ANGKAS i6 back on the
ruad ae the House Com-
mittee on Transportation
armounc€d on Wednes-
day that an agreement
has been reached be-
tween the Departm€nt of
Trmspotation (DOTi),
technical working group
(TWG), and the motorcv-
cle taxi companies par-
ticipating in the pilot run
to continue the test run
until March this year.
Aside frorn getting the
geenlighttoproceedfu th
the test run, the riders caD
was increased from 30,0Cb
to45 000foi Metro Manila.
Also included in the
agreement was the inclu-
sion of Cagayan de Oro as
one of the ateaE covered bv
thepilot runwhichwasori{-
inallv limited toMetro M;-
nila;ndMetroCebu.Meho
Cebu and CDO will have a
riders cap of 9,000 each.
The announcement
was made after the House
Cofiunittee on Trarspor-
tation headed bv Samar
Rep. Edgar MarySarmien-
to, held an executive ses-
sion.with the committee
inem!qs, the goverhmeJrt
regulators, and the three
motorcycle laxi comoa-
nies. Th'e blueprint forihe
agrcement, however, was
discussed during a Ereet-
ing between tha DOTI,
TWG, tand Tnnsoorta-
tion ard Franchisini Ree-
ulatory Board Gt'tRB"),
and the motorcvcle taxi
players the previous day.
"Sinigurado naming
ang resulta talaga ay para
sa kabutihan ng
mamamayan, manan-
al@y, at doon po sa tat-
long kumpanyi na kasa-
ma sa pilot testing,"
Sarmiento skessed.'rBy
that. siguro naga-a ni
namin ang amingtrabalo,
a t binigyannatin ng lunas
ang mananakay. Wala na
po ang paghintb, tuloy na
po tayo. Sana'y arnyaF-
haln ko na pumunta tayo
sa harap, magkamayar
po tayo, kasama ang
miyembro ng Kamara t6
move ihis counhv for-
ward."
' n:oie!,
is now involved in the test
run and will be working
logether towards the same
goal," Angkas Chief
Transport Advocate
C,eorge Royeca said.
"The aseement tocon-
tinue the test run that An-
gkas and the two other
players struck with the
DOTI, thbLTFRD and the
TWG is an imDortant rarin
for the Philipp'ines. oartic-
ularly for di6 comriruters
and the bikers of all tlree
motorcycle ta\i comDa-
nies," (e added.
"I am thanlful to ev-
eryonewhohavebeenwith
r-rs in this continued
iour-
ney- tlregovemmertigen-
cies and their resoeciive
heads, the senatdrs arrd
the congressmen who rm-
derstood the situation and
helped us arrive at. a con-
sensus, the civil societg
representatives trtro pas-
sionatelv stood their
ground, "the bikers who
were behind us all theway,
and the commuterc and
passenge$ who prayed
with us for a peace-fi. ies-
olu rion to aU thi5,:' Rgveca
.. poge tr.