NIPPING in the bud any legal move asserting the franchise of public utility buses to go through their full routes, the Land Transportation Franchise and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) cancelled such right, including those for some 1,000 buses plying from Manila to outlying provinces.

Unaffected by howls of complaint from students and low-income commuters affected by the bus ban, Manila went full force in implementing the ban which dovetails with a so-called Integrated Transport System (ITS) project of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA).

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