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Recent impounding directives by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) - Department of Transportation (DOTr) on e-bikes and e-trikes have sparked strong reactions from mobility advocates, including Representive Terry Ridon and several civil society transport groups, calling out unclear enforcement and outdated regulations. At the core of the debate is a widespread misclassification problem . The public and sometimes authorities loosely refer to all 2-wheeler and 3-wheeler elec

SafeTravelPH is proud to share an exciting milestone: over 7,000 kilometers of jeepney, tricycles, UV Express, and bus operations  have now been tracked through the Parasol Mobile App  in the last six months alone. That's 40-km of public transport knowledge source each day! This achievement reflects continuous research deployments, planning data collection, operations monitoring, training programs, and anti-aggressive driving initiatives conducted this year with partners and

Dr. Roselle Leah K. Rivera delivering her plenary on gender-smart mobility at the 7th AAWS Congress, UP Open University, Los Baños, last November 7, 2025. Image from the presenter. At the 7th Asian Association of Women's Studies (AAWS) Congress held at the University of the Philippines Open University, Los Baños, from November 6-7, 2025, Dr. Roselle Leah K. Rivera, SafeTravelPH's board chairperson, offered a timely, incisive look at gender and transport in Southeast Asia. Wit

SafeTravelPH signed Memorandum of Agreeements (MOAs) with both BISCAST and Naga City LGU last July 2025 to better bridge academic, governance, and innovation in transport planning and operations. SafeTravelPH had the opportunity to mentor BS Applied Sciences students from the Bicol State College of Applied Sciences and Technology (BISCAST) as part of their thesis research on tricycle operations in Naga City. Using the SafeTravelPH Parasol data collection mobile app and analy

On November 19, 2025, University of the Philippines Professor and SafeTravelPH Co-founder Dr. Noriel Christopher Tiglao presented SafeTravelPH’s PARASOL platform at the ASEAN IVO Forum in Singapore, a regional platform that brings together ASEAN and Japanese ICT research institutes to exchange innovations in AI, digital governance, smart cities, and advanced mobility technologies.  The ASEAN IVO (ICT Virtual Organization) is supported by Japan’s National Institute of Informat