YEARENDER: EDSA Bus Carousel a bane for abusive motorists

With a stricter policy in place, the exclusive EDSA Bus Carousel lane has apparently become a jinx for motorists taking advantage of fewer vehicles using it.

- GHIO ONG

It has also cost an official of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority or MMDA his post as EDSA's traffic czar.

The city buses in the Bus Carousel started transporting passengers along EDSA between Monumento and the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange in June 2020 at the height of the pandemic.

The buses initially gave free rides but later on charged bus fares from passengers.

Amid complaints from passengers about lack of accessibility to elevators and walkways as well as from bus groups claiming they were deprived of income, the government repeatedly vowed to improve the EDSA Bus Carousel, set up along EDSA's innermost lanes.