Government offers free rides amid Luzon lockdown

(Photo from DOTr)
(Photo from DOTr)

THE government deployed vehicles in strategic areas in Metro Manila to transport stranded passengers, especially health workers who need to report to work, as public transport systems ground to a halt amid the lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

The Armed Forces of Philippines (AFP) deployed a total of 22 military trucks and two buses Wednesday.

Philippine Army spokesperson Colonel Ramon Zagala said nine trucks will serve the route between Edsa-Santolan in Quezon City and the Mall of Asia in Pasay City while nine others will ferry workers between Edsa-Santolan and Masinag in Antipolo.

Major General Ernesto Torres Jr., AFP spokesperson, said the buses and the four other trucks will serve the route between Edsa-Santolan and Balintawak in Quezon City.

The Philippine Navy also deployed M35 trucks which will serve passengers in Edsa corner Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City, and Cavite Expressway, South Luzon Expressway, and some parts of Marikina.

"They will ply this route and determine volume and need so a schedule can be determined. This will be regular and daily, to ferry health workers, and other essential and authorized personnel," Zagala said.

The AFP said the routes and scheduled may be adjusted depending on the demand.

Only those exempted from the lockdown will be allowed to get on these buses and trucks, officials stressed.

  • RITM Alabang
  • Magallanes SLEX MRT (via Osmeña Highway, via Quirino Ave.)
  • LRT Taft Avenue
  • Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines-National Institute of Health
  • LRT Lawton station
  • LRT Carriedo station
  • LRT Recto station
  • LRT Tayuman station
  • Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center
  • Heritage Hotel EDSA extension (via Roxas Blvd., via Quirino Ave.)
  • LRT Taft Avenue station
  • Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines-National Institute of Health
  • Manila City Hall (via Quiapo)
  • UST Hospital
  • United Doctors Medical Center (via Welcome Rotonda, via Quezon Avenue)
  • Philippine Orthopedic Center (Banawe, via Araneta Avenue)
  • MRT Quezon Avenue station
  • SM MOA Globe EDSA
  • MRT and LRT EDSA Taft station
  • MRT Magallanes station
  • MRT Guadalupe station
  • MRT Shaw station
  • MRT Cubao station/ LRT2 (via Aurora Blvd., via C5 extension)
  • Quirino Memorial Medical Center (via C5 / Marcos Highway)
  • LRT2 Santolan station
  • Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall, Cainta
  • EDSA extension/ Macapagal Avenue
  • LRT/MRT EDSA Taft station
  • MRT Magallanes station
  • MRT Shaw station
  • MRT/LRT2 Cubao station
  • East Avenue Medical Center
  • Philippine Heart Center
  • Lung Center of the Philippines (via Quezon Memorial Circle)
  • Veteran Memorial Medical Center (via EDSA)
  • LRT Monumento station
  • SM Fairview (via Commonwealth Ave, via Quezon Memorial Circle)
  • East Avenue Medical Center
  • Philippine Heart Center
  • Lung Center of the Philippines (via Agham Road, via Quezon Ave.)
  • Philippine Orthopedic Center
  • United Doctors Medical Center (Welcome Rotonda, via España)
  • UST Hospital
  • LRT Lawton station
  • LRT Balintawak station
  • MRT Quezon Avenue station
  • MRT GMA –Kamuning station
  • MRT Cubao station
  • MRT Santolan–Annapolis station
  • MRT Ortigas station
  • EDSA corner Kalayaan Avenue
  • MRT Ayala station
  • MRT Magallanes station
  • Heritage Hotel EDSA extension
(SunStar Philippines)

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