The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will be facing a big reality check, as acting secretary Giovanni Lopez has obligated select officials to commute from their homes to their offices.
Starting Wednesday, September 17, these officials will need to use public transportation once a week, “to have first-hand experience in the operations of various modes public transportation to better understand the predicaments of the commuting/riding public,” as described in the memorandum.
After their weekly commutes, they will need to submit accomplishment reports that outline their experiences and recommendations. Fare tickets and receipts will also need to be included in the report. These reports will then be shared during the department’s executive committee meetings.
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In the memorandum, Lopez has specifically selected the following officials to commute once a week:
DOTr officials obligated to commute
- Undersecretary and assistant secretary for Road Transport and Non-Infrastructure
- Undersecretary and director for Road Transport and Infrastructure
- Undersecretary and assistant secretary for Railways
- Land Transportation Office assistant secretary, executive director, regional directors, and assistant regional directors
- Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board chairman, executive director, regional directors, and assistant regional directors
- Light Rail Transit Authority administrator
- Philippine National Railways general manager
- DOTr-MRT-3 general manager
While Lopez stated that officials will need to use “public transportation modes available to them,” he then gave PUJ/PUVs, the EDSA Busway, and the LRT-1, LRT-2, and MRT-3 train lines as examples.
