IT’S NOT only free, it’s also smoke-free.
Commuters have until August 20 to avail themselves of free rides on two environment-friendly electronic jeepneys (e-jeeps) plying selected routes in Quezon City.
The two e-jeeps, which can seat 14 people each, are being pilot-tested by the city government in line with its Go Green project which looks for alternative and Earth-friendly vehicles.
The one-month pilot project kicked off on Monday with Mayor Herbert Bautista, Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte and other city officials going around the city hall compound in the e-jeeps.
“The pilot testing is part of the launching of Project Hatirang Bayan of the Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department (EPWMD) of the city government,” Bautista said in a statement.
Drei Po, acting chairman of EPWMD’s plans and program division, said the one-month testing period would allow them to study the vehicle’s viability, emissions as well as other environment and economic concerns before the city government decides to buy additional units which are priced at P625,000 each.
For those who want to ride in the e-jeep, the two units will picking up passengers from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Barangay (village) Vasra and bringing them to Kalayaan Avenue near the Hall of Justice and vice versa.
From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., the e-jeeps will take commuters from Kalayaan Avenue to the Elliptical Road, Quezon Avenue and the North Avenue MRT station.
source: inquirer.net
Commuters have until August 20 to avail themselves of free rides on two environment-friendly electronic jeepneys (e-jeeps) plying selected routes in Quezon City.
The two e-jeeps, which can seat 14 people each, are being pilot-tested by the city government in line with its Go Green project which looks for alternative and Earth-friendly vehicles.
The one-month pilot project kicked off on Monday with Mayor Herbert Bautista, Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte and other city officials going around the city hall compound in the e-jeeps.
“The pilot testing is part of the launching of Project Hatirang Bayan of the Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department (EPWMD) of the city government,” Bautista said in a statement.
Drei Po, acting chairman of EPWMD’s plans and program division, said the one-month testing period would allow them to study the vehicle’s viability, emissions as well as other environment and economic concerns before the city government decides to buy additional units which are priced at P625,000 each.
For those who want to ride in the e-jeep, the two units will picking up passengers from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Barangay (village) Vasra and bringing them to Kalayaan Avenue near the Hall of Justice and vice versa.
From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., the e-jeeps will take commuters from Kalayaan Avenue to the Elliptical Road, Quezon Avenue and the North Avenue MRT station.
source: inquirer.net
