Public Utility Buses
- Seating Capacity: 50 or more (excluding driver/conductor).
- Gross Vehicle Weight: 6,400 kgs and above or 70 kgs per passenger.
- Body: Coach type with entry/exit doors, emergency exits, optional baggage compartment, tempered glass windows.
- Routes: Fixed route including regular, limited-stop, or express.
- Ventilation: Ordinary or air-conditioned.
- Fare: Distance or zonal basis as authorized by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).
Public Utility Mini-Buses
- Seating Capacity: 30 to 49 excluding driver/conductor.
- Gross Vehicle Weight: 4,000 to 6,399 kgs or 70 kgs per passenger.
- Body: Mini-coach with entry/exit doors, emergency exits, optional baggage compartment.
- Routes: Fixed routes (regular, limited-stop, express).
- Ventilation: Ordinary or air-conditioned.
- Fare: Distance or zonal basis as authorized by LTFRB.
Public Utility Jeepneys
- Seating Capacity: 12 to 32 excluding driver.
- Gross Vehicle Weight: 2,500 kgs and above or 70 kgs per passenger.
- Body: Jitney type/Asian Utility Vehicle.
- Routes: Fixed (regular, limited-stop, express) or variable within specified areas.
- Ventilation: Ordinary or air-conditioned.
- Fare: Distance or zonal basis authorized by LTFRB.
- Operating Conditions:
- May carry passengers, freight, or both for provincial operations.
- Use discouraged on major city arterials.
- Distance ceilings: Urban routes 15 km; Inter-urban/provincial 30 km (unless authorized).
Filcab
- Seating Capacity: 7 to 11 excluding driver.
- Gross Vehicle Weight: Max 2,500 kgs or 70 kgs per passenger.
- Body: Mini-jitney/Asian Utility Vehicle.
- Routes: Fixed or variable within specified areas.
- Ventilation: Ordinary or air-conditioned.
- Fare: Distance or zonal basis authorized by LTFRB.
- Operating Conditions:
- May carry passengers or freight.
- Should avoid competition with higher capacity PUVs on most of the route.
- 15 km distance ceiling unless otherwise authorized.
Taxi
- Vehicle: Four or five-door automobiles.
- Seating Capacity: 4 excluding driver.
- Route: No fixed route but within specified area.
- Ventilation: Ordinary or air-conditioned.
- Fare: Minimum rate plus per unit distance/time fees.
- Operation: Max of four passengers.
- Standard Color: White.
Vehicles for Hire
- Vehicle Types: Sedan, Asian Utility Vehicle, Pick-up, Van, Station Wagon, or Coach.
- Route: No fixed route.
- Fare: Per engagement plus fee per unit time approved by LTFRB.
Shuttle Service
- Vehicle Types: Sedan, Asian Utility Vehicle, Pick-up, Van, Station Wagon, Mini-coach, or Coach.
- Route: No fixed route.
- Ventilation: Ordinary or air-conditioned.
- Fare: Distance or zonal basis as approved.
- Franchise Basis: Valid contract between establishment/residents association and carrier.
- Operating Condition: For employees or association members only; no picking of passengers en route.
Tourist Transport Services
- Vehicle Types: Sedan, Asian Utility Vehicle, Pick-up, Mini-coach, Coach.
- Routes: Special tours without fixed routes to/from tourist areas.
- Ventilation: Ordinary or air-conditioned.
- Fare: Rates approved by LTFRB.
- Operating Conditions:
- Accreditation by Philippine Tourism Authority or Department of Tourism required.
- No passenger pick-up along the way.
School Transport Services
- Vehicle Types: Sedan, AUV, Van, Jitney-type, Station Wagon, Mini-Coach, or Coach.
- Vehicle features: Entry/exit doors, steel grilled windows, black and yellow stripes at rear.
- Routes: Without fixed route, to/from school premises.
- Ventilation: Ordinary or air-conditioned.
- Fare: Authorized by LTFRB.
- Franchise Basis: Valid contract between school and transport provider.
Uniform Seating and Implementation
- All public vehicles must have uniform seating measurements in compliance with R.A. No. 4136 and related regulations.
Repeal and Transition Provisions
- Prior inconsistent rules repealed or modified.
- Existing franchises can operate until current CPC validity expires.
- New franchise applications must conform to these classifications.
Effectivity of Order
- Order effective fifteen (15) days after publication in Official Gazette/newspaper or filing with U.P. Law Center as per Presidential Memorandum Circular No. 11.
- Date of issuance: September 29, 1997.