多くの笑顔と賑やかさに包まれつつ大いに盛り上がった8月のカダヤワン祭り。その期間中、ダバオ市運輸交通管理局（City Transport and Traffic Management Office：以下、CTTMO）は市内でバスサービスを無料で提供していた。
CTTMOによれば、同サービスは市民がどの公共交通機関を望むかを調査するために実施したそうで、利用した10,328人に対しアンケートを行ったとのこと。
結果、ほとんどの乗客が「バスの方がジープニーに比べて安全に感じる」と回答したほか、1万人が「快適さ、無料WiFi、きちんとしたバス停のためなら、ジープニーよりも高い料金を支払ってもいい」と述べている。さらに市内バスの導入についても7割以上が好意的な反応を示すなど、たくさんの人々が導入を支持しているようだ。
ジープニーは格安で市内を移動できる一方、その数が年々増加していることから、一般乗用車も合わせて、交通渋滞を引き起こす悩みの種にもなっている。ジープニーの2-3倍近くの乗客を運べるバスが導入されれば、その分だけ渋滞を緩和できるのはないだろうか？
Thank you for your continued support of Davao’s portal site “Davaotchi”. “Davaotchi” is an information portal about Davao that has been running for about seven and a half years since September 2016 with the aim of conveying the charms of Davao to Japanese people in Japanese and making them more aware of Davao. Thanks to everyone’s support, we have gained a certain amount of recognition, such as being featured in a magazine, and many people have started to hear the term “Dabaotchi”. On the other hand, we have prioritized the mission of conveying the charms of Davao to as many Japanese people as possible, so there is almost no profitability, and we have allocated the profits generated from other businesses to the site management, but we have no plans for the future. As a result of careful consideration of scalability and development, Davaotchi has decided to recruit supporters who can support Davaotchi in order to better manage the site. We considered charging for the site or introducing a subscription plan, but we wanted to deliver information about Davao to as many people as possible, so we decided to simply ask for support from Davaochi fans first. You can support us using PayPal or credit card (debit card) below. We look forward to your cooperation. See more news articles
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