The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) yesterday launched its “libreng sakay” program, which would send seven buses and two military trucks to transport commuters along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City for free.
This is an added effort to accommodate more commuters, especially students, days after face-to-face classes resume. The free rides, which will start from 6am to 11am and 1pm to 6pm, are available to all commuters in the area from Monday to Friday.
During the actual dispatch, MMDA Acting Chairman Engineer Carlo Dimayuga III said that the agency is deploying seven buses and two military trucks to transport those commuting from Doña Carmen to Welcome Rotonda.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, who is also present during the activity, expressed her gratitude to the MMDA for the libreng sakay program, which she said would be of great help especially to students who commute daily.
Dimayuga also said that the MMDA has penalized the private contractor of the MRT-7 project construction westbound of Commonwealth Avenue, particularly in Commonwealth Market, after its girder launch caused gridlock in the area yesterday.
Meanwhile, Dimayuga led the distribution of approximately 2,000 health kits to students in Batasan High School as part of the MMDA’s initiatives for the balik-eskwela. Each kit contains vitamins, alcohol, face mask, thermometer, mouth wash, and paracetamol.
Signages about hygiene and COVID-19 protocols were also given to the school administrators to remind the students that the virus is still present and that minimum health standards must still be observed and complied to.
WitH additional report: mmda.gov.ph
