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New MRT Line 3 coaches begin operations today

May 7, 2016May 7, 2016 Kevin Bruce Francisco

After announcing early this year that new light rail vehicles (LRV) from China were released for our use to help ease the lives of commuters, today marks the first day of their operations on MRT Line 3.

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Today, May 7, 2016, Transportation and Communications Secretary Jun Abaya released photos showing the first trips and passengers of the new MRT Line 3 coaches. These coaches have begun operations starting this morning and, according to Philippine Star, are a part of the 48 coaches ordered from Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co. of China under the MRT-3’s capacity expansion project.

With this project, we are expected to receive four new LRVs per month (from March until January 2017) to get the 48 coaches total in order to move 800,000 passengers daily.

Daisy Morales, first passenger on the new MRT-3 coaches that have started running May 7, 2016.

Has anyone of you tried riding it today?

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GrabHeli could be GrabTaxi’s chopper service

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 Daniel Morial Leave a comment

Apparently, it’s not just U-Hop and Uber who’s leveling up their game in providing transportation services to general consumers.

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GrabTaxi posted a teaser image of GrabHeli through their social media accounts with a tagline of “Awesome weekends up in the air” and a probable launch date of November 24, 2015. We are yet to know more about the new offering from GrabTaxi like the rates and areas of coverage for the service. We’ll keep an eye on this, so stay tuned.

Just recently, GrabTaxi offered GrabBike within Makati and Bonifacio Global City. It’s a similar service to habal-habal that is already popular in the area.

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U-HOP is PH’s first app-based shuttle service

October 23, 2015October 23, 2015 Kevin Bruce Francisco Leave a comment

If you’re on one of the daily commuters and always find yourself lining up to public transportations morning after morning, then you might want to check this out. U-HOP is the Philippines’ first app-based shuttle service and offers convenience and efficiency to its users.

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The service works by first signing up and having a card that you could load just like you would a cellphone. Once that’s done, you would choose your preferred method of payment:

Daily round trips (per week/month)
Unlimited rides (per week/month)

This is where the card comes into play as you’d use its credits to pay via the software. The app also lets you choose your preferred pick up spot, time, and destination which it will all consider and run through its system to group passengers and allocate them on the same vehicle.

Coming from the shuttles’ end, they will notify you three times of its distance to your pickup spot. “If you’re late, the shuttle will not wait for you. But U-HOP allows you to rebook the next ride. You are entitled to one free rebooking for a week. If you have bought the monthly service, you are entitled to five rebooking for that month,” this is according to their press release.

Once signed up, members could avail the following services and choose from the servicing areas:

Round Trip – Php693.00 Weekly
Round Trip – Php2,970.00 Monthly
Unli Ride – Php1,400 Weekly
Unli Ride – Php6,000 Monthly

Metro Manila
Bulacan
Rizal
Laguna
Metro Cebu

It seems like a promising service to somehow ease and help commuters with their ride to and from their workplaces. To know more about who they are and what they do, give their website a visit.

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Motorists watch out: List of roads closed today for earthquake drill

July 30, 2015July 30, 2015 Kevin Bruce Francisco Leave a comment

Navigation app Waze gave out notifications to its users in the Philippines reminding them that today is the day that MMDA will conduct the Shakedrill 2015 in preparation for the expected earthquake in the country. They listed down the places as well as the time that specific roads will be closed.

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