The government is considering extending the operation of non-stop bus service along the congested Epifanio de los Santos Avenue.
Transportation and Metro Manila Development Authority officials will meet next week to discuss the plan extending the scheme initially carried out from Dec. 6, 2015 until Jan. 6, 2016 to decongest Edsa during the holiday travel rush.
“Yes, we are planning to extend the operation,” said lawyer Emerson Carlos, MMDA chairman.
He said the government came up with the scheme to encourage private motorists to use the express buses as their alternative mode of transportation.
Express bus fare was recently reduced to allow more passengers to make use of the service.
Passengers from SM North Edsa in Quezon City to Glorietta in Makati City only pay P64 instead of P80 while those from Trinoma to Park Square, Ayala Center pay P60 instead of P80.
Carlos urged motorists to try using the non-stop bus service as their alternate mode of transportation, saying the scheme is one of the medium-term solutions to improve traffic on Edsa and a way of increasing efficiency of the use of the streets.
He reiterated that with the 120,000 new private vehicles in Metro Manila this year, it would be necessary to improve the travel time of commuters.
