March 31, 2021 is the deadline for all operators of traditional jeepneys to consolidate and form themselves into cooperatives or corporations to operate the public utility units in their respective routes. The PUV modernization program discourages individual or independent operators as they tend to compete resulting to adverse impact to commuters. Senior connsultant of Dept of Transportation, Engr Alberto Suansing, himself a former chief of the LTFRB, provides us a picture of the scenario beyond March 2021.
