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Electric Vehicles to Dominate in Philippines’ Jeepney Modernization

Electric Vehicles to Dominate in Philippines’ Jeepney Modernization sustainable urban public transport

The Philippines’ long-awaited Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program has gotten underway in earnest, with the effort being primarily directed toward replacing the country’s iconic — but environmentally unfriendly and hair-raisingly unsafe — jeepneys with greener and safer alternatives. The jeepney modernization will see the mainstay of the Philippines’ public transportation network replaced with a largely electric vehicle fleet, and is

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Philippines Fast-tracks Sustainable Urban Transportation

Philippines Fast-tracks Sustainable Urban Transportation mobility Electric vehicle mass rail transit BRT LRT MRT Jeepney

President Rodrigo Duterte has put reducing the congestion and improving the Philippines’ public transportation system as among his administration’s priorities. Getting on the Fast Track In a nutshell, the plan is to seek temporary emergency powers to consolidate traffic authority over urban Manila under a single entity and to bypass bureaucratic processes to push through various infrastructure and transportation projects

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