QuestionsQuestions (LTFRB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 98-013)
It is issued pursuant to DOTC Department Order No. 98-1127, which provides additional types of public transport service and/or modifies provisions of DOTC Department Order No. 97-1097 (standard classification for all public transport services).
It defines the service by specific minimum features: seating capacity of 70 and above (excluding driver and conductor), gross vehicle weight of 10,000 kg and above, and a specified double-decker coach design (entry/exit doors, emergency exits, optional separate baggage compartment, and tempered glass windows).
Seating capacity: 70 and above excluding driver and conductor; Gross Vehicle Weight: 10,000 kg and above.
A double decker coach with entry and exit doors, emergency exits, optional separate baggage compartment, and tempered glass windows.
Routes may be fixed route, regular, limited stops, or express.
No. It allows either ordinary ventilation or Air-Conditioned service.
Fare is based on distance or zonal as authorized by the LTFRB.
It restricts the acceptance of new franchise applications; instead, only petitions for conversion of existing Certificates of Public Convenience (CPCs) into the double decker bus category are accepted.
Only petitions for conversion into Public Utility Double Decker Bus of subsisting Certificates of Public Convenience for bus service.
P 430.00 for the first five (5) units, and P 35.00 for each additional unit beyond five.
First five units: P 430.00. Additional three units (8-5): 3 × P 35.00 = P 105.00. Total = P 535.00.
No. The validity of the converted CPC shall be the same as its original expiry date.
All issuances, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the Circular are modified accordingly and superseded/revoked.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after the filing of three (3) copies with the U.P. Law Center, pursuant to Presidential Memorandum Circular No. 11 dated October 9, 1992.
It identifies the publication/filing requirement and method for determining effectivity (filing of copies with the U.P. Law Center) before the 15-day effectivity period runs.
Fixed route, regular, limited stops, or express.