The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and several Public Utility Jeepney (PUJ) operators’ associations met on Wednesday to discuss a plan to modernize the most commonly used passenger utility vehicle in the country.

“The dialogue was requested by five jeepney operators’ associations to be able to present their proposals on how to modernize this sector of transportation,” DOTC spokesperson Michael Arthur Sacgal said in a text message to The Manila Times.