The Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) held a refresher training on colorum tricycle apprehension in the city, attended by about 28 volunteers, at its office at Bazket compound, Lacson Street Feb. 20.
It aims to impart knowledge on the correct conduct and basis of apprehension of colorum tricycles around Bacolod, with BTAO traffic aid I Jeffrey Pequiz and BTAO staff Abelardo Cordova as speakers.
The discussions also covered city ordinances and Republic Act 4136, or the Land Transportation and Traffic Code, which serve as basis for the apprehension of colorum tricycles, and what are considered legal and illegal once these volunteers are deployed for duty, the city said.
The volunteers compose the Task Force Kontra Colorum and were officially deployed Feb. 20 to start apprehending illegal tricycles all over Bacolod.
In an earlier executive order creating the Task Force Kontra Colorum, Mayor Alfredo Benitez said “there is a need for an intensive campaign against “colorum” tricycles to address the proliferation of illegal units and the increasing number of traffic accidents involving tricycles in the city.
Data showed that only 2,375 of the 4,647 registered tricycles have motorized tricycle operator’s permits (MTOP) from the city government.
City Ordinance 650 lists the number of franchises for each barangay and tricycle association, but there is still a buildup of colorum tricycles on the streets, the city said. ||
