Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC) is on a mission to make changes for the better in terms of public transport. In this light, it recently turned over 15 units of its take on the modern jeepney or public utility vehicle (PUV) to the Senate Employees Transport Service Cooperative (SETSCO), a transport system for use by the Senate of the Philippines employees.
The purpose of this is for IPC and SETSCO to test the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program or PUVMP on real-world scenarios. This would help DOTr, as well as the organizations and manufacturers like Isuzu to fine-tune the program before allowing the PUV operators, drivers, and the public to adapt to it – a reasonable way of ensuring its quality right from the get-go.