QuestionsQuestions (LTFRB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 98-003)
It was issued in pursuance of DOTC Department Order No. 97-1097, which provided standard classification for all land-based public transport conveyances.
Sedan, Asian Utility Vehicles, Van, Pick-up, Station Wagon, and Mini-Coach or Coach.
No. It states that applications for a shuttle service, “with no fixed route,” may be filed before the Board.
Before the LTFRB (i.e., “may now be filed before this Board”), after payment of the required filing fees.
P 430.00 for the first five (5) units, plus P 35.00 for each unit in excess of five.
The circular provides that the units may be either ordinary or airconditioned; thus applicants can choose either type.
The fare shall be based on distance or zonal as may be approved by the LTFRB.
Applications must be accompanied by valid contracts between establishments or residents’ associations and the common carriers.
It is limited to the special transport of employees or association members only.
No. It expressly provides “with no picking-up of passengers between the designated terminal.”
No. The circular limits operations to special transport of employees or association members only, and does not allow picking up other passengers between designated terminals.
All issuances, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with the circular are modified accordingly or superseded/revoked.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after the filing of three (3) copies with the U.P. Law Center, in accordance with Presidential Memorandum Circular No. 11, dated October 9, 1992.
It indicates the shuttle service is not bound to a fixed route system; instead, applications are for shuttle operations without a fixed route, subject to LTFRB approval and the conditions in the circular.
It requires “valid contracts” between establishments or residents’ associations and the common carriers, to support the authorization to provide shuttle transport.