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MMDA opposes calls to scrap EDSA busway (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by decadentrebel to c/philippines

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https://www.cnnphilippines.com/transportation/2023/8/11/MMDA-opposes-calls-to-scrap-EDSA-busway.html

"Unless they have a definite proposal which will show that it will not affect the traffic, we will definitely oppose any such move to remove the bus carousel and go back to the previous system," MMDA chief Romando Artes told CNN Philippines' Traffic Center.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

i get you. yung comment ko na yun, makikita mo lang kung palagi kang nagjijeep. hindi naman kasi ginagawa yun sa mga bus drivers. i have stopped counting the number of rude passengers that demanded to be dropped off in illegal/inconvenient spots because they cant be arsed to walk for 1 minute. i feel bad for the manong jeepney drivers sometimes kasi tatarayan o mumurahin pa sila.
agree: this is one of the worse cultural imports we got from the US.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ahhh!! Yeah. I haven't really ridden the jeepney a lot these days, but I've noticed that too back in the BC (before Covid) times. Usually, jeepney drivers know where people tend to drop on and off, and so pag sinabi mong "para lang po sa tabi" they'd not immediately stop, but stop where it's more or less appropriate. Ang nakakairita pa nyan minsan, may bumaba na sa usual stop (usually nito sa area namin, kanto, gate ng subdivision etc.), pero may napapansin ako na iba, kaka-lagpas lang sa "stop", pilit pang papara.

I'd usually ask kung saan pwedeng bumaba if I'm not a local or at the place often. I'd then just walk the remaining distance (or ride a trike kung may makita ako).

I just remembered my mom telling me she'd ask the jeepney driver to drop off right in front of where we live, and I was aghast since ako naman, I ask the jeepney driver to drop me off at the nearest 7/11 (where people usually get on and off anyways--bonus na rin yung being able to get some snacks before going back home). Dumadaan naman ang jeep sa tapat namin, pero kung magbababa sila sa tapat namin, they'd have to stay at the outermost lane, and then cross several lanes just to be able to make it to the nearby U-turn slot. Ako yung naawa sa jeepney driver pag ganun, di lang abala, takaw-disgrasya pa.