LAST Saturday, my fellow columnist and mobility expert Robert Siy devoted his space to presenting the salient points of a proposed set of solutions to the chronic transportation nightmare that is Metro Manila. The 10-point agenda is spelled out in a policy paper from the Move As One Coalition, a transport advocacy group that distinguishes itself by being more generally well-rounded in its thinking than most such groups.

To avoid too much repetition of what Robert already wrote, I would invite you to read his column ('Fighting transportation inflation with active transport,' June 18), or the original policy paper ('Fighting transport inflation: A ten-point agenda,' by Ken Abante, et al.), which is available on ResearchGate. In summary, the problem is that transportation, as a component of the Consumer Price Index, is currently the second-biggest contributor to the country's steadily climbing inflation. The reason it is, apart from high fuel prices, is that transport infrastructure and capacity is woefully inadequate and inefficient, badly planned and regulated poorly.