In accordance with Item No. 1 of DOTC Dept. Order No. 97-1097, providing standard classification for all public land-based transport conveyances, applications for franchises to operate "Public Utility Bus" may propose the use of motor vehicles with the following features:

1. Seating Capacity- 50 and above, excluding driver and conductor

2. Gross Vehicle Weight- 6,400 kgs. and above and/or 70 kgs./pax

3. Body Make- Coach with entry and exit doors, emergency exits, optional separate baggage compartment and tempered glass windows.

The routes shall be fixed, regular, limited stop or express. Ventilation may either be ordinary or air-conditioned, and the fare shall be based on distance or zonal as authorized by the LTFRB.

In the meantime and until further notice, in view of the present moratorium on the acceptance of new applications for franchises to operate public utility vehicles, as imposed under Memorandum Circulars No. 97-009, only petitions not involving or resulting to additional units shall be accepted for consideration.

All issuances, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are hereby modified accordingly, superseded/revoked.

This Memorandum Circular shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the filing of three (3) copies hereof with the U.P. Law Center, pursuant to Presidential Memorandum Circular No. 11, dated October 9, 1992.

Adopted: 12 March 1998


(SGD.) DANTE M. LANTIN
Chairman

(SGD.) LYDIO J. CATALUNA
Board Member

(SGD.) SAMUEL JULIUS B. GARCIA
Board Member