The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is fast-tracking big ticket transport infrastructure, while pushing for high-capacity mass transportation systems to give back time and enhance productivity for commuters, Secretary Vince Dizon said.
Dizon said that to make commuting convenient and comfortable for commuters, the DOTr is building infrastructure that is commuter-centric, as well as encouraging car owners to use public transportation.
“Building high-capacity mass transit, building more walkways for people to walk, for people to bike, is really the way to go,” the transport chief said in an interview.
The transport head cited projects such as the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP), North-South Commuter Railway System (NSCR), EDSA Busway modernization, and MRT-7, among others.
“The solution does not lie in building more roads.”
“The solution does not lie in building more roads, more wider roads. The solution lies in building high-capacity infrastructures for the commuters,” he explained.
“Once the subway and Manila-Pampanga train system are completed, the four-hour commuting from Pampanga and Bulacan to Metro Manila and vice versa will be cut down to 30 minutes to one hour.”
Once the subway and Manila-Pampanga train system are completed, the four-hour commuting from Pampanga and Bulacan to Metro Manila and vice versa will be cut down to 30 minutes to one hour, Dizon pointed out.
“This is game changing in the amount of savings, amount of quality time spent with family, and the amount of productivity that we can gain from all of these transportation projects, so we have to finish them,” Dizon concluded.
