Don’t let the inmates run the asylumhome/Business/Business Columns/Don’t let the inmates run the asylumSEVERAL tens of thousands of ride-hailing providers and customers are not going to like to hear this, but the government crackdown on motorcycle ride-hailing service Angkas is absolutely right and proper, and should be pursued with all necessary vigor. Customers of the service bewailed the government’s insensitivity in denying them an alternative to insufficient public transportation and crushing traffic gridlock. Angkas operators and their supporters played the livelihood card, the favorite lament of the oppressed, saying that as many as 25,000 people were being prevented from earning an income by the LTFRB’s heavy-handedness. At the moment, there is no law that permits the use of motorcycles as public transportation vehicles. For Angkas to be able to operate legally, perhaps as a transport network vehicle service (TNVS), the law has to be amended.

Source: Manila Times December 17, 2018 17:15 UTC