BRT cancellation fears

Editorial 10/19/2016

Is there any basis for Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena’s warning that the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project would be shelved in favor of the Light Railway Transit (LRT) project being lobbied by Presidential Assistant for the…

Less cars, more buses

Editorial 10/12/2016

With the traffic congestion in Metro Cebu still far from resolution, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s suggestion to use buses to transport commuters to and from the Mandaue–Mactan bridge could prove useful if the city governments of…

Cebu City officials urge gov’t to make LGUs part of solution

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/09/2016

Cebu City officials are looking forward to Congress granting emergency power to President Rodrigo Duterte to solve the traffic problems in Metro Manila and other areas in the country like Metro Cebu. But Rafael Yap, Cebu City…

These can be done

Peter Wallace 09/22/2016

Here are some of the things I think we’d all like to see done real soon, like this year. It will need President Duterte’s determination to force bureaucrats to perform and Congress to act with dispatch. If…

P9.13B port project will be Cebu’s big one this year

Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/17/2016

If President Rodrigo Duterte would approve it by the end of the year, work on a big-time infrastructure project in Cebu would start on the later part of next year. Efren Carreon, regional director of the National…

Tomas okay with LRT if Cebu ‘won’t pay for it’

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 08/02/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he has no problems with President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to build a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Cebu. “Who am I to challenge the president? So long as we don’t…

BRT project phases for bidding within third quarter of the year

Carmel Loise Matus, Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/31/2016

WHILE plans for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Cebu City are already underway, an Arizona-based educator said he thinks the transport scheme isn’t viable here. Dr. Douglas Webster, a professor of East Asian Urbanization in…

Comfort and welfare

Stephen D. Capillas 07/28/2016

Whenever I take a taxi ride, I’m always reminded of a 1991 film by the late film legend, Fernando Poe Jr., entitled “May Isang Tsuper Ng Taxi.” In one scene, Poe’s taxi driver character had just brought…

BRT and the Cebuano commuter

Atty. Rafael Yap 07/26/2016

There is a lot of anticipation, frustration even, from Cebuanos over the long delayed implementation of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit project. However, there is a need to educate stakeholders on what BRT actually is since it…

Reorganizing the transport, traffic agencies

Atty. Rafael Yap 07/12/2016

Last Wednesday we talked about two of the three main bottlenecks in resolving the country’s transportation crisis (“A crisis in public transportation”, page 10, July 6, 2016 issue of Cebu Daily News—eds), namely the procurement process and…

A crisis in public transportation

07/05/2016

Perhaps the most interesting news for traffic managers and motorists in Cebu last week (other than the heavy downpour that caused massive traffic here in the metropolis) was Senate Bill No. 11 filed by Sen. Franklin Drilon…

City official eyes more info drives on BRT’s concept

06/25/2016

THE Cebu City government plans to conduct more forums to help the public understand the concept of the BRT or the Bus Rapid Transit, which is projected to be completed by 2019. Lawyer Rafael Yap, project manager…

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