Class divide: Filipinos slam MMDA for ‘anti-poor’ EDSA policy

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The rich get faster, and the poor get slower.

Pointing out how MMDA's solutions to the traffic only seemed to worsen it, netizens expressed their outrage over MMDA's overt lack of consideration to Filipinos who take public transport on a daily basis.

Many reiterated that most of those who take the buses are workers who cannot afford the convenience of private cars and are left with not much choice other than public transport. The Department of Public Works and Highways and Duterte are not entirely wrong, though. Judging from EDSA’s holiday-like situation for private vehicles, netizens think that the 5-minute drive does seem probable…if you have a car.

Nebrija also said that the problem lies with discipline – or the lack thereof – among bus drivers who swerve lanes and block vehicles behind them.

 

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Sabi daw wag ijudge yung MMDA? URUR talaga namang anti-poor yang sistema nyo na yan! Ugok na MMDA proud na proud pa sa ginawa. 👎🏻👎🏻 may nalalaman pang 'magtulungan' ampota. Halatang kinakawawa talaga mahihirap. Mayaman lagi nakikinabang

MMDA dapat ang mga private cars at motocycles ang ipadaan sa mga minor roads. Para ang mga buses na lamang ang dadaan sa edsa. Obvious nman kung bakit di ba? Alangan namang ang mga malalaking sasakyan ang ipadaan sa mga minor roads.

Totoo yun.

ImIsaiahIvan Gumawa na lang kaya ng zipline diretso paMakati lahat😂😂😂

No it has nothing to do with classes this is so wrong on many levels

BlackHeart0902 rason kasi ng mga elitista: 1. Pinaghirapan ko to deserve ko to 2. Ipa aircon nyo muna MRT tsaka bus tsaka ako magcocommute gano kaswapang diba? 😂may dagdag pa mga hinayupak na bawasan daw mga bus... siguro para mas maluwag para sa dekotse.

priority ang efficient and comfortable public transport, nasaan po ba tayo?

Sana iregulate na din kasi ang public transpo i.e. implement designated bus stops and fixed schedules. In developed countries, even business executives take public trains because they are so organized.

Actually, if you zoom-in the picture, you will see that all the private cars are stuck at the back where the buses are being squeezed into the last 2 lanes and where only the last lane is left, creating a bottleneck. Picture does not establish the full context.

Meaning no real solution to traffic but instead to discriminate.

Ayusin nyo🚟🚟🚟🚟🚟 train system tapos yan (Ctto)

eat the rich

Kahit san ilugar wala talagang balanse. Pag ang isa umangat, bababa ang isa vice versa.

i am wondering if this will work. What if may seperate number coding for private cars and public cars? Like yung usual na 2 numbers for public vehicles and 3numbers for private vehicles? Just out of curiosity respect

They give way to those who have cars. But to those who don't... to hell with you!

Fuck the system. Pag ako naging presidente sasakupin ko China 😂

5 minutes to cubao makati even you own a car it is not possible this is just a joke

exactly

exactly!!!!!😤

5mins cubao-makati para lang pala sa mga rich!

Klangan dw mapatunayan ang 5 mins fr cubao to makati lolz

Matuto kcng maging matitino at disiplinado lang mga public transpo driver. yung marunong sumunod sa yellow lane at bus stop..

Agree should be more lanes for public vehicles not for private cars. EDSA is for everybody but prioritize our commuting public please ☹☹☹ thinkwisely4edsatrafficsolutions

Equally divided naman. Pag walang ganyang scheme walang aandar ni isa. Alisin ang Provincial Bus sa Metro Manila dapat hanggang border lang sila.

Anong anti poor dyan? Yung mga bus operators nga ang rich e. Me MRT na para sa commuters. Bawasan na mga bus.

Better public transportation, less traffic.

Dapat Ang mga private cars Ang limitahan Ng lanes Mass transportation like buss

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