Angkas secures 20-day injunction from QCRTC vs riders cap

January 10, 2020

Motorcycle taxi service provider Angkas has secured a 20-day injunction from the Quezon City Regional Trial Court against the riders cap imposed by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) that limited the number of its  bikers to 10,000 in Manila and 3,000 in Cebu. 

The QC RTC Branch 223 issued the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) enjoining the LTFRB  from implementing the riders cap for a period of 20 days, citing “irreparable injury that would be suffered by the bikers if the number of  bikers is limited to 30,000 in Metro Manila and 9,000 for Metro Cebu, to be divided equally among the providers, is not restrained and considering the urgency of the situation.”  

The LTFRB's Technical Working Group, which oversees implementation of the pilot program for motorcyle taxis, issued on December 19 the erevised guidelines slashing the number of the 27,000 existing Angkas bikers to 10,000 in Metro Manila.  

Netizens and commuters who rely on Angkas became irate.

A Mandaluyong court on Jan. 6, 2020 issued a 72-hour temporary restraining order in favor of Angkas which temporarily barred the DOTr and the LTFRB from implementing Section 10 of the revised guidelines which imposed a rider cap of 30,000 for Metro Manila and 9,000 in Metro Cebu. DMS