The
Manila Motor Coach (Matorco) bus was the brainchild of Don Carlos
Palanca who was also the founder of La Tondeña Distillery. It used to
ply Roxas Boulevard from the 13th and Chicago Streets in the Port Area
all the way to the Redemptorist Church in Baclaran and back again.
According to Lou Gopal of Manila Nostalgia,
rates per passenger were set at 20 centavos in 1975. Children who were
less than 1 meter in height were admitted free. Matorco started to
disappear in the early 1980s. It officially stopped operation in 1994
due to high maintenance, overcrowded streets, and increased pollution.
(Source: http://www.filipiknow.net/)
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