CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board announced 269 units of provincial buses have been allowed to resume operations on a point-to-point (P2P) basis beginning Monday, Dec. 21.
The agency released on Wednesday Memorandum Circular 2020-082 days after the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases decided to authorize the resumption of operations of provincial buses with point-to-point routes, allowing more passengers to travel across regions after months of quarantine lockdowns.
Although point-to-point, the LTFRB designated limited and special stops in several routes, including those with long-haul trips, for more convenient travel for passengers.
For Clark are the following routes:
⦁ Clark, Pampanga – SM North EDSA
⦁ Clark, Pampanga – NAIA Terminal, with limited stop in Ortigas
⦁ Clark, Pampanga – Lubao, Pampanga, with special stops in the cities of San Fernando and Angeles
⦁ Clark, Pampanga – Dagupan, Pangasinan, with special stops in Rosales and Urdaneta
⦁ Clark, Pampanga – Subic, Zambales, with special stop at Dinalupihan, Bataan.
The other routes the LTFRB said would open Monday are:
NAIA/Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) – Baguio City
⦁ Batangas City – Ortigas
⦁ Batangas City – (PITX)
⦁ Lipa City, Batangas – Ortigas
⦁ Lipa City, Batangas – PITX
LTFRB chairman Martin Delgra III said that the agency is in continuous dialog with local executives to allow their borders opened for provincial buses to transport more passengers and workers as the economy and tourism sectors gradually reopen.
According to the LTFRB, a special permit will be required for units plying inter-regional routes outside Metro Manila which can be applied online through technical@ltfrb.gov.ph.
This, even as it warned bus lines that only roadworthy provincial buses with a valid and existing Certificate of Public Convenience or Application for Extension of Validity, and a Personal Passenger Insurance Policy will be allowed to operate.
At the same time, it reminded drivers, operators, and passengers to strictly observe minimum health protocols while inside the bus such as the mandatory wearing of face masks and face shields, observing physical distancing, no talking and making phone calls, and no eating.
Failure to comply with the guidelines will incur penalties such as imposition of fines or cancellation or suspension of the Certificate of Public Convenience or Provisional Authority of the unit, the LTFRB said. With media reports
