http://cnnphilippines.com/metro/2015/05/18/Senator-wants-probe-into-e-jeepney-safety.html Senator wants probe into e-jeepney safety By Mikas Matsuzawa, CNN Philippines May 18, 2015
[images http://cnnphilippines.com/incoming/d6swqb-e-comet_03.png/ALTERNATES/FREE_720/e-comet_03.png Top Gear.ph reported that the e-jeepney's driver and payment system operator tried to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher but the blaze just went on. http://cnnphilippines.com/incoming/f98s51-e-comet_04.png/ALTERNATES/FREE_720/e-comet_04.png Global Electric Transport said it will resume operations on the first week of June https://www.fac ebook.com/GETPhilippines/photos/a.364325843698003.1073741828.354342564696331/649840208479897/?type=1 ] A COMET e-jeepney went ablaze causing massive traffic along Katipunan Avenue last May 13. (CNN Philippines) — Sen. Pilar “Pia" Cayetano urged the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to investigate why a passenger electric jeepney burst into flames along Katipunan Avenue on May 13. In a statement released Sunday (May 17), Cayetano, who heads the Senate Subcommittee on Sustainable Transportation, raised safety concerns after photos circulated in social media, which showed the scorched and disfigured chassis of the vehicle. No one was hurt, but the incident caused massive traffic on Katipunan, a busy Quezon City thoroughfare, near the UP Town Center. The senator also raised concern as the City Optimized Managed Electric Transport (COMET) e-jeepney that went ablaze was operating without a franchise. “Of course we all love these environment-friendly vehicles, but it doesn't mean they can operate without regulation, especially if there are safety issues,” she said. Cayetano added that she had already called the attention of both the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and the DOTC on the issue of franchising during the Senate budget hearing last year. “They promised to look into it,” the senator said. “But here we are more than six months later with a big problem at hand.” The LTFRB issued its first public-utility electric jeepney franchise in 2012. Top Gear reported that some bystanders claimed the fire was due to arson. But an officer of COMET distributor Global Electric Transport (GET) told Top Gear that the e-jeepney caught fire on its own. GET temporarily halted operations and announced on its Facebook page that it would resume on the first week of June after safety inspections and a systems upgrade [ https://www.fac ebook.com/GETPhilippines ]. The 20-seater e-jeepneys were launched September last year. Its route covers SM North EDSA to LRT Katipunan Station and vice versa. [© cnnphilippines.com] http://motioncars.inquirer.net/36717/comet-electric-jeepneys-to-ferry-naia-3-passengers Comet electric jeepneys to ferry Naia 3 passengers Jeannette I. Andrade May 19th, 2015 [image http://motioncars.inquirer.net/files/2015/05/comet-e-jeepney-300x200.jpg Comets. or City Optimized Managed Electric Transport vehicles, will soon be streaking along some Metro roads in July as they ferry passengers from Naia Terminal 3 to Pasay, Makati or Taguig. RAFFY LERMA ] Comets are coming to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) in July. These are not the cosmic snowballs of frozen gas, rocks and dust that streak across the skies but electric mass transport vehicles deployed by airport authorities to give arriving passengers more options for getting to their destinations. For the whole month of July, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) will be introducing in a test-run five City Optimized Managed Electric Transport (Comet) vehicles to ferry passengers at Naia Terminal 3 to Makati, Taguig and Pasay cities. MIAA senior assistant general manager Vicente Guerzon said that airport officials were aware of how difficult it was to get to or leave the terminal, prompting them to look for more modes of transportation for plane passengers. Guerzon said that the MIAA started discussions with Global Electric Transport (GET) Ltd. last week for the future use of 16-seater electric shuttles to take passengers from Naia Terminal 3 to at least three strategic points in Metro Manila: Ayala Center in Makati City; SM Mall of Asia in Pasay; and Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City. To ensure the orderly loading and unloading of passengers, these will be done only at airport shuttle terminals and at designated drop-off points. “At the moment, the project will focus on helping passengers going to and coming from Terminal 3 [as] traffic in the vicinity … has been observed to be particularly slow,” Guerzon said. The Comet vehicles are powered by rechargeable lithium ion batteries and can run for 70 kilometers on a single charge. Each one is equipped with a cashless payment system, a global positioning system and vehicle telemetry for real-time tracking and efficient fleet management. According to Guerzon, GET is hoping to get its permits in June from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in time for the five vehicles’ test-run the following month. “In the long run, the company plans to have in place 20 shuttles for each of the three routes,” he said. Currently, MIAA provides two types of shuttle services by bus: one to ferry passengers to connecting flights in other terminals; and another which brings arrivals to Baclaran. Meanwhile, airport authorities will continue allowing regular taxis to pick up passengers at Naia Terminals 2 and 3 during peak hours. These are between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.; 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. at Terminal 2; and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; 6 p.m. to 8 p.m; and 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Terminal 3. According to MIAA general manager Jose Angel Honrado, the scheme, which began on April 20, effectively provided more taxi cabs for arrivals and did not add to vehicular traffic in the two terminals. 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