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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

After years of pursuing a nationwide modernization drive, the shift toward targeted, data-driven pilots finally acknowledges the complexity of public transport reform in the Philippines. A focused approach allows government agencies and local governments to test and refine modernization tools, improve their planning capacity, and design context-specific service models before scaling up. Since April 2025, SafeTravelPH has been presenting this same approach to the Department o

Using 54 days of telematics data from six modern jeepneys operating in Iloilo City, the study segmented trips into complete and cut units based on predefined local government reference points. From this segmentation, Cunanan and her team derived prototype operational indicators, including: Trip Completion Rate; Cut Trip Incidence; Overdwelling Frequency and Duration; EcoTrip Classification: Seasonality and Time-of-Day Patterns

The establishment of an exclusive bus lane along EDSA has been one of Metro Manila’s most significant public transport reforms in recent...