00:01Transport advocacy group MOVE-AS-1 coalition flags the absence of funding for the EDSA busway, service contracting program, and
00:08fuel subsidies for transport drivers in the DOTR's proposed 2027 budget.
00:13The EDSA busway, listed as the National Capital Region Busway Project, received P88.7 million in the 2026 budget.
00:21MOVE-AS-1 also questions the lack of funding for road safety in the DOTR's 2027 budget proposal.
00:27The group also notes significant cuts to the public transportation modernization program.
00:31The allocation for the program fell from P2.5 billion in 2026 to P176.8 million in 2027.
00:40Funding for active transportation was also cut from P105.38 million to P33.8 million in the proposed 2027 budget.
00:48MOVE-AS-1 active transport lead Abigail Modales describes the decline in the active transportation budget in the past few
00:55years, not a dip but a collapse.
00:57Rappler has reached out to the DOTR for a statement but has yet to receive a response.
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