24 August 2005
CLO, SP okay more trikes for franchise
By Danny O. Sagun
THE number of tricycle units allowed in Dagupan City is now up at 3,800 from the previous 2,500, courtesy of the city legal office and the sangguniang panlungsod.
City Legal Officer Geraldine Baniqued said that the sangguniang panlungsod last Monday approved a recommendation by her office to increase the number of tricycle franchises for the city “to once and for all clean our records.”
She said that a study conducted on the matter showed that more than 3,500 units are already plying the city streets today although a previous city ordinance allowed only 2,500 units.
Baniqued noted that some owners maintain more than two units attached to their franchise.
The new measure, she said, is intended to do away with colorum and multiple units under a single franchise even as it will give a chance to operators who bought their tricycles thru installment plans to finally own them.
“We have to balance both sides,” she said referring to the measure regulating the number of units and the livelihood opportunities for the operators.
Told that the measure could only encourage owners to buy more units, she advised would-be buyers to inquire first with City Hall if there are still available franchises.
She bared that by 2007, the city will be enforcing the gradual phaseout or retirement of old and dilapidated units. She admitted that some tricycles plying the city are already unfit as public transportation because these are too dilapidated.
THE number of tricycle units allowed in Dagupan City is now up at 3,800 from the previous 2,500, courtesy of the city legal office and the sangguniang panlungsod.
City Legal Officer Geraldine Baniqued said that the sangguniang panlungsod last Monday approved a recommendation by her office to increase the number of tricycle franchises for the city “to once and for all clean our records.”
She said that a study conducted on the matter showed that more than 3,500 units are already plying the city streets today although a previous city ordinance allowed only 2,500 units.
Baniqued noted that some owners maintain more than two units attached to their franchise.
The new measure, she said, is intended to do away with colorum and multiple units under a single franchise even as it will give a chance to operators who bought their tricycles thru installment plans to finally own them.
“We have to balance both sides,” she said referring to the measure regulating the number of units and the livelihood opportunities for the operators.
Told that the measure could only encourage owners to buy more units, she advised would-be buyers to inquire first with City Hall if there are still available franchises.
She bared that by 2007, the city will be enforcing the gradual phaseout or retirement of old and dilapidated units. She admitted that some tricycles plying the city are already unfit as public transportation because these are too dilapidated.
