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  Jeepney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jeepney businesses in the Philippines are struggling to compete with imported used vehicles and many manufacturers are moving to build more modern-looking jeepneys such as Hummer lookalikes and oversized Toyota van style passenger jeepneys using Toyota headlights, hoods and bumpers.
The Jeepney industry has evolved more in the past 2 years than it has in the past 50 and the chromey, loud, boisterous icon is soon to be a vehicle of the past.
The word jeepney is commonly believed to be a conflation of "jeep" and "jitney", or "jeep" and "knee", the latter referring to the jeepney's crowded face-to-face seating.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jeepney   (662 words)

  
 Jeepneys
While there is a general unwritten acknowledgment of the jeepney’s role in exacerbating these problems, there has been no known attempt (from people and organisations that could make a difference) to highlight it as a priority social and economic problem.
A conscious effort on the part of jeepney drivers and owners to induce loud rumbling noises from their mufflers (or lack of them) whenever they rev their machines turns the metropolis into a seething cauldron that is an assault on the senses.
So while we wait for jeepneys to become uncompetitive (price wise — fat chance), millions of dollars are spent on massive infrastructure projects, private motorists bear the brunt of various vehicle reduction schemes, Manila’s air continues to increase in corrosiveness, and the average commuter remains short-changed in safety and comfort.
www.geocities.com /benign0/agr-disagr/2-jeeps.html   (497 words)

  
 Jeepney, King of the Road   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
There are jeepneys that bear on their hoods the Mercedes Benz star, or have the Toyota hubcaps, or Volkswagen mudguard, or a Benz radiator grill.
Let the Jeepney Be Compared to the bus, it is more wasteful, since it sits fewer people, uses up almost as much gasoline per day, and spends almost as much on tires and spare parts.
There have been many attempts to eliminate the jeepney from the transportation scheme, but these have never succeeded because the jeepney is part of the sociological situation.
www.rogersantos.org /jeepney.html   (1977 words)

  
 Gulfnews: Jeepney as art form for artist couple
The origin of the Philippine jeepney is the military vehicle used by American soldiers when they conquered the country at the end of a 300-year-old Spanish rule in 1898.
"The jeepney has enhanced the Philippine culture," Aquilizan noted, regardless of criticism that many Filipinos have fallen short of identifying what is their very own because of their fixation with the jeepney which, ironically, came from their former colonial masters.
They are saying that the jeepney has a unique spirit of its own because of the way the Filipinos have metamorphosed it, by giving it a utilitarian value for the masses and using it as a flexible canvas of Filipino art work.
archive.gulfnews.com /articles/03/05/25/88620.html   (600 words)

  
 jeepney
Although nearly all the Willys jeepneys have been retired, they have been replaced by newer "Saraos" which are locally made.
Jeepneys number in the thousands (about 235,000 nationwide) and can be seen "everywhere" in metro-manila and the provinces.
Although the jeepney is considered to be the national vehicle of the Philippines.
www.geocities.com /delasalas2000/jeepney.html   (428 words)

  
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Jeepneys are the most common form of public transport throughout the many islands of the Philippines.
On the side of the jeepneys, the names are written of the two places which are the outer places on the specific (fixed) route of the jeepney.
Jeepneys are since then used as small busses for cheap transport of people, goods and even sometimes little animals.
www.philippines.hvu.nl /transport2.htm   (313 words)

  
 Jeepney!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
The jeepney (from the words jeep and jitney) originated after World War II, when Filipinos modified abandoned U.S. jeeps for use as small buses.
No two jeepneys look alike; owners decorate their vehicles with fancy mirrors, lights, paintings, numerous whip antennas, and shiny metallic exteriors.
Jeepneys still resemble jeeps, at least from the front, but no longer contain any jeep parts; instead, they are handcrafted from parts taken primarily from junked trucks, and cost less than $6000.
www.kafejo.com /misc/jeepneys.htm   (155 words)

  
 The Philippine jeepney
The first jeepneys were actually the army jeeps themselves, numbering into the hundreds all over the country, but mostly concentrated in the metropolis, which were repainted or scraped to the metal, upon which various decorations were attached.
The Philippine jeepney industry was thus born, and later on, it spread to the different provinces from Metropolitan Manila where it all started, making the jeepney the most ubiquitous vehicle indeed in the Philippines.
Payment while on a jeepney is on an honesty basis, with the jeepney driver just hoping that everyone who goes on his vehicle will pay the required amount for the distance traveled.
sdsd.essortment.com /philippinejeepn_reuf.htm   (615 words)

