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    Having an efficient public transportaion (or problem of excessive number of buses)

    Please consider the following:
    1. We notice that most jeepneys (as well as buses and tricycles) run with many seats empty for most of the day and night in most routes
    2. To fill up their seats the drivers resort to waiting for extended time at street corners to get enough passengers
    3. The operating costs of jeepneys include fuel, components for building the jeepneys and spare parts are mostly imported

    Considering the above we get the following consequences:
    1. Fares have to be made high in order to allow all those drivers and operators to earn a living which reduces the take home pay of commuters
    2. Excessive traffic jams because of obstructing jeepneys
    3. Lost productivity because jeepney passengers take longer time to reach their destinations due to drivers waiting for other passengers
    4. Lost productivity because other road users are hampered from reaching their destinations sooner
    5. Wasteful fuel consumption due to low average passenger load (per liters of fuel consumed)
    6. Fuel and time wasted by all road user due to traffic jams (mentioned above)
    7. Much foreign currency is unnecessarily spent - for building jeepneys and maintenance spare parts which are mostly imported due to over capacity
    8. More roads have to built to accommodate such excessive number of jeepney
    9. More accidents, pollution, stress on the road, health problems, etc.

    Benefits of reducing the number of public vehicles to just the right number:
    1. Jeepneys need not spend much time waiting for passengers (actually passengers should be the one waiting for jeepneys within a reasonable time)
    2. Jeepneys can make more trips with full passengers and thus earn more money
    3. Fares can be reduced based on the above
    4. Productivity will be improved with less time lost on the load
    5. More passengers will patronize jeepneys since they know they can reach their destinations sooner
    6. Less people need to buy private cars
    7. Less resources (money) spent for fuel, new jeepneys, maintenance spare parts, etc.
    8. Out industries will be more productive and competitive thus increasing investments
    9. Less money spent for health problems brought about by pollution and stress on the road, accidents, etc.
    10. Other road users can benefit due to savings on time, fuel and maintenance costs
    11. The public sill benefit with goods and services delivered sooner thus reducing transport costs and selling price
    In short the country will benefit as a whole.

    We are not against public transportation, only against such excessive numbers of jeepneys, buses and tricycles which are not necessary.

    As a hypothesis, if the jeepneys (or buses) are run by one operator, will it field all those numbers? Obviously you will just operate the optimum number. This will be a win-win solution with cheaper fare and all the benefits mentioned above.
    I believe that it's time we think this through. Attention LTRFB, PNoy.
    God bless the Philippines.

    #2
    Very good observation and points you raised there. IMHO, it will all boil down to the "matuwid na daan" of PNoy. As long as there are corrupt people in LTO and other franchising boards, nothing much will change as franchises will be issued left and right without regard to the carrying capacity of our streets or if there really is still need for more public transport vehicles plying routes in a particular area...

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      #3
      they even allow bicycle sidecar to ply the road even the major one, which help slow down the cars and uses more fuel, brake pads, etc...
      sidewalk vendors occupy the sidewalk/ even roads as if they own it which in turn make people walk the street and of course again, slow down the cars
      Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.
      - Bruce Lee

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        #4
        Sec. Robredo is bent on implementing the laws regarding what transport vehicles are allowed in major and national roads. Hope he succeeds. As for the sidewalks, maybe we need Bayani back in MMDA?

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          #5
          Originally posted by hbt View Post
          they even allow bicycle sidecar to ply the road even the major one, which help slow down the cars and uses more fuel, brake pads, etc...
          sidewalk vendors occupy the sidewalk/ even roads as if they own it which in turn make people walk the street and of course again, slow down the cars
          LGUs allow this to get more votes on next election...
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            #6
            Originally posted by Reiji View Post
            LGUs allow this to get more votes on next election...
            Obviously. Thats why the country is having a hard time moving forward
            Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.
            - Bruce Lee

            http://www.youtube.com/v/7m-SEdOKrE4...yer_detailpage

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              #7
              Originally posted by Reiji View Post
              LGUs allow this to get more votes on next election...
              Sad but true, same reason for the squatter communities....

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                #8
                Originally posted by hbt View Post
                Obviously. Thats why the country is having a hard time moving forward
                Originally posted by gtv View Post
                Sad but true, same reason for the squatter communities....
                at least we are moving slowly in the right direction...
                govt is now going for those tax evaders and corrupt officials...
                it would take time...we should be patient and give support...
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                  #9
                  O yes! its just difficult for our country to move ahead when there's a lot of back tracking/fixing to do.
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