METRO MANILA BUS TRANSIT SYSTEM/EDSA DECONGESTION PROGRAM/EDSA UPDATE FEBRUARY 2021

METRO MANILA BUS TRANSIT SYSTEM/EDSA DECONGESTION PROGRAM/EDSA UPDATE FEBRUARY 2021
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This list of bus routes in Metro Manila includes all commercially operated local bus routes in the Philippine capital region and surrounding area, as well as the contracted express bus service operated under the Premium Point-to-Point Bus Service branding. Bus services in Metro Manila are regulated by the Department of Transportation in partnership with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and operated by private bus operators, individually licensed by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board. As of August 2020, of the more than 300 public transport routes available in Metro Manila, there are 64 routes being serviced by public utility buses in the metropolitan region.[1]
Routes
Local service
The EDSA Busway services Route E along Metro Manila's main thoroughfare
All local or city bus services in Metro Manila are contracted out to private firms.[2] Prior to the 2020 Philippine coronavirus lockdowns, the region had more than 900 public transport routes operated by 830 bus franchises and more than 43,000 jeepney franchises competing with each other.[3] This extremely deregulated public transport environment has made managing public transport services a challenge for the government for many years. The oversupply of public utility vehicles as well as redundant and overlapping transport routes have also led to severe road congestions.[3]
In June 2020, the Philippine transportation department launched the Metro Manila Bus Rationalization Program in a complete overhaul of Manila's bus transport network. The program was a follow through of the 2017 Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program and coincided with the government's gradual and calibrated resumption of Manila's public transport following more than two months under coronavirus restrictions.[4][5]
On June 24, the transportation department rolled out its thirty-first and final bus line (Route 10 between Cubao in Quezon City and Doroteo Jose Street in Santa Cruz) under the first two phases of the resumption of public transport as the region shifted to a more relaxed "general community quarantine."[6] On July 1, the EDSA Busway carrying the EDSA Carousel Route E started its interim operations with a total of fifteen stops in dedicated bus lanes completed by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority.[7] On August 17, 2020, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board added four more city bus routes.[8]
1.) - Portion of Route E (EDSA Carousel) EDSA BusWay
2.) - Route 1 (Monumento-Balagtas)
3.) - Route 2 (Monument - PITX)
4.) - Route 3 (Monumento-Valenzuela Gateway Complex)
5.) - Route 4 (North EDSA-Fairview)
6.) - Route 5 (Quezon Avenue-Lift)
7.) - Route 6 (Quezon Ave.- EDSA Taft Ave. ))
8.) - Route 7 (Quezon Avenue-Montalban)
9.) - Route 8 (Cubao-Montalban)
10.) - Route 9 (Cubao-Antipolo) *to augment LRT-2
11.) - Route 11 (Gilmore-Taytay)
12.) - Route 12 (Pasig Tale)
13.) - Route 13 (Buendia-BGC)
14.) - Route 14 (Ayala-Alabang)
15.) - Route 15 (Ayala-Biñan)
16.) - Route 16 (Ayala Ave.- FTI)
17.) - Route 17 (Monumento-EDSA Taft) *to augment LRT-1
18.) - Route 18 (PITX-NAIA Loop)
19.) - Route 19 (North EDSA-BGC)
20.) - Route 20 (Monumento-Meycauayan)
21.) - Route 21 (Monument-San Jose Del Monte)
22.) - (Route 22) (Monumento-Lift)
23.) - Route 23 (PITX-Sucat)
24.) - Route 24 (PITX-Alabang)
25.) - Route 25 (BGC-Alabang)
26.) - Route 26 (PITX-Naic)
27.) - Route 27 (PITX-Trece Martires)
28.) - Route 28 (PITX-Dasmariñas)
29.) - Route 29 (PITX - General Mariano Alvarez)
30.) - Route 30 (PITX-Cavite City)
Gradually opening routes are based on gradual, calibrated, and in phases approach to government recurring public transportation services.
Our government's adjustment is every day to help our commuters, but in a way that their health and safety will not be in awkward manner.
In accordance with the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) and DOTr, public transportation operation will be gradually returned. At the start of General Community Quarantine (GCQ), the operation of Point-to-Point (P2P) Buses, taxis, Transport Network Vehicle Services (TNVS), and PUBs with scheduled routes.
LTFRB reminds operators and drivers of PUBs to follow the protocols placed in MC 2020-018 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, such as wearing face mask and gloves, cleaning and disinfecting her - its unit before and after every travel or every two hours, placing barrier made of non-permeable and transparent material, and following passenger seating capacity based on guidelines of IATF-EID and DOTr.\

[@lochinvar50]

At 0.35, discipline is still a big problem. Passengers should be picked up adjacent to the sidewalk, not near the middle of the thoroughfare. It's dangerous and clog the main road even if traffic is light.

[@BozDeckTv]

yeah you got a point boz...i believe one day it will be change for the convenience of the people...but as of now i think let them do their work coz we are just starting with this journey as a developing country