Concept Paper - Sample
Concept Paper - Sample
Concept Paper - Sample
and Commuters
S.Y. 2018–2019
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
transportation of the public became known. With different countries hawing their own
version of using motorcycle as their local transportation such as the “tuktuk” of Thailand,
Philippines has its own style called “habal-habal” or motorcycle taxi. In the contemporary
age, tricycle or sometimes called as “trike” are the second most popular means of local
On a news report by CNN Philippines, the number of for hire tricycles and
motorcycles operating in the Philippines as of 2012 reached over 658,675 or nearly 67.9% of
the total for hire vehicle population. Even though Philippines is an archipelago, land
transportation is still the most dominant type of transportation with an accumulated share of
233.1 to gross domestic product (GDP) from the 1st to 3rd quarter of 2018, based on the
To a simple individual who goes to work or school every day, public transportation
such as tricycles already became a part of their daily lives. For commuters who doesn't have
their own vehicle, tricycles are very useful as their mode of transportation, and to those who
have their own vehicles, using trike is more practical because they don’t need to spend too
Commonly used by High School students, people who go to their work, and sometimes
Since the implementation of the government’s Tax Reform for Acceleration and
Inclusion (TRAIN) Law, the price of petroleum increased continuously. As a result of this
constant oil price hike, public transport groups seek for the approval of the Local
Government Unit (LGU) to increase the minimum fare of public transportations resulting to a
Based on the Municipal Ordinance No. 13- 2018 Section 3, taripa, or the tax to be
Drivers/Operators without securing first a necessary Mayor's permit and franchise to operate.
Due to the new fare increase for tricycles, commuters will remain disadvantaged as
their wages could not cope up with the price increase of basic commodities. On the other
hand, drivers can’t expect that their profit will increase because there’s a chance that
commuters will prefer to use their own vehicles or loan a motorcycle than paying too much
Tumauini, being a rural community, the challenge of this newly implemented fare
matrix for tricycles would be a big battle for both drivers and commuters. Thus, the
researchers will conduct this study to determine the effect of the new fare matrix of public
Foreign Literature
Bangkok’s most common form of transport: the 90,000 plus motorcycle taxis that pool at the
end of every street in the Thai capital. UberMoto basically uses commercially licensed
motorbike drivers. Drivers pay 25% of the fares they collect using the Uber platform. Users
are charged a base fare of 10 baht ($0.28) plus 3.5 baht per km and 0.85 baht per minute
with payment by credit card or cash. Cheaper than the fares of GrabTaxi where commuters
should pay 20 baht as a base fare then an additional 10 baht for each kilometer from the first
one.
The plan to increase the rates of online-based motorcycle taxis in Jakarta may trigger
the demand for this kind of service by almost 70%, according to a study by the Institute for
minimum rate of 3,100(22 US cents) per kilometer to meet demands by the Indonesia’s
more than 2 million online- based motorcycle taxi drivers. The study estimated that the
imposed minimum fare plan of the government would increase the amount the commuters
will spend on transportation per day. According to Zumrotin K. Susilo, aside from
information exchange, trust, and dependence have a positive impact on the satisfaction of the
agents (tricycle drivers). Meanwhile, the level of conflict and monitoring on agent’s
satisfaction in the tricycle transport service received a negative impact. The level of agent’s
satisfaction increases because of the reward structure of strong incentives that are
compatible with agent’s efforts. Through this study, the role of the agent’s dependence in
enhancing the relationship between principal and agent to achieve high levels satisfaction
was strengthened. It also contributes on how trust, information exchange, and contracts with
strong incentives tend to increase the level of agent’s satisfaction. The study also provides
the insights on how monitoring, information exchange, trust, dependence and reward
Local Literature
Public Transportation is commonly used around the world to the fact that almost
everyone had already used it for at least once in their lives. These so called fares are
fundamental to the operation of public transport since they form a major source of income to
operators. In the Philippines, people are somewhat practical on their daily lives especially on
their daily expenses. So if fares increases way up, it is most likely to say that commuters
would try every alternative way just to save up money, giving the fact that not everyone
could afford that much. On the other hand, Public Transport Operators would also have to
brace themselves for their adjustments if ever fares would increases because it would be a
aren't still prioritized. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board urge the
Local Government Units to review their current tricycle fares after the rollback on jeepney
fares and taxi flag down rates. Moreover, with the concern for public service, the LTFRB
wants the LGU to review their current tricycle fares as prices of gasoline are continuously
going down. Tricycle fares must have the implemented law where the prices of tricycle fares
Local Studies
the public security of every passenger, in compliance of tricycle drivers and operators with
existing city ordinances, This include TRU’s efficiency in the issuance of the franchise
license, maintaining data base and resolving complaints and grievances. However, The TRU
office is relatively undermanned that haste in covering all their tasks leads the staff to getting
less humanely tactful in dealing with violations. Relatively, better staffing as recommended
in this study would make TRU more responsive to closely monitoring the transfer of
complying with the rules and regulations. To summarize, there is the need of every tricycle
drivers and operators to comply with the rules and regulations to maintain data bases and to
avoid complaints. The TRU's should ensure public safety and must follow the given rule and
The study will be conducted by the researchers to determine the effect of the
implementation of the new fare matrix of public tricycles to drivers and commuters.
1. What are the perception of drivers and commuters on the implementation of the new
fare matrix?
3. How will the fare matrix affect the profit of tricycle drivers?
4. How commuters and tricycle drivers manage the effect of the new fare matrix?
ABRIDGED METHOLOGY
approach. The study will be conducted to be able to understand, collect and analyze specific
data on how people react and behave on the implementation of the New Fare Matrix at the
Direct Interviewing will be utilized in this study for better collection of data from the
respondents. Paper questionnaires will be used for guide questions and for the questions to be
in uniform. Surveying technique will be also used on the gathered respondents with different
sampling. The sample size will be predetermined considering Tricycle Drivers and
After collecting all the necessary and required information, researchers will have the
entire data compiled, organized and ready for analysis. The gathered data will utilize the
content analysis procedure which refers to the process of categorizing verbal or behavioural
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