  
 Jeepney: Terms and Conditions
Jeepney Clothing is and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Materials in confidence; (2) to pay to the user any compensation for any Materials; or (3) to respond to any user Materials.
Jeepney Clothing merchandise must be returned in its original condition within 14 days from the date received and accompanied by the original receipt.
Jeepney Clothing also may terminate this Agreement at any time and may do so immediately without notice, and accordingly deny you access to the Site, if in Jeepney Clothing's sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of this Agreement.
www.jeepneyclothing.com /terms.php   (1414 words)

  
 UK teacher to drive jeepney to England - Feb. 08, 2004
His jeepney, which was made in a shop in Baguio and custom-built to suit his height and his travel needs, sports the Philippine colors and assorted folk designs.
It was in the Mindoro towns that Farbon became fascinated with the jeepney and the endearing Filipino values it has spawned.
He had a water tank fixed on the jeepney's roof and made the passenger seats collapsible to double as a folding bed.
www.inq7.net /nat/2004/feb/08/nat_12-1.htm   (1269 words)

  
 A Jeepney Ride from Baybay to Ormoc, Leyte   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
During the fiesta months of April and May, a "full" jeepney is a jeepney that is barely discernible because of human and material cargo inside, and all over it.
Metal bars on the jeepney's side are regular features to allow the conductor a foothold in order to collect the fare through the side windows while the jeep is running.
Sometimes a jeepney takes a 30 min detour to take in a cargo of a ton of hemp fiber (the conductor decides which space on the jeepney's roof should be cleared) or to load several sacks of rice for milling in the town mill.
www.cyberbayan.org /pv/BayBay.html   (573 words)

  
 Jeepney | Travel Story and Pictures from Philippines
In the Philippines, the local transporation system consists of so-called jeepneys, which are actually small minivans in the back of which a lot of people can be transported.
Jeepneys can take you almost anywhere a boat cannot take you, and the normally run quite frequently between towns.
The nice thing about jeepneys is that they are almost always decorated in bright colours, with fantasy illustrations, depicting anything that came to the mind of the artist to whom the jeepney was given in trust.
www.traveladventures.org /continents/asia/jeepney.shtml   (263 words)

  
 The Jeepney: Automotive Icon of the Philippines -- ThingsAsian Article
In this sense, the evolution of the jeepney mirrors the history of the Philippines in the 21st century.
A jeepney driver who picks up passengers off his licensed route faces stiff penalties as well as the potentially violent ire of the drivers whose fares he is poaching.
Likewise, the jeepney mirrors the Philippines, a nation that is American influenced as well as boisterous, colorful, pragmatic and chaotic.
www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/article.2348.html   (1242 words)

  
 Jeepney in Texas on The CJ3B Page
The Jeepney has its own enclosed 28-foot auto-transporter, that is fully equipped with a winch, tools, spares, battery charging system etc., to take it to events in the Western United States.
Jeepney" is scheduled to exhibit and please the crowds at 8 events in 2005.
Seen in this photo under construction in the Philippines, the jeepney was purchased there by Ben Wallace in 1999, and the following is Ben's description of how he managed to bring his very own jeepney back to Texas.
www.film.queensu.ca /CJ3B/Owners/WallaceJeepney.html   (1066 words)

  
 Sights Demand Attention.
(b) knocking your knuckles against the aluminum jeepney roof, although this is considered unflattering; (c) pulling on a string that stretches from the middle of the jeep roof all the way to the driver.
Magna cum laudes are not difficult to spot — they are the ones that have decorated their jeepneys with disco balls that actually work, speakers under the seats, and fl lights that make everyone’s teeth glow green.
I've had fantastic jeepney rides - sitting on top a jeepney in Camiguin with baskets of fruit, bouncing across a crowded jeepney on a dirt road to the Underground River, having a whole jeepney to myself during Holy Friday.
kala.pitas.com /tantamount.html   (3293 words)

  
 Dream Themes 2 - Jeepney
he jeepney is a proud symbol of Filipino folk culture.
Brightly colored, flamboyant and ingeniously decorated, jeepneys ply the routes of city, town and country.
The jeepney was reconstructed from the vehicles left behind by American forces following Philippine Liberation in 1945.
www.dotpcvc.gov.ph /MICE/DreamThemes2/jeepney.html   (127 words)

  
 The Jeepney Page
The Philippine jeepney industry was thus born, and later on, it spread to the different provinces from Metropolitan Manila where it all started, thus making the jeepney one of the icons of the Philippines.
The Jeepney costs 5 pesos in most cases, at least that is the going rate in Cebu.
The Jeepney was rolling down the road at 30 to 40 mph and these guys were hanging on for dear life.
www.photofabrications.com /Cebu/jeepneypg.htm   (749 words)

  
 Jeepneys of the Philippines on The CJ3B Page
The "jeepney" is the Filipino version of the "jitney," the taxi/minibus that travels along a fixed route, found in many countries.
This photo of a well-loaded jeepney was taken by Eddie Foronda.
The jeepneys being manufactured there now are 100% Filipino-made bodies and frames, with Toyota drive train (typically), and to the best of my knowledge they are only available in 2 WD.
www.film.queensu.ca /CJ3B/World/Philippines.html   (749 words)

