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23.2.11

REGULATIONS * Philippines - Only clean fuel buses may get past DOTC ban

Manila,Philippines- The Philippine Daily Inquirer -15 Feb 2011: -- The Department of Transportation and Communications announced that it would only exempt buses that run on cleaner alternative fuels from the moratorium on the registration of new public utility vehicles... The government imposed the moratorium to curb the rise in the number of buses plying Metro Manila roads, exacerbating traffic jams and pollution in the process... But in an effort to address pollution, DOTC Secretary, Jose de Jesus, exempted buses powered by CNG (compressed natural gas) from the franchise moratorium... Studies have shown that Metro Manila’s roads have not been able to cope with the capital’s rising population. The Japan International Cooperation Agency earlier said in a study that Edsa [Epifanio de los Santos Avenue] could only handle a maximum of 1,600 buses a day. Some 3,500 buses ply the route daily... (Photo from farm4.static.flickr: Buses in EDSA, Mandaluyong, Manila, Philippines)

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