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Davao Public Transport Modernization Project
The Davao Public Transport Modernization Project (DPTMP) or simply the Davao Bus Project and formerly known as the High Priority Bus System (HPBS), is a 672-kilometer bus route network under construction in Davao City, Philippines. This project is part of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program of the Department of Transportation (Philippines), Department of Transportation (DOTr). Background In 2015, The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was tapped by the Philippine Government to help improve and modernize the public transportation in Davao City pursuant to Philippines Presidential Administrative Order No. 254 series of 2009 for an environmentally sustainable transport for the Philippines. Coordination between the ADB and the Davao City, City Government of Davao progressed in 2017 during the term of former mayor Sara Duterte. Implementation of the High Priority Bus Project (HPBS) was expected to begin during 2019 with the funding of ADB through an Official development assist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Transportation (Philippines)
The Department of Transportation (DOTr; ) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the maintenance and expansion of viable, efficient, and dependable transportation systems as effective instruments for national recovery and economic progress. It is responsible for the country's land, air, and sea communications infrastructure. Until June 30, 2016, the department was named ''Department of Transportation and Communications'' (''DOTC''; ). With Republic Act No. 10844 or "An Act Creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology", signed into law on May 20, 2016, during the administration of President Benigno Aquino III, the Information and Communications Technology Office was spun off the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and merged with all operative units of the DOTC dealing with communications, to form the new Department of Information and Communications Technology. History From 1899 to 1979, all transportation activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davao Bus Project Routes
Davao may refer to: Places Cities and metropolitan areas *Davao City, an independent highly urbanized city in the Davao Region of Mindanao island, Philippines and Davao del Sur's largest city *Metro Davao, the metropolitan area centered on Davao City Regions and provinces *Davao (province) (1914–1967), a defunct/former province in the Philippines *Davao Region, an administrative region in the Philippines succeeding the former Davao province, containing the present provinces of: **Davao de Oro **Davao del Norte **Davao del Sur **Davao Occidental **Davao Oriental Hubs of transportation *Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO), Davao City's main airport *Port of Davao, Davao City's main seaport Water bodies *Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines *Davao River, Mindanao, Philippines People *Charlie Davao (1934–2010), Filipino film actor *Ricky Davao (1961–2025), Filipino actor and director Other uses *Davao Cathedral or San Pedro Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church in Davao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PISTON (transport Group)
Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (), also known by its abbreviation PISTON, is a national federation of public transport associations in the Philippines. It is affiliated with the Philippine trade union center Kilusang Mayo Uno. Internationally, PISTON is affiliated with the International Transport Workers' Federation. Background Established in 1981, PISTON is a national federation of drivers and operators' associations focusing on issues related to the public transportation sector, especially the rights of drivers and operators of public utility vehicles (PUVs) – including jeepneys, taxis, vans, multicabs, tricycles, pedicabs and buses. Additionally, PISTON aims to promote and advance the basic demands of Filipino transport workers for decent and stable work, livable income, and all their democratic rights. As a partylist organization PISTON has attempted in the past to have partylist representation in the House of Representatives. They have appl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automated Fare Collection
An automated fare collection (AFC) system is the collection of components that automate the ticketing system of a public transportation network – an automated version of manual fare collection. An AFC system is usually the basis for integrated ticketing. System description AFC systems often consist of the following components (the "tier" terminology is common, but not universal): * Tier 0 – Fare media * Tier 1 – Devices to read/write media * Tier 2 – Depot/station computers * Tier 3 – Back office systems * Tier 4 – Central clearing house In addition to processing electronic fare media, many AFC systems have equipment on vehicles and stations that accepts cash payment in some form. Fare media AFC systems originated with tokens or paper tickets dispensed by staff or from self-service vending machines. These have generally been replaced with magnetic stripe cards. Since their introduction in 1997 with the Octopus card in Hong Kong, contactless smart cards have becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intelligent Transportation System
An intelligent transportation system (ITS) is an advanced application that aims to provide services relating to different modes of transport and traffic management and enable users to be better informed and make safer, more coordinated, and 'smarter' use of transport networks. Some of these technologies include calling for emergency services when an accident occurs, using cameras to enforce traffic laws or signs that mark speed limit changes depending on conditions. Although ITS may refer to all modes of transport, the directive of the European Union 2010/40/EU, made on July 7, 2010, defined ITS as systems in which information and communication technologies are applied in the field of road transport, including infrastructure, vehicles and users, and in traffic management and mobility management, as well as for interfaces with other modes of transport. ITS may be used to improve the efficiency and safety of transport in many situations, i.e. road transport, traffic management, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China International Water & Electric Corporation
