Makati City E-Jeepney (Makati Green Route)

Source: GMA News

The Makati City E-Jeepney is a free transport service that uses a fleet of electric vehicles to serve limited routes within Makati City. The service was officially launched in November 2009 as the Makati Green Route under the Climate Friendly Cities (CFC) program of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC), which is a Greenpeace Southeast Asia initiative.

The e-jeepneys are operated by PhUV (Philippine Utility Vehicle) Incorporated, an umbrella organization that has pioneered the use of electric vehicles for public transport in the Philippines.

Each vehicle can comfortably sit 14 passengers and currently serves two routes: the Legaspi Village route and Salcedo Village route. The main terminal is at the Landmark Department Store (near the Makati Ave. entrance) and there are 13 designated stops within each loop. There is only a 10-second dwell time, however, so you need to disembark or get on the vehicle quickly.

The trip schedules are as follows:

7am to 9am
11am to 1pm
4pm to 6:30pm

Service is supposed to be from Mondays to Fridays but just recently I do remember seeing an e-jeepney waiting in front of the Landmark terminal on a Saturday.

One other thing to note is that there are not that many vehicles, so if you miss your ride you may end up waiting for quite some time for the next one. I've tried to use this service a few times but gave up on waiting since I didn't know when the next vehicle would arrive. Still, it's a good thing to have this option available in case you need it.

Here are the route maps:

Legaspi Village Route

Salcedo Village Route

Sources: EJeepney website, Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, GMA News