Kudos to Alberto Suansing !

[4wrider]

I highly doubt that. Experience has taught us that. Kung transport strike nga lang eh crippled and stranded na yung mga commuters natin, me included. Take note, even during the transport strike eh less than 30% ang mga actual PUV strikers pero ang lakas ng impact nila sa daily lives natin. Oo nga, wala ngang traffic PERO wala rin masakyan. How many transport strikes do we experience within a year? Around half a dozen maybe?!?

A faster turn-around time??? Same thing, charge it to experience. Nung time ng mga transport strikes mabilis nga ang biyahe pero di kaya ng PUV crew ang turnaround, di pa included yung mga shifts nila, morning, mid, night and earl am. Toxic yung mga puv drivers natin, stressed, tired and hence, more accident prone.

Transport strike and orderly reduction are not comparable at all. Your experience is definitely what the strikers wanted to happen, the most inconvenience to the public as possible. With a systematic long term delisting of jeepneys and buses based on a route to route study with the riding public welfare as priority, you might not even feel the difference on a daily basis. At most siguro baka ang mawawalang jeep or bus, eh, mga 1 - 2 percent lang every month.

I understand that a lot of us want an instant solution to problems that resulted from decades of negligence and government incompetence. But what Mr. Suansing is proposing or hopefully actually doing is for gradual reduction of PUV starting with the old, ill maintained, inefficient and polluting units first. I think, he is one of the smarter ones in government who would not go for instant solution for short term results just to get political pogi points, I really hope not.

[rael]

why don't they just bring back double-decker buses just like in hong kong? of course, as long as infrastructure can support them, you'd be virtually doubling seating.

also, i really think we need to build more LRTs...

[Ma^ride]

Mass transport solution all through out metropolis could answer horrible traffic problems. I admire german train stations work effectively transporting people from one station to the other ON TIME.

[Monseratto]

why don't they just bring back double-decker buses just like in hong kong? of course, as long as infrastructure can support them, you'd be virtually doubling seating.

also, i really think we need to build more LRTs...

Double deckers used to run through EDSA during Cory's time but are now unsuitable for Philippine roads. With all those low placed aerial utility conduits criscrossing our roads, its impossible for those buses yo get anywhere. MRTs is really the way to go.

[MaxAJ]

Double deckers used to run through EDSA during Cory's time but are now unsuitable for Philippine roads. With all those low placed aerial utility conduits criscrossing our roads, its impossible for those buses yo get anywhere. MRTs is really the way to go.

Double decker busses can and should be used in our country. Just with little limitation, like they could be used in EDSA, Highways, and other large roads or places without those low bridges. While the single decker busses for those places where the double deckers can't go to..

[pitbullz]

tataob lang yun mga 2x deckers na yan with how those a$sholes drive...

nun bata pa ako may ganun sa may mercury sa escolta. love bus ata yun. it was always fun riding those...

[MaxAJ]

Double deckers used to run through EDSA during Cory's time but are now unsuitable for Philippine roads. With all those low placed aerial utility conduits criscrossing our roads, its impossible for those buses yo get anywhere. MRTs is really the way to go.

Double decker busses can and should be used in our country. Just with little limitation, like they could be used in EDSA, Highways, and other large roads or places without those low bridges. While the single decker busses for those places where the double deckers can't go to..

[Monseratto]

Double decker busses can and should be used in our country. Just with little limitation, like they could be used in EDSA, Highways, and other large roads or places without those low bridges. While the single decker busses for those places where the double deckers can't go to..

With the way MMDA is building those low "obscene" footbridges along out major roads including EDSA, it would be uneconomical to tear them all down just for a few double deck buses. Sigh..I miss those double deck buses in Hong Kong.

[MaxAJ]

With the way MMDA is building those low "obscene" footbridges along out major roads including EDSA, it would be uneconomical to tear them all down just for a few double deck buses. Sigh..I miss those double deck buses in Hong Kong.

Bayani should and could raise those bridges, its just takes proper logistics and management.. Those cheapskates.

*Niky
I agree, but how do you think the gov't should implement those??
We at tsikot should write a petition and pass this in our gov't ala union.. =]
Now is there anybody who has experience in doing this? =p

[erick_214]

ei guys,,,may nakapagtry na ba na magtxt sa LTFRB(yung nakadisplay na cp# sa mga PUV)? at ireklamo yung mga wreckless driver na yan? Si Suansing din ba nagpasimula nun?