We also have to protect the public interest,” Lantion said.
Meanwhile, he said that the agency was expecting to provide the additional P2 per liter government subsidy on fuel to all transport groups as soon as possible.
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