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Jeepney drivers get 3-year window to modernize units

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1422190" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA -- Jeepney drivers will be given a three-year window, or until 2021, to upgrade their vehicles, a transportation official said Tuesday.</p><p>The Department of Transportation gave similar assurances to drivers at a Senate hearing on Monday, said the agency&#x27;s Assistant Secretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure, Mark De Leon.</p><p>&quot;Within that period, walang sapilitan iyung modernization natin,&quot; he told radio DZMM.</p><p>(Within that period, no one will be forced to modernize their jeepney.)</p><p>Brand new jeeps cost around P900,000 to P1 million, while electric ones retail for about P1.5 to P1.8 million, he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/10/10/17/mga-bagong-hari-ng-kalsada-prototypes-for-modernized-jeepneys">Mga bagong &#x27;hari ng kalsada&#x27;: Prototypes for modernized jeepneys</a></li></ul><p>The government will give drivers and operators a subsidy of P80,000 for the new units. They will also be offered loans payable for 7 years at an interest rate of 6 percent, De Leon said.</p><p>Several transport groups have opposed the scheme through protest rallies, saying they cannot afford the new units.</p><div><strong>DZMM, 9 October 2018</strong></div>

<p>There will be no phaseout for thousands of old jeepneys in March 2019, as earlier feared by public transport groups, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.<br /> </p>

There will be no phaseout for thousands of old jeepneys in March 2019, as earlier feared by public transport groups, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.