Taxis to start plying Zamboanga City streets as council calls for hiring of traffic expert

TAXIS OPERATED by Asia’s Latin City Transport Services Cooperative will start plying Zamboanga City streets on June 25 following the release of its franchise by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board. “Now we already have the franchise so we can start taxi operation,” said the cooperative’s chairman, Chairman Jerson Monteverde, during a media briefing earlier this week. The launching of taxi services in the city was pushed by the local government and the Department of Tourism.
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Meanwhile, the city council has called on the local administration to hire a traffic expert who can help solve the worsening traffic problem. “The immediate solution now is to hire someone who is trained and know how to manage traffic with a scientific approach,” said Councilor Miguel C. Alavar III. Mr. Alavar said the council has passed more than 30 resolutions related to the traffic congestions, but some of these were not considered by the city government. “Among the resolutions passed by the council was asking for additional traffic aides and traffic lights in the major intersections of the city,” he said. — Albert F. Arcilla