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| name = Love Bus |
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| parent = [[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Ministry of Transportation and Communications]] |
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| founded = {{Date and age|1974}} (as the Manila Transit Corporation)<!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> |
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| commenced = {{Date and age|1976}} |
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| ceased = 1980s |
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| defunct = 1990s |
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| service_area = [[Metro Manila]] |
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'''Love Bus''' was a former [[Bus|bus service]] operational during the 1970s to 1980s in [[Metro Manila]], the [[Philippines]]. Owned and operated by the state-run '''Metro Manila Transit Corporation''' (MMTC) under the [[Department of Transportation (Philippines)|Ministry of Transportation and Communications]] (MOTC), it was considered as the first government-operated bus service in the country and the first bus service in the country to use [[Air conditioning|air-conditioned]] buses. |
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== Routes == |
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The Love Bus formerly operated routes along [[Escolta Street]], [[Quezon Avenue]], [[University of the Philippines Diliman]], [[Glorietta|Quad]] in [[Makati]], and [[Greenhills (mixed-use development)|Greenhills]].<ref name="Rappler2014">{{Cite news |last=Corpuz |first=Lynda |date=November 24, 2014 |title=Remember the Love Bus? Might be time to have it back |url=https://www.rappler.com/business/industries/75901-creating-system-ph-transportation/ |access-date=September 13, 2024 |work=[[Rappler]]}}</ref> The first Love Bus route was launched between Escolta and the Makati CBD in 1976 and was its most profitable route.<ref name="Santiago2021">{{Cite journal |last=Santiago |first=Rene |date=December 2021 |title=The Rise and Fall of the Love Bus (and the Ghosts of Bus Reforms Past) |url=https://ncts.upd.edu.ph/tssp/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PTJ-V4-N1-TSSP-2021-Vol4-No1-01-Santiago.pdf |journal=Philippine Transportation Journal |publisher=[[University of the Philippines Diliman|National Center for Transportation Studies]] |volume=4 |issue=1}}</ref> |
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== Fleet == |
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The Love Bus formerly ran on a fleet of air-conditioned buses that had a [[monocoque]] body design, which was considered a significant milestone at the time as before 1975, all buses in the Philippines were [[flatbed truck]]s mounted with wooden bodies. Its former fleet initially consisted of buses made by industry giants [[Hino Motors|Hino]], [[Mercedes-Benz buses|Mercedes-Benz]], and [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]], then expanded into then-lesser known brands such as [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Fiat]], and four other companies. The Love Bus had also operated [[double-decker bus]]es, being the first company to do so in the Philippines.<ref name="Santiago2021" /> |
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== See also == |
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* [[History of the Philippines (1965–1986)]] |
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* [[Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program]] |
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* [[Transportation in the Philippines]] |
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* [[Transportation in Metro Manila]] |
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* [[List of bus companies of the Philippines]] |
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* [[List of bus routes in Metro Manila]] |
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== References == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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== External links == |
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* {{Cite PH act|url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_492_1974.html|chamber=PD|number=492|date=June 27, 1974|title=Creating The Manila Transit Corporation, Appropriating Funds Therefor And For Other Purposes}} |
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* {{Cite journal |last=Santiago |first=Rene |date=December 2021 |title=The Rise and Fall of the Love Bus (and the Ghosts of Bus Reforms Past) |url=https://ncts.upd.edu.ph/tssp/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PTJ-V4-N1-TSSP-2021-Vol4-No1-01-Santiago.pdf |journal=Philippine Transportation Journal |publisher=[[University of the Philippines Diliman|National Center for Transportation Studies]] |volume=4 |issue=1}} |
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{{Transportation in Metro Manila}} |
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{{Transportation in the Philippines}} |
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[[:Category:Bus companies of the Philippines]] |
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[[:Category:Bus transportation in Metro Manila]] |
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