An electric bus company lent their vehicles for free to the Pasig City government as part of their mission to help the frontliners and other people who are in need of public transportation amid the community quarantine in Metro Manila and Luzon.
Global Electric Transport (GET) in an Instagram post showed the two electric buses they sent to the government of Pasig to provide free rides for essential frontline government personnel and health workers.
“Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and the Pasig Transport Department were quick to recognize the issue the ban posed and formulated what we saw as an appropriate crisis management response. Pasig City rolled out emergency transport initiatives for essential personnel and those within Pasig’s borders. This includes providing free bus and shuttle services from major pickup points to the city’s hospitals, as well as repurposing bicycles from its Bicycle Share Program,” the company stated.
“The city government was vocal on social media and offline, encouraging people to help however way they could. We at GET will be working in conjunction with Pasig City Hall to provide our COMET electric minibus service free of charge for the Pasig Public Market to Shaw Boulevard route, aiding frontliners reach hospitals such as Rizal Medical Center,” they added.
According to them, instead of paying for a tricycle fare, people are going to enjoy free rides in their bigger vehicles.
Sotto previously proposed to allow tricycles to operate to serve the health workers, frontliners and other people who are required to visit the hospital, but it was rejected by the government because of social distancing issues.
Sotto cited that the Pasig City government’s lack of service vehicle was the reason why they’re considering allowing tricycles to operate.
Despite being rejected, Sotto said that they’re going to follow the orders of the government and going to find other ways to provide temporary means of transportation to its frontliners.