Metro Manila public transportation among the worst in the world: study

Commuters endure the long queue as they wait in line to hop on a bus at the Roosevelt Avenue bus station along EDSA in Quezon City on November 2, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila's public transportation and urban mobility still fall behind most of the world after both ranked among the worst cities across the globe on these categories in a new study. 

The results of the 2022 Urban Mobility Readiness Index released earlier this week placed the Philippine capital as 58th in "urban mobility readiness" among the 60 cities studied around the world with the worst public transit systems. Manila also ranked 48th for Sustainable Mobility and 56th for Public Transit.

The study by think tank Oliver Wyman Forum and the University of California, Berkeley ranked 60 cities around the world based on “mobility readiness," determined by the quality of its public transit systems and other factors like commute speed, affordability and waiting time.

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