China International Water & Electric Corporation (abbreviated CWE) is a Chinese construction and engineering consulting company that is a subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation (CTE). CWE specializes in the construction of water and hydropower projects but its work runs the gamut including road and bridge, power transmission, drainage and sewage treatment systems, dredging, port maintenance, and interior design. Based on international contracting revenue in 2014 it was the 74th-largest international construction and engineering company according to ''Engineering News-Record''. Engineering projects The company has completed projects in China, the rest of Asia, Africa, and Europe, focusing especially on hydropower projects in developing countries. In battling for international contracts, CWE is a head-on rival with Sinohydro, another Chinese firm with a hydropower specialization, having ferociously competed with Sinohydro for the Karuma hydropower project in Uganda in 2013; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM Lanang
SM Lanang (formerly SM Lanang Premier), is an indoor four-story shopping mall in Lanang, Davao City, Philippines along Jose P. Laurel Avenue and within S.P Dakudao loop. It was the first SM Supermall under the "Premier" brand (now discontinued). The mall is owned by Henry Sy, Sr. and managed by SM Prime Holdings. Construction of the mall started in 2011 and opened to the public on September 28, 2012, on the site of the former Lanang Golf and Country Club. The mall has a gross floor area of making it one of the largest shopping malls in Mindanao. The mall has 273 stores along with several restaurants. The mall has the SM Store and SM Supermarket as anchor stores. It features six cinemas, an IMAX Theater, SMX Convention Center#SMX Convention Center Davao, SMX Convention Center, SM Science Discovery Center (now closed since 2015), a bowling center, and an Al fresco dining situated along the fountain court, located at the back of the mall. SM Lanang is the 4th largest taxpayer in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayala Malls Abreeza
Ayala Malls Abreeza is a large shopping mall complex located at J.P. Laurel Avenue, Bajada in Davao City, Philippines. It is the first Ayala Shopping Center located in Mindanao. It opened on May 12, 2011. It is owned by Accendo Commercial Corporation, a joint venture company of Ayala Land and Anflocor. The 4-story mall lies within a 4-hectare space of the 10-hectare commercial complex. Also in the same complex stands a 4-storey Robinson's Mall. At least three hectares of the entire property will be sold for residential or commercial purposes, including a hotel and residential condominium projects Abreeza Residences and Abreeza Place. Seda Abreeza Seda Hotel is a 12-storey hotel owned by Ayala Land which has 186 rooms. Abreeza-Ayala Corporate Center Abreeza Corporate Center is an 8-story information technology (IT) center right beside the existing Abreeza Mall. The first three floors of the IT center will be dedicated to the retail expansion of the mall within the project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCCC Mall VP
NCCC Mall VP formerly known as Victoria Plaza is the first shopping mall in Davao City opened in 1993. NCCC Malls acquired the mall and its complex on March 12, 2019 renaming and rebranding it to its current name. The place occupies a gross land area of 81,000 square meters. Before its acquisition, it is the oldest mall in Davao region. The said mall was also the first mall in Davao City and the second in the entire Mindanao after Limketkai Center in Cagayan de Oro which opened in 1991. History The original Victoria Plaza was built in the early 1990s by the late businessman Robert Alan L. Limso through his Davao Sunrise Investment and Development Corp. The three-storey Victoria Plaza became a local icon as the first shopping mall in Davao City. Mr. Limso, also known to be close to some politicians in the city including former President Rodrigo Duterte as he served as a city councilor from 1981 until his resignation in 1986 after the transitory government of the late President C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaisano Mall Of Davao
Gaisano Mall of Davao (branded as GMall of Davao), is a major shopping mall located along J.P. Laurel Avenue, Bajada, Davao City, Philippines, part of the Gaisano Malls operated by DSG Sons Group, Inc. with a total floor area of . Establishment The mall opened on April 20, 1997, with only 4 floors. Features It is the largest of more than 40 Gaisano malls in the Philippines and the largest mall in Davao City and in Mindanao. The 6-story mall houses about 620 to 700 retail stores and shops. It consists stores and restaurants, a department store, a supermarket on the ground floor, and a cinema on the top floor. It also has an arcade. It is the only mall in Davao City that has a Red Carpet Theater - a luxury movie theater with leather couches. The Peak At the topmost part of the mall is "The Peak" which is located at 6th level, a new attraction for shoppers, which was intentionally built to compete with SM City Davao's The Annex, SM Lanang's Fountain Court and Abreeza's high-en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Bangoy International Airport
Francisco Bangoy International Airport , also known as Davao International Airport, is the main airport serving Davao City and Davao Region in the Philippines. Serving as the main gateway to Mindanao, it is the busiest airport on the island and the List of the busiest airports in the Philippines, third busiest in the Philippines in 2022. History Early history The site of the airport began operations in the 1940s as Sasa Landing Field with a donation of land in barangay Sasa, located in Buhangin district of Davao City, by Don Francisco Bangoy, the then-current patriarch of an influential family that founded and settled in Davao alongside Don Jose Uyanguren. At the time it began operation, the airport merely consisted of a unpaved grass runway and quonset huts serving as terminal buildings. At the time, and throughout much of the 1940s and the early 1950s, both History_of_Philippine_Airlines#Beginnings_(1930–1959), ''Philippine Air Lines'' and the Philippine Air Force prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM City Davao
SM City Davao (also known locally as SM Ecoland), is an indoor shopping mall in Quimpo Boulevard, Matina, Davao City, Philippines. SM Prime Holdings developed and manages the mall. It is the first SM Mall in the Mindanao region, opening to the public on November 17, 2001. As of 2025, it is the tenth largest shopping mall in the Philippines, with a gross floor area (GFA) of approximately 285,820 square meters. Location SM City Davao is built on of land with a gross floor area of . Floor space expanded to cover + "Expansion" after the opening of The Annex on March 9, 2012. The mall is at Quimpo Boulevard. A transportation terminal constructed beside the mall accommodates visitors. The mall's exterior facade and interior has similarities to SM City Pampanga and SM City CDO Uptown. Physical details Main Mall The Main Mall is a 3-level square-shaped building with anchor tenants The SM Store and SM Supermarket It also features six digital cinemas. It has many local and int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
