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“Transportation for A Better Life:
Smart Mobility for Now and Then”

23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

1. General Introduction vehicles in Metro Manila by offering quality service
at an affordable price for commuters.
The Philippines has a lot of public
transportation to offer to the commuters which Table 1.1 P2P Bus Routes within Metro Manila
indicates that the country has a growing economy
and developing urban city. Available public modes
bring various benefits as they serve as avenues and
options for the public transit users to travel around.
Some of the public modes accessible to the
commuters are the jeepneys, taxi, UV, Van, FX, and
bus. However, these public modes of transportation
will not be able to serve its purpose if the quality and
operating system are not in good condition. Jeepney
is one of the most used types of public utility
vehicles but this does not have any air-conditioning
materials and utilities against heat, rain, smoke and
other fumes. Jeepneys also do not have seat belts for
passengers and priority seats for people with
disabilities making people suffer before reaching
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their destinations.

In order to ease the problems encountered
when riding public vehicles, people consider the use
of private cars as a better mode of transportation in
travelling and getting around places. [4] However,
despite the comfort and convenience it gives to As a result, the study focused on
people, private vehicles are one of the main understanding the factors that affect the behavior of
contributors in traffic congestion as they occupy big commuters in Metro Manila in choosing
space while carrying one to four passengers only. transportation modes through mode choice analysis
Compared to private vehicles, buses provide a great that can significantly help in transportation planning.
help in solving the worsening traffic conditions in The study was also conducted to emphasize the use
the country as it can carry around 40-60 passengers of P2P Bus service as a public utility vehicle that can
while occupying the space of two cars on the road. provide quality service and meet the travel demands
of the commuters. Since P2P Bus Service is a newly
There are different types of buses available adopted system in the country, this study also aims
in the Philippines, such as provincial bus, air- to analyze if the newly integrated system fulfilled its
conditioned bus, and Point-to-Point (P2P) Bus objectives as a new public transportation mode. The
Service. Last March 2015, the Department of garnered data tackled only the origins and
Transportation (DoTr) together with the Land destinations within Metro Manila available on
Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board December 2018. The data gathered and analyzed
(LTFRB), launched the newly adopted service were based on survey questionnaires, onboard bus
system of bus which is the Point-to-Point (P2P) Bus survey forms and NLOGIT software simulations
Service. As of May 2019, there are a total of 53 only. For the analysis, the study did not consider
routes for the P2P buses which travel within Metro unexpected and unusual occurrences and did not
Manila and its neighboring provinces. Table 1.1 affect the choice of people regarding which mode of
shows the specific routes that the P2P buses take transportation to use. Moreover, this study provided
within Metro Manila as of December 2018. This the data information that are significant and reliable
kind of routing system enables the vehicle to reduce that can show factors why commuters should chose
travel time by implementing scheduled time of P2P as more efficient and economical means of
arrival and departure in the location without transportation compared to other modes.
inconsistent stops. According to DoTr, this P2P Bus
service is the key to lessen traffic congestion of

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