LTFRB MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 98-012

: The standard seating capacity for taxis is 4 passengers excluding the driver.
: Taxis must be four or five-door automobiles.
: No, the route is not fixed but must be within a specified area.
: Taxis may have either ordinary or air-conditioned ventilation.
: Taxis must be white. Exceptions allowing colors other than white are for authorized units with subsisting franchises or those petitioning for extension of their CPC validity and not due for phase out or replacement.
: No. For new applications or substitution of units without authority, the proposed taxi unit must be white.
: No more than four passengers may be carried in a taxi.
: Fares must have a minimum rate plus a fee based on unit distance and unit time.
: Due to a moratorium under Memorandum Circular No. 97-009-A, new franchise applications for public utility vehicles are not accepted unless they do not involve or result in additional units.
: It took effect fifteen days after filing three copies with the UP Law Center, as mandated by Presidential Memorandum Circular No. 11, dated October 9, 1992.