2. BACKGROUND
โข Mega Manila (Metro Manila plus 4 adjoining provinces: Population of
28 million, growing at around 2.5% per year
โข Estimated person-trips per day
1.5
Million
2.6
Million
4.2
Million
3. BACKGROUND
TOO MANY CARS ON THE ROAD
โข Occupancy of road space by private cars โ about 70%; share of cars
in road-based person-tripsโabout 30%
COMMUTING TAKES LONG
โข Average commute by bus around 89 minutes
SLOW-MOVING TRAFFIC
โข Main circumferential road (EDSA) moves at speeds below 20 kph for
most of the day and getting worse; most major roads move at >10
kph during peak hours
ECONOMIC LOSSES FROM CONGESTION: PhP 2.4
Billion/day
4. ISSUES
Road-based Public
Transport
โข Buses and jeepneys are privately
owned and operated
โ based on issuance of 5-year franchises;
supply of transport services does not
adjust easily to changes in demand
โข Competition for passengers
among many independent bus
and jeepney operators creates
inefficiencies and adds to traffic
congestion
โข Road safety: urgent concern
(recent spate of bus accidents)
โข No subsidy by government is an
advantage, but also no
opportunity to cross-subsidize to
serve isolated communities
Rail-based Public Transport
โข Rail fares are set below
operating costs; large annual
subsidy for rail operations
โข Heavily congested (LRT1 and
MRT3)
โข Need to expand urban rail
capacities, improve integration,
and add new lines
5. PHILIPPINE PUBLIC TRANSPORT
POLICY
POLICYMAKERS
โข Department of Transportation
and Communications (DOTC);
attached and sectoral agencies
โ โprimary policy, planning,
programming, coordinating,
implementing, regulating, and
administrative entity of the
Executive Branch of the
government in the promotion,
development and regulation of
dependable and coordinated
networks of transportation and
communication systemโฆโ
โข Local Government Units
(LGUs); local traffic and
transport management units
โ National agencies and offices with
project implementation functions
shall coordinate with one another
and with LGUs concerned
PUBLIC TRANSPORT POLICY
CONCERNS
โข Primary urban transport
policymaking body (DOTC)
lacks resources
โข DOTC and LGU policies are
not well coordinated and are
sometimes redundant or
contradictory
โข Implementation and
enforcement concerns due
to lack of personnel and
technical capability
6. National Transport Policy
โข Transport Vision: โattainment of a safe, secure, efficient,
competitive, dependable, integrated, environmentally
sustainable and people-oriented Philippine transport
systemโ
โข Policy Areas
1. Resource Generation and Allocation
2. Program and Project Selection
3. Cost Recovery and Subsidies
4. Regulation of Passenger Transport Services
5. Transport Management in Urban Areas
6. Tourism and Trade Transport Logistics
7. Governance
7. 2021ADDITIONAL
MASS TRANSIT
LINES
9 additional lines
1 HOUR
AWAY
central
business
2.2M
additional
commuters daily
140
additional
passenger
stations
120 KM
additional road & rail
mass transit
PHP 650 B
Project cost
