Investigation of high capacity public transport in Metro Manila

• Main Authors: De Guzman, Mary Grace, Lao, Alexander, Romualdez, Dietrich Lee
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2001
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/11705
• Institution: De La Salle University

Transportation has always been a major part of people's everyday lives, and it has a very high demand in the urban areas, especially around Metro Manila. Different people travel in different ways, and these differences are a result of their preferences in choosing which mode to travel. Transport facilities should also be evaluated to see how well they perform. This study aims to evaluate the operations of two rail transits, LRT and MRT, and compare the characteristics of bus and MRT operations and passengers. This study is conducted through timing rail transit operations and presenting surveys for both MRT and bus riders. Data collections for the study were conducted during the morning and afternoon rush hours, where very high number of commuters for both transits is present. The study resulted to MRT having a more reliable operating performance compared to LRT. There were samples for LRT that showed a great amount of delay to the traveling individual as shown in the headway. Passengers who took the MRT ranged from 20 to 30 years old, while the bus passengers were from 26 to 40 years old. For transits, most of their passengers take the jeep before and after riding the transit, and they usually came from home in the morning to work and vice versa in the afternoon. In getting the time/cost saving between Bus and MRT those who took the non air-conditioned bus definitely saved in terms of cost, the air-conditioned bus passengers got to save cost traveling a short distance, and for the MRT passengers, they saved both time and cost when traveling farther compared to the air-conditioned bus.