9.12 Water fountains shall be installed as required. (Refer to Appendix A for the illustrations of Rules II and III complementing Rule II of the previous implementing rules and regulations). RULE IV – REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 1. Classification of public conveyances by mode of transport shall be as follow: 1.1 Land Transportation – This shall refer to buses having a minimum seating capacity of 50 persons for regular buses and 40 persons for airconditioned buses. This shall include regular city buses, regular provincial buses, air-conditioned by city buses (Love Bus and Pag-ibig Bus) and air conditioned tourist and provincial buses. 1.2 Rail Transportation – This shall refer to the three railways systems in the country, the Philippine National Railways (PNR) operating in Luzon, the Panay Railways Corporation (PRC) operating in the island of Panay and the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) operating in Metro Manila. 1.3 Water Transportation – This shall refer to domestic passenger ships, ferryboats and other water transportation vessels. 1.4 Air Transportation – This shall refer to the domestic passenger airplanes. 2. No franchise or permit to operate public transportation units shall be granted issued or renewed unless such units are constructed or renovated in accordance with the requirements. 3. If feasible, all owners or operators of existing public transport utilities shall modify or renovate their units to accommodate disabled persons. 4. The construction or renovation of public transport utilities covered by these rules shall be subject to compliance with the body designs and specifications as provided under existing rules and regulations. 5. Posters or stickers shall be conspicuously displayed inside the units. 6. Public transportation shall have designated seats for disabled persons. 6.1 Regular buses shall have at least five (5) designated seats for disabled persons near exit/entrance doors. 6.2 First class, premiere and air-conditioned buses shall have at least four (4) designated seats for disabled persons near the door. 6.3 Passenger trains shall have at least six (6) designated seats per car for disabled persons nearest to the door. 6.4 Passenger airplanes shall have at least two (2) designated seats for disabled persons near the front exit/entrance door on a per aircraft-type basis. 6.5 For regular and air-conditioned city buses, other passengers may use these designated seats if not occupied and yield them to incoming disabled persons whenever the occasion arises. 6.6 For provincial buses, regular and air-conditioned buses, passenger trains and airplanes, the designated seats for disabled persons may be occupied by other passengers only if no disabled persons shall occupy these seats at the start of the trip. 6.7 Jeepneys shall have at least two (2) seats; preferably the front seats as designated seats for disabled persons. 6.8 For jeepneys, other passengers may be use these designated seats if not occupied and yield them to incoming disabled passengers only if the yielding passenger can still be accommodated at the back 6.9 In domestic shipping, each vessel shall: a. Allocate on a per class-basis, areas for disabled passengers. These areas shall be nearest to the entrance and/or exit doorways of the vessels. b. Give priority to disabled passengers embarkation and disembarkation through the assignment of time windows. Disabled passengers shall be given a twenty (20) minute period to embark ahead of the three (3) hour embarkation time prior to the ship’s departure; and shall be allocated a maximum of one (1) hour for disembarkation after the ship’s arrival. 7. The designated seats shall be identified by the International Symbol of Access. 8. Owners or operators of city buses operating in highly urbanized cities shall install in their units audiovisual aids such as buzzer, bell, flashing light to inform the driver of any alighting passenger. 9. At least one deck in passenger ships shall be provided with accessible ramps, passageway, access to gangways, galleys, safety equipment and bunks/berths/cabins with dimensions conforming with the requirements. RULE V – ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT 1. Responsibility for Administration and Enforcement