IATF endorses resumption of motorcycle taxi pilot study

The government’s COVID-19 task force has endorsed the resumption of a pilot study on the operation of motorcycle taxis.

In a resolution approved on Monday, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases (IATF) endorsed to the House transportation committee the request of Metro Manila mayors for the Department of Transportation to continue the pilot study.

Operations of motorcycle taxis were cut short in March, ahead of the pilot study’s expiration in April, due to the enforcement of an enhanced community quarantine in the entire Luzon to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The pilot run took place as Congress evaluated bills pushing for the legalization of motorcycles as public utility vehicles.—AOL, GMA News