The joint project of the MMDA and LTFRB in efforts to curb traffic during the holiday season was not so warmly received on its first day.
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The holiday express buses, meant to encourage the public to leave their cars at home and prevent over-congestion of the roads was virtually passenger-less, during their first day of operations Saturday.
Apparently this wasn’t too much of a hit with commuters, who still preferred to take their normal route by riding the MRT and lining up at the usual bus stations.
The fare of the holiday bus can range from P50-P80 and plies along EDSA. Passengers can also be dropped off at Ayala Avenue in Makati.
According to reports, commuters find the fare of the express bus too steep, as opposed to the regular bus which charges at around P40 the most, or the MRT at over P20.
Operations start at 6 am, with buses leaving every 30 minutes, and ends at 10 pm.
Do you agree that the fare of these buses are too steep?
How do you suggest we avoid heavy traffic for Christmas?
another form of monopoly… people need faster rides? you gotta pay for it whereas dapat naman talagang mabilis and mura ang pamasahe.
you are doing it wrong 🙂 why don’t they ask business people of what’s wrong with that idea.. siguro kung andyan si villar sa senate pinagtatawanan kayo nun. simple law of supply and demand. there is already plenty of bus supply.. and you add more? is there even a demand for additional bus? did you even ask what people wants? have you even collected enough data to figure out what are the demand?
what they did here is simply … here an express bus, fare is P50 – P80 take it or leave it. LOL
maybe if you equipt that bus with 1gbps wifi connection + free breakfast (kahit bentelog lang) I’ll consider riding it. maipit na kung maipit sa edsa.
Or summon business owners on ayala makati and make an agreement to reward employee who are riding express buses. (reward system)
Btw the problem was the traffic. and you gave us a bus? briliant idea!!
They should have started with lower fare,
bukod sa konti lang ang hihintuan nito wala na yata siyang pinagkaiba sa ordinaryong bus sa EDSA. Yung ilang minuto na ihihintay mo bago umalis yung bus e pwede mo nang ipila sa MRT.
Sana naging katulad na lang nung express bus ng MRT dati na same rate lang with MRT yung fare at diretso din ng Ayala yung bus.
kulang lang sa publicity