JEEPNEYS..DAPAT NA BANG i- PHASE OUT?

[a3n3as]

In fairness naman po kay MMDA Chairman BF, mas ok naman po sya compared sa mga pinalitan nya na mga previous chairman ng MMDA tulad nina : 1. Ben Abalos 2. Jojo Binay 3. Romeo Maganto. BF has good ideas like, foot bridges, U-turn slots, pink fences, sidewalks ay para sa tao meaning cleaning up the sidewalks. Fences for the jeepneys etc.

Agree, sana manalo syang VP may possiblity na ma phase out ang mga letcheng jeep na yan. :chop:

[cktlcmd]

Phil. trade mark? Ignorance po sa engineering ng automotive design. We should not be proud of !

Agree 100%. It needs to be taken off our roads. Even the G-liners here in San Juan. God! Have you seen how big their cockroaches are in those G-liners going to TayTay/Cainta? Not to mention it is dark and gloomy inside with almost black curtains because they haven't washed it probably since they started rolling.

[xoom]

FTW P.I. isang malaking HELLYEAHH!!

alternative sa jeep? MRT, LRTs, sana pag tuunan ng pansin ito ang laking bagay nito sa bilis ng kalakalan, imbis na LRT nalang ang ginagawa ngayon sa SLEX kesa sa skyway na di naman pakikinabanagn ng masa. PI yang skyway na yan

hehehe, i second you on this bro. kaso wala tayo magagawa kase karamihan ng mga nasa gobyerno at malacanang e nakatira sa ayala alabang, alabang hills, hillsborough and those other posh villages down south who will benefit the most with those skyways. bottomline, politics pa rin over social service.

[Horsepower]

imho, the jeepney has outlived its purpose. yung design nya, should just be preserved in a museum.

Actually, nabasa ko sa isang forum na meron Museum sa Europe na may PH Jeepney.

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here comes the BEEP...

Here comes jeepney’s replacement, the Beep by Roy Pelovello
ABOUT half of the 400,000 jeepneys in the country may no longer be allowed to ply their routes next year following stricter registration standards, an official said yesterday.
Alberto Suansing, chairman of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, made the statement at the launching of the Beep, a combination bus and jeep, as an alternative to the jeepney, a modified version of the Jeep used by the US military during World War II.
The Beep was inspired by the European Gruau Microbus and is a project of Almazora Motors Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Philippines.
“The [Land Transportation Office] has come up with new regulations on the inspection of motor vehicles, and we expect many public utility vehicles will not meet the requirements,” Suansing said.
“I would say almost 50 percent of the jeepney population will be affected.”
The LTO will require public utility vehicles—jeepneys in particular—to have speedometers, hand brakes, headlights and wipers, among other things, according to Joel Donato, head of the agency’s Motor Vehicle Inspection Service.
“We are implementing these requirements with the start of registration in January 2010,” he said.
Suansing said jeepney owners failing to comply with the new rules should start thinking of buying brand-new replacements—including the Beep.
A brand-new jeepney with a surplus engine costs around P450,000, and a new one with a new diesel engine is priced around P600,000.
By comparison, a Beep costs around P1.6 million. The Beep’s body is designed and manufactured by Almazora Motors, while the chassis with its brand-new FUSO Canter light-duty truck engine is supplied by Mitsubishi Motors Philippines. Mitsubishi says the engine complies fully with Philippine emission and safety regulations.
The Beep can carry 26 passengers, with seating for 18 including the driver and standing for eight.
“The first consideration here is safety. Some of [the jeepneys] are accidents waiting to happen, and then you have environmental concerns,” Suansing said, adding the LTO’s new requirements dovetailed with his agency’s goal of reducing the number of jeepneys on the streets and replacing them with the Beeps.
Almazora’s vice president for vehicle sales, Dante Santos, said the Beep could be the answer to Metro Manila’s worsening traffic and pollution problems.
He cited a government report saying jeepneys contribute 50 percent of the pollution in the area, and that the traffic flow there is choked “by oversized jeepneys with an excessive turning radius that usually clog the U-turn slots.”
Around 70,000 of the estimated 400,000 jeepneys in the country ply routes in Metro Manila.

[TrueEnthusiast]

sa atin madali lang sabihin na oo dapat alisin na jeep pero what about yun mga people na commute and ride the jeep? i mean kaya nga they ride the jeepney kasi can't afford sila to ride a bus or yan lang naman tlaga means of transpo sa atin na accessible ang affordable sa masa.

siguro dapat gawin is minimize na yun production, dapat may schedule ang paglabas, may mga number of jeepneys allowed lang, kasi ganun din kung sabay sila lahat lalabas at nag aagawan sila sa pasahero, hindi napupuno jeep, konti lang kita nila. if may schedule sila ng labas, lahat sila mas malaki yun magiging income kasi mapupuno yun jeep and hindi agawan so mas magiging maayos sila magdrive.

tapos sana ayusin nila yun traffic system natin, may proper terminal sana mga jeepneys. kasi kung phase out yun jeep paano naman yun mga drivers wala na sila jobs. yun mga operators will be out of business. be considerate din naman sa mga maliliit na tao kasi tayo naka oto tyo kaya hindi natin alam yun magiging impact sa mga tao na maaapektohan pagphase-out na jeep

besides, most tourist din go to the Phils to experience a jeepney ride. so it's also part of the perks on tourism.

discipline and order lang need. ayusin lang system sana on operating jeepneys. yun lang opinion ko

[XTO]

haha ganun ba yun? :p

yup! kung walang sasakay dyan magtitiyaga ba sila?

miss, san kayo madalas ngayon? :shhh:

[beni23]

here comes the BEEP...

nice! i just hope the drivers of this beep is not the same with these bastard jeepney drivers now.

[ghosthunter]

nice! i just hope the drivers of this beep is not the same with these bastard jeepney drivers now.

If the drivers of the "beep" would still be under the same system as the regular jeepneys (boundary), things will just go back.

The problem is NOT the vehicles. It is the system itself.