After saying two days ago that UV Express operations will be allowed to resume this coming week, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has now confirmed that a total of 980 units will be deployed to cover 47 routes beginning on Monday, June 29.
The announcement was made via LTFRB Memorandum Circular No. 2020-025, which also provides the guidelines for UV Express operations under general community quarantine (GCQ). Of note, the routes are strictly terminal-to-terminal, with no passenger pickup or drop-off in between. Units may not traverse EDSA and Commonwealth Avenue except to cross, and the fare rate shall remain at P2 per kilometer.
Operational UV Express routes from June 29, plus corresponding fares:
- Meycauayan – Central Integrated Terminal (QC): P33
- Obando – MRT North Avenue Station: P35
- Santo Niño (Meycauayan) – MRT North Avenue Station: P40
- Santo Niño (Meycauayan) – Trinoma, MRT North Avenue Station, Mindanao Avenue: P40
- Heritage (Meycauayan) – SM City North EDSA: P41
- Marilao – SM City North EDSA: P41
- Santo Niño (Meycauayan) – Central Integrated Terminal (QC): P43
- SM Marilao – SM City North EDSA: P46
- Malhacan (Meycauayan) – Quezon Avenue via NLEX: P34
- Malhacan (Meycauayan) – Central Integrated Terminal (QC): P34
- Marilao – Central Integrated Terminal (QC): P44
- Marilao Terminal – Quezon Avenue Terminal: P44
- Turo (Bocaue) – Central Integrated Terminal (QC):P48
- Turo (Bocaue) – Central Integrated Terminal (QC) via NLEX: P48
- Turo (Bocaue) – Quezon Avenue Terminal via NLEX: P48
- SM Marilao – Central Integrated Terminal (QC): P49
- Meycauayan – Recto: P38
- Balagtas – Monumento: P51
- Springville, Molino, Bacoor – Alabang via Daanghari: P29
- Molino – Alabang via Daanghari: P29
- Molino – Ayala Center Terminal via Skyway: P55
- Golden City (Dasmariñas) – Ayala Center: P64
- Pacita – Makati Square: P53
- Pacita Complex – Ayala Center Terminal via San Pedro Exit: P53
- Pacita Complex – SM Makati: P53
- Pacita (San Pedro) – Makati Square: P53
- Pacita Complex – Ayala Center via Southwoods Exit: P64
- Barangay Mamatid (Cabuyao) – Festival Mall: P57
- Mamatid (Cabuyao) – Festival Mall (Alabang): P60
- Balibago – SM Southmall (Las Piñas): P47
- Taytay – EDSA Central: P28
- Greenland Executive Village (Cainta) – Ayala: P34
- Rodriguez – Santa Lucia Grand Mall (Cainta): P34
- Masinag – Ayala: P37
- Antipolo – Ayala: P40
- Antipolo – Ayala via C5: P40
- Antipolo – Ayala via Tikling: P40
- Antipolo – Ayala via Circumferencial Road: P40
- San Mateo – Ayala: P48
- Binangonan – Santa Lucia (Cainta): P44
- Binangonan – SM Megamall: P49
- Binangonan – EDSA Starmall: P52
- Binangonan – EDSA Central: P52
- Binangonan – Marikina Riverbanks via LRT Santolan: P54
- Cardona – EDSA Starmall: P60
- Cardona – EDSA Central: P60
- Morong – SM Megamall: P66
Everyone on board shall wear masks at all times; in addition, drivers and conductors are required to wear gloves. For purposes of contact tracing, all passengers shall fill out a Passenger Contact Form, which must be surrendered via the provided drop box prior to alighting from the UV Express unit. They are likewise advised to take note of the unit’s plate number, as well as their date and time of boarding. Payment of exact fare is also encouraged.
Operators, meanwhile, must ensure that drivers are regularly screened for COVID-19 symptoms; that both personnel and passengers undergo temperature checks prior to boarding; that impermeable barriers are in place to isolate the driver’s compartment and to separate rows of seats less than one meter apart from each other; and that there should be no more than two passengers per row, with occupants being one seat apart at all times. Any violation of these conditions will result in the imposition of fines as well as the suspension or cancellation of the operator’s franchise.
As for the return to operations of traditional jeepneys, LTFRB chairman Martin Delgra said that the agency “is not discounting the possibility of deploying additional modern and traditional jeepneys later to augment the operations of the 980 UV Express depending on passenger demand.”
The full memorandum circular may be seen in the LTFRB’s official post below:
