AN OFFICIAL from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-Davao Region said that since April 30, the deadline for consolidating public utility vehicles , around 630,000 public utility jeepneys units in the region have joined cooperatives. Nonito Llanos, regional director of LTFRB-Davao, said in a radio interview on Davao City Disaster Radio on May 3, 2024 that the number of PUJs in the region that have consolidated reached 629,000 or 86 percent out of the 733,000 PUJs.
He said the modernization program has ten steps, and the consolidation is only the first step. He added that operators are given ample time to prepare for the modernization. The regional director explained that, unlike the other areas in the region, the April 30 deadline does not apply to Davao City. He stressed that this is because of the Davao Public Transport Modernization Program , or the Davao Bus Project. Once this is implemented, the remaining PUJs in the city will cease their operations.