With limited time remaining before its loan financing for the long-delayed Cebu bus rapid transit (BRT) expires, the World Bank has recommended downscaling the project under the watch of the newly elected provincial and city officials. “The pace of project implementation has slowed down...
Engineering and infrastructure conglomerate Megawide Construction Corporation and Maplecrest Group Inc. (MGI), through the joint venture Cavite Rapid Transport Inc., have signed the contract for the P1.87 billion Cavite Bus Rapid Transit System Project (CBRT) with the Provincial Government of...
ILOILO CITY — Sweden is financing the feasibility study for the proposed bus rapid transit system in Metro Iloilo. VICE Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon (right) with Ambassador Harald Fries of Sweden (center) and Trade Commissioner Johan Lennefalk. (Iloilo City PIO) Ambassador Harald Fries of Sweden...
(photo: DOTr) Davao City will soon have its own bus rapid system following the signing of four agreements that will...
The Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge (BCIB) and the Cebu Bus Rail Transit (BRT) projects have faced delays and increased construction costs, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) announced. In a briefing, NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan on Friday, Oct. 13, said that the...
Noting that the Filipino commuters are suffering because of the inefficient public transportation system in Metro Manila, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Tuesday, April 19, questioned the government’s slow implementation of the bus rapid transit (BRT) project in Metro Manila that could’ve...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) ordered round-the-clock construction of the P16.3 billion Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (Cebu BRT) so a crucial segment can operate within 2021. In a meeting last week, Transport Secretary Arthur P. Tugade declared he wants Package 1 of the Cebu BRT to be partially...
