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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

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

But for most of the country's commuters, such facilities remain a rarity. Across cities and municipalities, millions of Filipinos continue to wait under scorching sun or heavy rain, often along unsafe and unlit roadsides. Despite their essential role in ensuring orderly, comfortable, and secure public transport operations, PUV stops and terminals remain among the least funded components of our national transport system.

Imagine a different PTMP. Instead of individual cooperatives, the city or municipal government steps in as the primary buyer new jeepneys.

SafeTravelPH , a multidisciplinary non-government organization eager to explore and help solve transportation issues through open-data...

Two papers by SafeTravelPH members were presented in the recently concluded Transportation Science Society of the Philippines (TSSP)...