LTO, LTFRB shifts to online, cashless system

MANILA: The LTO (Land Transportation Office) and LTFRB (Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board) are in the process of implementing separate systems designed for online, cashless transactions.

The LTO’s Land Transportation Management system of LTMS will allow anyone to process their transactions online with the agency, including driver/conductor’s application for renewal of license, requests for revision of records, and requests for Certificate of No Apprehension.

Electronic payment channels and online banking are now also available for motorists who need to settle fines for traffic violations. For contested cases, motorists can submit their position papers through the LTMS. Notification of hearing schedule and settlement updates will then be sent through email and through the portal’s dashboard.

“We are doing the pilot-test at 24 LTO Offices to iron-out the technical glitches, and thus ensure that everything will run smoothly. Once all are in place, the LTMS will be implemented in all LTO offices nationwide. The LTMS will limit human intervention so as to comply with the safety protocol advised by health authorities. Aside from this, I encourage everyone to be a responsible motorist so that our roads will be safer and settlements will be less. In this way, we can contribute to the faster healing process of our country,” said LTO Assistant Secretary Edgar C. Galvante.

The LTFRB is also working on a system and it is called Public Transport Online Processing System or PTOPS. Set to be fully implemented on June 16, it is currently being pilot-tested for consultation with stakeholders.

With PTOPS, users need only to create an account to be able to transact and schedule appointments with the LTFRB. Publication and hearing of cases are excluded from the services of PTOPS.

"Kailangan na po nating masanay na ito na ang magiging normal simula ngayon [We need to get used to this being the new normal starting now>. We are making our services accessible at the comfort of your homes and we have to adapt to this new reality. In this way, we lower the risk of possible virus transmission,” LTFRB Chairman Martin Delgra III said.

Additionally, the LTFRB had also directed the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags on all public utility vehicles (PUVs) plying expressways and tollways.

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