{"id":65243,"date":"2022-05-25T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=65243"},"modified":"2022-05-25T17:24:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T09:24:12","slug":"mrt-3-to-extends-free-rides-for-the-third-month-until-june-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2022\/05\/25\/mrt-3-to-extends-free-rides-for-the-third-month-until-june-30\/","title":{"rendered":"MRT-3 Extends Free Ride Program until June 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Transportation (DOTr) MRT-3 has extended its MRT-3 FREE RIDE program until June 30, following its continuous success since March 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7049\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/07\/MRT-3-e1469772267302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/07\/MRT-3-e1469772267302.jpg 976w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/07\/MRT-3-e1469772267302-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/07\/MRT-3-e1469772267302-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/07\/MRT-3-e1469772267302-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">MRT-3\/IMAGE from DOTr MRT-3<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Due to positive feedback from commuters, the DOTr MRT-3 decided to extend the FREE RIDE program to help the public in the midst of rising fuel prices and inflation.<\/p>\n<p>The FREE RIDE program started on March 28 until April 30, but was extended until May 31.<\/p>\n<p>According to MRT-3 OIC-General Manager and Director for Operations <strong>Michael J. Capati,<\/strong> the MRT-3 has served a total of <strong>15,730,872 passengers under the FREE RIDE program<\/strong>, with 315,334 passengers taking the MRT-3 on average during weekdays since it was launched.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dotrmrt3\/status\/1529284777232465920\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/dotrmrt3\/status\/1529284777232465920<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">SCREENSHOT from DOTr MRT-3&#8217;s Twitter account<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The FREE RIDE program will remain available to all passengers who will take the MRT-3 anytime between the rail line\u2019s operating hours from 4:40 a.m. and 10:10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The MRT-3 rehabilitation project was launched in 2019 to restore the rail transport system to its original, high-grade condition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2022\/05\/23\/health-expert-monkeypox-may-enter-ph-via-intl-travelers\/\">Health Expert: Monkeypox may Enter PH via Int\u2019l Travelers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100068886293099\/posts\/pfbid0j8JtZse2q28G2KuayCnsPMmcCT1H548kprrcUaWgmR5vfaqa8xQePGpz8uxSYawcl\/?d=n\">MRT-3<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Written by Cedie Salido\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOTr has extended its MRT-3 FREE RIDE program until June 30, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":65248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[272,15630,790],"class_list":["post-65243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-news-and-current-events","tag-dotr","tag-mrt-3-free-ride","tag-mrt3"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/05\/MRT3-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65243"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65260,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65243\/revisions\/65260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}