Commuters' suggestions after Swedish-inspired EDSA Carousel Busway design reveal

The DOTr posted the new design proposal for EDSA's busway. Commuters have other ideas.

One Facebook user, meanwhile, shared ideas on improving the flow of loading and unloading passengers through the bus doors.

“Ang liit ng space para sa mga sasakay at bumababang passengers, pag nagsalubong, lalo na pag rush hours. And dapat dalawang doors, para sa mga bumababa at yung isang door para sa mga sasakay lang,” this Facebook user This public bus system was initially launched as a response to the limited public transport options for front-liners in June 2020.Regular fares have been implemented starting on January 1.The DOTr-Swedish consultants’ meeting

The Swedish consultants visited the Philippines last week to conduct a week-long evaluation of the EDSA Busway, according to the Facebook post of the transport agency.The Sweco team conducted the following activities during their evaluation at PITX:DOTr noted that this undertaking was accomplished to finalize Sweco’s overall study of the EDSA Carousel Bus System under a one-year contract.

The situation also seemed to not improve even after the transport agency’s “Libreng Sakay” program ended last December., a coalition of transport advocates, previously expressed alarm over the number of road crashes near the EDSA bus stations in just two years.

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