Subway system mulled for Manila
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"It is time that we have a subway," Singson stated in a press statement on 14 May.
"We need a mass transit subway. We are thinking of connecting it from the FTI (Food Terminal Inc.) in Taguig to an area near the Trinoma mall in Quezon City," he said.
Singson said the plan is to put up bus terminals in Taguig and Quezon City where they can ride the subway to get to their destination.
He believes that the subway system is a viable project that will minimize the number of buses traversing EDSA.
"It will definitely decongest traffic along EDSA," he said.
The Department of Transportation & Communications (DOTC) earlier said that the Japan International Cooperation Agency has offered to conduct a feasibility study to establish a subway system in the Philippines patterned after those in Japan, Hong Kong and the United States.
The DOTC said the government hopes to complete the feasibility study within the term of President Benigno S. Aquino III.
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis Tolentino has also expressed his support for a subway system.
