00:00Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon recommended
00:03the installation of clear signages and bridgeways in the EDSA busway in Ortigas.
00:09This is so that it won't be confusing to the passengers of the MRT-3.
00:14This is Bernard Ferrer of PTV in Balitang Pambansa.
00:20The public should expect a more modern EDSA busway in the next year.
00:24This is the task of the Department of Transportation
00:26to make the passengers' journey easier and more comfortable.
00:30On the first day of the Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon's appointment,
00:34he personally tried to ride the EDSA busway from Ortigas to the monument
00:38to see the problems faced by the commuters.
00:42One of the things he noticed is the narrow path for the passengers of the EDSA busway and MRT-3
00:47which is full of obstacles and confusing to the passengers.
00:51This is where Secretary Dizon emphasized the construction of a concourse
00:54or bridgeway for the EDSA busways in Ortigas
00:57as well as clearer signages to facilitate the movement of the commuters.
01:02As a model, DOT-R will use the design of the concourse or bridgeway of a mall in North EDSA
01:08and it will be implemented in the lower EDSA busway station.
01:12We're going to start the process of bidding out for the improvement of the stations for this year.
01:22So there's budget allocated and we will use the model station of SM North EDSA and SM Mega Mall.
01:29We will replicate those in all the other 21 stations.
01:34Aside from this, Kalihim also noticed the improper operation of some timers in the EDSA busway.
01:39Secretary Dizon insisted that the illegal vehicles passing through the EDSA busway
01:45should be monitored while continuing to study the possibility of its privatization.
01:49Meanwhile, Kalihim in Malacanang also approved the list of seven officials
01:52who will lead the major sectors of DOT-R.
01:55One of the important directives of President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr. to Secretary Dizon
01:59is to speed up the big-ticket projects of the government
02:02including MRT, LRT, Subway, and Busway, especially in the matter of the right-of-way.
02:08From PTV, Bernard Ferrer for Balitang Pambansa.
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