TO address the Philippines' worsening urban transportation crisis, part of the solution has to be institutional. Our public transportation institutions are poorly equipped to deal with today's and tomorrow's mobility needs, especially in the metropolitan areas of Metro Manila and Metro Cebu. To make our cities livable, productive and sustainable, the establishment of metropolitan public transport agencies with responsibility over major transportation modes should be among the legislative priorities of the Marcos administration.
Where you find the best urban mobility, behind it is a governance structure that allows seamless connectivity between different modes of transport, an interoperable fare collection system that enables passengers to transfer easily from one mass transit line to another, convenient real-time access to information on services, and broad financial powers and diverse revenue sources so that the transportation agency is not entirely reliant on fare collection. Some of the best examples of such are the Land Transportation Authority in Singapore and Transport for London in the UK.
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