FROM its birth in June 2020, the EDSA Busway has demonstrated that buses on dedicated lanes deliver faster, more reliable transportation services. With travel time from Monumento to Mall of Asia cut to less than an hour (instead of three hours), there is no question that exclusive lanes for public transport are more efficient and cost-effective, and can be set up relatively quickly. Bus rapid transit (BRT) needs to be in the mobility toolkit of our national agencies and local governments.

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