Transport group: Oil price hike, commuter lines, congested roads require pro-people solutions

Motorists experience bumper to bumper traffic along the southbound lane of EDSA Kamuning in Quezon City on December 9, 2022.

STAR / Jesse Bustos

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 4:05 p.m.) — A transport group said Monday that increasing Metro Manila commuter woes stress that need for the government to immediately fix the highly inefficient mass transport problems in the country — from the volatile price of fuel in the country to congested commuter lines and insufficient public transport.

Fuel prices are expected to increase on Tuesday with diesel prices getting an estimated P2 per liter increase after weeks of rollbacks. This comes on top of record-high inflation, a crisis in road transport supply, worsening poverty and a lack of government assistance to poor Filipino families.

Ahead of the holidays, tales of commuter woe are once again a common subject on social media as Filipinos head back to their home provinces. 

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