Cebu's BRT being tested in Manila...

[sherwood]

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hay naunsa naman intawn ni inyong abnoy nga presidente uy!

bida napud ang manila; sila napud ang makauna....kaluoy sa Cebu. Mirisi sa mga Sugbuanon nga nibotar kang nuynoy. Mirisi!!


Cebu’s bus transit being tested in NCR

Cebu

THE proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Cebu City is being tested in Metro Manila.


“We are in the experimental stage. We want to prove or disprove the adaptability of this concept to the Philippine setting,” President Benigno Aquino III told reporters yesterday after the groundbreaking ceremony of a road widening project in Barangay Ibo, Lapu-Lapu City.


Though the BRT is proposed for Cebu City, doing the experiment in the city will create traffic congestion since it involves dedicating one lane for buses and the city’s roads are not that wide, Aquino said.


The first phase of the experiment was done on Commonwealth Ave. in Quezon City, but it encountered problems because of miscommunication among government agencies.


President Aquino said the buses were stopped by the Metro Manila Development Authority in the middle of the experiment.
There will be a second phase of the experiment, he said, adding that the feasibility of the BRT system needs to be proven before it is implemented in Cebu City.


Aquino has excluded the BRT from the list of priority projects that will be undertaken through public-private partnership.


Once the system is proven to work for Cebu, Aquino said, sourcing out funds for its implementation will not be a problem, since the government can take out a loan.


“Funding is the least of the problem,” he said.


The BRT, which is one of the transport schemes proposed to decongest traffic in Cebu City, will replace jeepney routes with dedicated bus lines. Aquino said the BRT will cost P9 billion.


“Maganda ang concept pero iba kung nasubukan na (The concept is good but it has to be tried and tested),” he said.

[Joseph Ratzinger]

Imperial Manila as they say.

[lordfred]

Ambot ani, ingon sila sa SRP ipa agi ang BRT. Masud pa kaha nang BRT sa dalan natong 2 lanes ra? SRP pwede pa..
Kung SRP man, dili na siguro kinahanglan ug testing kay dako kayg hawan sa SRP. Inig human sa pinakadakong SM sa pilipinas with no expansion, sakto kaayo ang bRT dira.

[Joseph Ratzinger]

Pero murag maglisod sa heart of the City kay gagmay kaayo ug dalan.

[<SMILE>]

I think the traffic in the capital is more
congested compared to Cebu city,

[da Great]

choya brt. karun pako kadungog ani. dako ba sad kaha ni matabang sa kadalanan kung mahinayun.

[leo_trams]

hay naunsa naman intawn ni inyong abnoy nga presidente uy!
bida napud ang manila; sila napud ang makauna....kaluoy sa Cebu. Mirisi sa mga Sugbuanon nga nibotar kang nuynoy. Mirisi!!

ahahaha...dili diay nimo presidente si Pnoy brad?
kinsa diay ang imong presidente?

unya unsa may plano diay sa imong presidente? sa Cebu diay unta mag testing gyud sa BRT?
unya nganong wala man gi pa testing sa imong presidente dinhi sa Cebu ang BRT?

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[vipvip68]

widen the roads first before mag brt... not doing so will just create traffic...

Honestly, i dont think our road network is capable of supporting BRT without massive road widening.

Widening would also uproot a lot of structures... this will destroy Cebu's landscape.

what we need is a freeway system (ala NLEX/SLEX to bypass the small roads and ease congestion in getting from A to B

[crossramz]

It's all talks.. pahumot rana iyaha pang electoral campaign..

[raphz]

naa man sd point si pnoy. tanawa alng ang mga dalan dnhi sa cebu city, do u think makaya karon? pero kung kuhaan ang mga jeepneys then ma kaya2x tngali pero kung dili...mgsabong ang mga badlongon! maau pud nang ma kuhaan ang mga jeepney ky halos tanan ABUSADO!!! kita man sd nga palpak ila BRT sa manila...kung sa cebu nahitabo, ulbo kaspa nato sa kasamok!! then yaw2x japun mo nga trafik! tarong pud ta HUNA2x oi...dili masulbad ni pnoy ang tanan problema! =)