is planning to convert public vehicles to run on liquefied natural gas
(LNG) or compressed natural gas (CNG) to reduce air pollution and to
help the environment.
President Aquino was asked Friday during the YouTube World View
interview series on his administration's innovative approaches to make
the country's transportation sector more environmentally friendly.
"For the transport sector, the plan that is most mature will be to
convert them into running on liquefied natural gas (LNG) or compressed
natural gas (CNG)," the President said.
The President said his administration is also "seriously monitoring"
pollution levels in the cities, and cited closing down erring vehicle
emission testing centers in the country.
"We have emission testing centers, but unfortunately some of them were
unscrupulous," he said. "These were issuing certifications that were
false."
Apart from this, the Aquino administration is also promoting the use
of electric tricycles or e-trikes. The President said they are
targeting 100,000 new e-trikes by next year, which will be funded by
the Asian Development Bank.
"For the electric tricycles, the ADB will be providing us resources to
match our program. We're targeting about a hundred thousand new
vehicles -- e-tricycles -- by next year," he said.
Besides being environment friendly, the President said that the use of
electric tricycles also adds profit to the drivers and operators.
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