Philippine Government to Install Wheelchair Lifts at EDSA Busway Stations

All EDSA (Epifanio de los Santos Avenue) Busway stations in the Philippines will have a wheelchair lift to accommodate persons with disabilities, senior citizens and pregnant women, the Philippine News Agency reports. Officials said the installation of elevators was in accordance with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directive to improve the public’s commuting experience. A total of 18 elevators across six EDSA Busway stations are already operational. The EDSA Busway currently has 23 bus stops from Monumento in Caloocan City to the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) in Parañaque City. The EDSA Busway from Monumento to the PITX was launched at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. It has reduced the end-to-end travel time on EDSA from 3 h to 1.5 h. In January alone, the busway served more than 5.5 million passengers, averaging 177,000 daily commuters.