The Filipino passengers’ transportation woes, such as the transfers in NAIA and the lack of buses on EDSA and around the country may soon be things of the past with the agreement entered into by the leaders of the DOST and the DOTr. Know more:
The DOTr is considering to use the DOST-developed Automated Guideway Transit System as a means to connect Terminals 1 to 4 of the NAIA, said Zalda R. Gayahan of the of the DOST’s Metals Industry Research and Development Center in a news release.
Science Secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. welcomed Transportation Secretary Jaime J. Bautista’s intention as they signed a memorandum of agreement regarding the partnership of the DOTr with the DOST, through the Electronics Product Development Center of the DOST. Dizon presented to Bautista the alternative mass transportation technologies developed by DOST-MIRDC. They are the AGT System; Hybrid Electric Road Train and Hybrid Electric Train, Gayahan added.
Besides the AGT, the HERT is also seen as a possible alternative to buses for the EDSA Carousel and the articulated buses for the proposed Bus Rapid Transit systems in the country, Gayahan said.
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