SINCE 2017, we have been expecting the full implementation of the government's PUV modernization program.

The Department of Transportation (DoTr) issued Department Order 2017-011, or the 'Omnibus Guidelines on the Planning and Identification of Public Road Transportation Services and Franchise Issuance' or 'Omnibus Franchising Guidelines' (OFG), which aims to provide a reliable, safe, accessible, environment-friendly, dependable, efficient and comfortable public transportation. This also signaled the push for the whole PUV industry to slowly phase out all the old and rugged units and replace them with new and modernized vehicles.