Delay New Guidelines for Senior Discounts, TNVS Drivers Ask LTFRB
A group of ride-hailing drivers has urged the Land Transportation
Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to delay implementing new policies
requiring transport network companies (TNCs) to equally share the 20
percent fare discounts for persons with disabilities (PWDs), senior
citizens, and students, rather than passing this cost entirely onto
drivers.
The new guidelines were supposed to be implemented on April 7.
Laban TNVS President Jun de Leon criticized the LTFRB's memorandum on the
discounts as "unfair."
De Leon stated that the LTFRB should first order TNCs to reimburse drivers
for the 20 percent fare discounts that have been passed onto them.
The memorandum mandates an equitable division of discounts between TNCs and
TNVS drivers.
Senate hearings earlier revealed that drivers often refuse to accept
bookings from PWDs and seniors to avoid the discounts. The LTFRB's memo
seeks to eliminate confusion over discount sharing between TNCs and their
respective TNVS rider-partners.
The LTFRB has the unenviable task of balancing the interests of seniors,
PWDS, students on one hand, the interests of TNVS and TNCs on the other.
But we sure hope they can come out with a win-win solution acceptable to
ride-hailing companies and their driver-or rider-partners.A group of ride-hailing drivers has urged the Land Transportation
Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to delay implementing new policies
requiring transport network companies (TNCs) to equally share the 20
percent fare discounts for persons with disabilities (PWDs), senior
citizens, and students, rather than passing this cost entirely onto
drivers.
The new guidelines were supposed to be implemented on April 7.
Laban TNVS President Jun de Leon criticized the LTFRB's memorandum on the
discounts as "unfair."
De Leon stated that the LTFRB should first order TNCs to reimburse drivers
for the 20 percent fare discounts that have been passed onto them.
The memorandum mandates an equitable division of discounts between TNCs and
TNVS drivers.
Senate hearings earlier revealed that drivers often refuse to accept
bookings from PWDs and seniors to avoid the discounts. The LTFRB's memo
seeks to eliminate confusion over discount sharing between TNCs and their
respective TNVS rider-partners.
The LTFRB has the unenviable task of balancing the interests of seniors,
PWDS, students on one hand, the interests of TNVS and TNCs on the other.
But we sure hope they can come out with a win-win solution acceptable to
ride-hailing companies and their driver-or rider-partners.