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Transportation regulations should facilitate convenient, safe, and reliable services to the public, not hamper them. This is according to Secretary Jun Abaya of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), in relation to the Land Transportation Franchising & Regulatory Board’s (LTFRB) recent anti-colorum efforts against vehicles operating through the Uber app.
“I have asked the LTFRB to reach out to Uber and seek ways to modernize our transportation rules. While the LTFRB was only doing its job in implementing the law, we also have a duty to push for modern solutions to archaic problems,” Abaya said.
“I view our role in the DOTC as one that is supportive of new approaches to addressing transportation inadequacies. Regulations must keep up with fast-paced technological innovations, and one way to do that is to amend antiquated laws or policies which may no longer be responsive to today’s needs,” he added.
Abaya and LTFRB officials will meet with Uber officers soon in an effort to modernize government’s regulatory function over vehicles for public use, in such a way that innovative solutions will be allowed to flourish, without sacrificing safety and security oversight functions.