Problems Encountered in the Operation against Colorum Tricycle at Barangay Batasan Hills by the Department of Public Order and Safety in Quezon City

Abstract

The tricycle is a Philippine vehicle that rules inner roads and alleys, even in highways at times. It can go from one street corner to the next, or one town to the next, or one city to the next. There are times when it can go from province to province. Why not? Even motorcycles do it. It is Legal? This is the problem these tricycle vehicles have to face since this is already out of their area of restriction, making their unit a colorum. According to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), the term “colorum” refers to a franchise violation or unregistered public utility vehicle. The researchers choose this topic to find several problems of DPOS personnel against colorum tricycles and their effect to the community, the passengers, and drivers regarding this problem. The researches used the Purposive Research Method composed of the DPOS personnel and Barangay Official in Batasan Hills Quezon City with the total number of 50 respondents. The selected respondents will be the participants in this research study. The survey questionnaire instruments were used to achieve the main objective of the study. The questionnaire given to the respondents was structured in such a way that respondents will be able to answer it easily. It contains questions regarding the effect of Problems Encountered in the Operation against Colorum at Barangay Batasan Hills by the Department of Public Order and Safety in Quezon City. The respondents were described according to different demographic profiles. The majority of the respondents were from age bracket 31 and above. The gender bracket of the male is 42% for age 21 and 94% for age 47. Educational attainment has 56% on the secondary level bracket. The results of this study can be used for the improvement of the relationship between respondents, barangay officials, and the Department of Public Order and Safety, raising the Problems encountered in the operation against colorum tricycle to the Department of Public Order and Safety in Quezon City.