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“Political, if not graft.” This was how Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña described the decision of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to temporarily halt the implementation of the P16.9 billion Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project to…
It would be impractical to phase out jeepneys aged 15 years and older, at least as far as Cebu City is concerned. “The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) program is going to phase out many jeepney routes when…
Bidding for technical services not completed; Tomas to follow up with DOTR Cebu City’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project hit a snag as one of the papers for one of its consultants wasn’t signed by former transportation…
The passenger jeepney is probably the most common form of public utility vehicle (PUV) in the streets, and to many commuters it’s the first affordable, viable mass transport option that comes to mind whenever they step out…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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