The ongoing work at the North Avenue Grand Central station gives one hope after years of being deprived of the lack of interconnectivity of our mass transit lines
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The extensive pre-war rail network of Greater Metro Manila
How extensive was the rail network of what's now Greater Metro Manila before WWII? The Urban Roamer made a map and this post to show how far-reaching it once was.
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Time For A New EDSA Mass Transit Line
I’ll start by getting this sentiment out of the way: the current Mass Transit Line 3 in EDSA sucks. And it’s not just because of the technical problems it all too often suffers from. From an aesthetic, design, and capability standpoint, the current Line 3 just sucks so bad. Consider the following issues of the system right now.
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Where’s the Line 1 South Extension?
During the last days of 2015, people were all in anticipation with what should be the biggest news on the first day of 2016, President Noynoy Aquino and my “favorite” Transportation Secretary Jun (P)Abaya being run over by a train because they apparently could not keep their promise of having the construction of the 11.7 kilometer Line 1 South Extension from Baclaran to Bacoor in Cavite by the end of 2015. It was a promise first uttered at the height of the campaign period for the 2013 midterm elections as Aquino was campaigning for his senatorial bets in Cavite. It also happens that (P)Abaya was also a congressman of the province…