  
 North Metro jeepney drivers stage strike   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
They protested not because of the rising prices of gasoline nor because they wanted a fare hike but because of colorum buses and jeepneys plying their route with impunity and eating up their daily take.
Thousands of commuters in Caloocan, Malabon and Navotas were stranded yesterday morning after over 400 jeepney drivers and operators belonging to two major transport groups held a lightning protest paralyzing traffic on Samson Road, the major thoroughfare leading to Malabon and Navotas, and catching everyone by surprise.
The drivers said it was only the beginning of a continuing protest as they vowed to conduct more moves to dramatize their plight due to the presence of over 200 out-of-line buses plying Samson Road in Caloocan up to Letre in Malabon.
www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/54a/172.html   (354 words)

  
 J.A.R. SOFTWARE - Philippine Screen Saver Photograph   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
* * * Philippine Jeepney * * *
The first jeepney was made from discarded jeeps when the US departed the Philippines after WW2.
Today the typical jeepney has become a work of art.
www.jarsoftware.com /PI_Jeepney_WL.html   (99 words)

  
 Battling tricycle, jeepney ... - Feb. 20, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
As right-of-way negotiations are being sorted out, tricycle drivers in Caloocan City yesterday allowed Malabon-Recto jeepney drivers to pass through 2nd Avenue on one condition: The jeepney drivers will not pick up passengers within the tricycle drivers' routes.
During a meeting at the city's public safety and traffic management department, the leaders of the jeepney drivers agreed to the condition, temporarily ending the deadlock.
On Wednesday, hundreds of passengers were stranded when jeepney drivers plying the Malabon (or Navotas) to Recto routes stopped operations after the tricycle drivers blocked the jeepneys on 2nd Avenue.
www.inq7.net /met/2004/feb/20/text/met_4-1-p.htm   (301 words)

  
 GMA AVERTS JEEPNEY STRIKE
Jeepney leaders oppose the plan of Metro Manila mayors to take over traffic management from the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) as well as the resolution issued by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) allowing the grant of new franchise lines to FX taxis, which they claimed would phase out existing jeepney routes.
Meanwhile, regarding the rumored eventual phase out of jeepney routes due to LTFRB’s resolution favoring FX taxis, Maranan said Mendoza would discuss this issue with LTFRB chief Dante Lantin as there is no such policy at his level.
However, Maranan said she could not speak for other jeepney groups like those headed by Menardo Roda of Piston, who were not at the Palace meeting.
www.newsflash.org /2003/05/pe/pe002655.htm   (504 words)

  
 philippines manila jeepney on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Jeepneys are common public transportation in the Philippines, created shortly after WWII from jeeps left behind by American forces.
This jeepney shuttles between the piers north of the Pasig River, and Padre Faura Street in Ermita and Malate.
it is indeed a good example however a lot jeepneys now are causing air pollution in most cities of the philippines.
www.flickr.com /photos/friskodude/1176494   (320 words)

  
 Gerard's Jeepney Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
The evolution of the Jeep's form, and function that makes it a Jeepney, spans over 50 years.
From the standard WWII Jeep, the body was extended, given a lavish dash of folk art, and "trimmings", and Voila!
As one popular writer puts it : "The Jeepney is a mobile assemblage of signs, and symbols, decorative motifs and fetishes, rattling along the streets of Metro Manila and other towns throughout the archipelago with a 'Whoopie' that would astonish the designers of the Original Willys' Jeep."
home.iae.nl /users/piepenbr/jeep/butuan10.htm   (177 words)

  
 Philippine Jeepney - Canon Digital Photography Forums
The Philippine Jeepney, the symbol of Filipino ingenuity
The army jeep left by the Americans after the Second World War II was resized, remodelled, repainted to accomodate a number of commuting passengers.
The jeepney is the most popular mode of transport in the Philippines because of the cheap fare and the convenience to passengers to board and alight particularly anywhere they want along the jeepney's fixed route.
photography-on-the.net /forum/showthread.php?t=96335   (539 words)

  
 purevolume™ | Jeepney Joyride
Go ahead, ride the jeepney, you're sure to enjoy it.
All songs, lyrics and pictures © 2005 Jeepney Joyride.
You must be logged in as a “LISTENER” to add comments.
www.purevolume.com /jeepneyjoyride   (59 words)

  
 | Jeepney's Bahay: some site created for no reason.... |   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Jeepney's Bahay: some site created for no reason....
After World War II, surplus American G.I. jeeps were converted into public utility
As one popular writer puts it : "The Jeepney is
www.angelfire.com /tx3/jeepney/index2.html   (165 words)

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