EDSA BUSWAY PROJECTMaximizing public and personal transport options in a New Normal Scenario

BACKGROUND

EDSA Busway Project is a joint undertaking of the DOTr, MMDA, and DPWH. The goal of the project is to deliver reliable, safe, accessible, environmentally-friendly, dependable, efficient, and comfortableroad-based public transport system in the country’s main thoroughfare.

The Project features the use of a dedicated median lane for buses with stations built at the median island, allowing for a more efficient travel by avoiding conflict with connecting streets, driveways, commercial centers, and curbside drop off points.

TIMELINE

APRIL 2020

Planning stage (review of the E-Bus concept and MMBRT-L2

concept)

MAY 2020

Installation of temporary barriers to enclose the

median laneConstruction of the initial

station attached to rail facilities (7 stations)

Consolidation of operators that will run the EDSA Busway

JUNE 2020

Start of operation and

Procurement of barriers that will

replace the temporary barriers

JULY 2020

Painting of the median

lane (in partnership

with Boysen)

AUGUST 2020

Additional stations along the route

started operating (5 additional stations)

OCTOBER 2020

Discussion with SwedFund on the

grant that they are offering

NOVEMBER 2020

Signing of the Memorandum of

Agreement between the DOTr and the

private companies that will donate the busway bridge with concourse

MARCH 2021

Requested the approval of the Office of the

President (thru DOF, DFA, and NEDA) to accept the

grant for a technical assistance being offered

by SwedFund

OCTOBER 2021

Civil works completion of bus stops in Buendia, RoxasBlvd. Taft, and Tramo (To be

implemented by MMDA)

DECEMBER 2021

Inauguration of the three (3) Concourses from the

SM Prime Holdings Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Fig 2. EDSA Busway Concourse Perspective

Fig 3. EDSA Busway Concourse Perspective

Fig 4. EDSA Busway Concourse Amenities

Fig 5. Start of Construction of EDSA Busway Stations

Fig 6. View of the EDSA Busway Guadalupe Stations

Fig 7. Painting of the Median Lane Markers

Fig 8. Installation of Concrete Barriers at Median Separator

CURBSIDE BUS (PRE-BUSWAY) EDSA BUSWAY

Number of bus

units

• Average of 3340 units passing through

EDSA daily

• Total of 550 units will run the route

Franchise • Fragmented franchise being run by several

operators

• Operators that consolidated to form a

consortia that will run the route will be issued

with franchise for the EDSA Busway route

Lane Utilization • No dedicated bus lane in EDSA • Buses to run the median lane for the entire

stretch from PITX to Monumento, free from

obstruction from the mix traffic.

KEY COMPARISON

KEY COMPARISONCURB-SIDE BUS (PRE-BUSWAY) EDSA BUSWAY

Average Daily

Ridership

• 260,000 pax/day

(Based on ITDP Survey: 2015)

• 300,000 pax/day to 500,000 pax/day if the

current system improved.(Sweco 2018)

Travel Time • 2 hours to 3 hours from end-to-end

(Sweco 2018 report)

• 45 mins to 1 hour because the traffic

congestion at the outer lanes has minimum

to no effect on the median busway lane

(Data from LTFRB Monitoring and info from

consortia)

Travel Speed • Stop-and-go and standstill traffic affects

the buses. Average travel speed in EDSA

is around 12 kph

(Based on Sweco 2018 report, average P2P

speed)

• Buses are traveling the busway at around

20kph to 34kph at an average with a

maximum speed limit of 50kph

(Data from Sakay.ph, Speed taken from GPS

data)

Stations (Bus Stops) • Pick-up and drop-off points are at the

curbside

• To build a total of 28 stations at the median

island. This excludes the PITX

KEY COMPARISON

Pre-Busway Condition where buses are mixed with other vehicles where both buses and private vehicles are stuck in traffic. Resulting to poor PUB level-of-service along EDSA

Current bus system in EDSA, where traffic at the private car lanes has a minimal effect on the dedicated median lane. This resulted to less travel time and better level-of-service.

ATTACHEMENTSMedian Busway Plans and Key Results from the 2018 Sweco Study

Reference for the Ridership Data

Reference for the Busway Benefits

Reference for the Busway Benefits

Design Reference for the Median Lane

Design Reference for the Median Lane