Metro Rail Transit

MRT LRT fare hikes will fuel already high transport inflation

February 17, 2023

Passenger transport services inflation, which includes passenger transport by rapid transit and tram, has spiked from 3.4% in June 2022 to 13.9% in January 2023. This will become even higher should the MRT LRT fare hikes be approved.

More glitches of privatized MRT3 in 2016 bared

July 12, 2017

#PeoplesSona2017/ Research group IBON attributed Metro Rail Transit Line 3’s (MRT3) more frequent breakdowns to the privatization of the rail transport. The group reminded government that passing on to corporations the State’s role to provide the people with a rail transport system, as with other basic utilities, has by experience been at the expense of […]

Reject LRT-1 fare hike and junk PPP deal, IBON urges next admin

May 9, 2016

#BeyondElections2016 | As millions of voters troop to polling precincts to choose the country’s next political leaders, research group IBON Foundation urged whomever the new President will be to reject the fare hike being sought by the private operator of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT 1). The group added that the new administration […]