Biz group opposes proposal to allow hybrid, e-vehicles on EDSA busway

Commuters avail free rides as part of the “Libreng Sakay” program at the Monumento EDSA carousel bus station in Caloocan City on August 6, 2022.

The STAR / Jesse Bustos

MANILA, Philippines — A business group expressed opposition to the proposal to allow hybrid and electric vehicles on the EDSA busway, stressing that doing so will reduce the efficiency of the capital region’s important transport corridor. 

In a statement Friday, the Management Association of the Philippines said that implementing the proposal allowing other vehicles on the EDSA busway “amounts to policy backsliding and will seriously set back the gains thus far achieved.” 

EDSA busway is used exclusively by public buses, reducing the amount of time spent by commuters on travel. 

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