Photo: Drivers
How the Philippines is using smart cards to transform access to mobility
11 December 2017
by Jonathan Andrews
Photo: Drivers
11 December 2017
by Jonathan Andrews
Nick Michell looks at how an innovative initiative by the city of Muntinlupa in the Philippines is not only providing public transport to areas that were previously deprived, but also using clean, electric vehicles to do so
Much like the yellow taxi in New York or the red double-decker bus in London, the vibrantly coloured Jeepney is an iconic presence on the gridlocked streets of Manila and much of the rest of the Philippines. However, these shared minibuses, the most popular means of public transport in the country, could be on the way to being phased out in favour of more environmentally-friendly vehicles.
The Philippines transport department is working on a modernisation strategy that ...
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