George Royeca, Regulatory and Public Affairs head of motorcycle taxi company Angkas, said the driver cap to be implemented by the DOTr could contribute to the rise of habal-habals, or unregistered motorcycle taxis, which may put passengers at risk.
— Thousands of Angkas bikers gathered in Quezon City to appeal to the Department of Transportation to put a stop to its implementation of a10,000 driver cap per transport network company.
George Royeca, Regulatory and Public Affairs head of motorcycle taxi company Angkas, said the cap could contribute to the rise of habal-habals, or unregistered motorcycle taxis, which may put passengers at risk., the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board said it approved the entry of two more motorcycle taxi services — JoyRide and Move It — to participate in the motorcycle taxi pilot run from December 23 to March 23.
Royeca said with the entry of two"untested" players, the regulatory board with Antonio Gardiola heading the technical working group for motorcycle taxis, was putting the safety of passengers at risk."Ang puno't dulo nito,
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