On August 17, 2020, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board added four more city bus routes. On June 24, the transportation department rolled out its thirty-first and final bus line (Route 10 between Cubao in Quezon City and Doroteo Jose Street in Santa Cruz) under the first two phases of the resumption of public transport as the region shifted to a more relaxed "general community quarantine." On July 1, the EDSA Carousel line (Route E) started its interim operations with a total of fifteen stops in dedicated bus lanes completed by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. The program was a follow through of the 2017 Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program and coincided with the government's gradual and calibrated resumption of Manila's public transport following more than two months under coronavirus restrictions.
In June 2020, the Philippine transportation department launched the Metro Manila Bus Rationalization Program in a complete overhaul of Manila's bus transport network. The oversupply of public utility vehicles as well as redundant and overlapping transport routes have also led to severe road congestions. This extremely deregulated public transport environment has made managing public transport services a challenge for the government for many years. Prior to the 2020 Philippine coronavirus lockdowns, the region had more than 900 public transport routes operated by 830 bus franchises and more than 43,000 jeepney franchises competing with each other. The EDSA Busway services Route E along Metro Manila's main thoroughfare.Īll local or city bus services in Metro Manila are contracted out to private firms.
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