Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2204607
                    [Title] => Business execs urge upgrade, pitch privatization of EDSA bus system
                    [Summary] => The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) is asking the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to upgrade the system of the EDSA Busway and bus service on the “Carousel Line” and consider privatizing it along with the commuter rail systems. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-08-23 19:42:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/07/19/edsa-1-min1658116789130105180125_2022-07-19_15-53-38_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1968764
                    [Title] => Mobility czar office pursued to alleviate mass transport crisis, encourage public transpo
                    [Summary] => "There's just too many cars. The public transportation is not adequate, so people are forced to buy cars, [and] it becomes part of the Filipino dream. If you provide a good alternative, people won’t be tempted to buy cars as often."
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-11-14 14:49:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806533
                    [AuthorName] => Franco Luna
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/10/13/lrt2019-10-0902-26-32_2019-10-13_15-21-27930_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1968755
                    [Title] => Solutions to Metro Manila traffic 'coming along,' NEDA exec says
                    [Summary] => "If you want to move it faster, you'd have to [give up] additional costs. So kumbaga, it will get worse before it gets better, yun talaga. This is where we are, and the solutions are just coming along."


                    [DatePublished] => 2019-11-14 13:01:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806533
                    [AuthorName] => Franco Luna
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/10/14/edsa-traffic_2019-10-14_00-02-22523_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1959075
                    [Title] => Groups call for sincerity as Panelo agrees to commuting 'challenge'
                    [Summary] => "The transport crisis is a serious problem that millions of Filipinos in Metro Manila and other places in the country suffer everyday," Bayan, Anakbayan, and KMU said in a joint statement calling on Panelo to be sincere in taking public transportation, a challenge the president's spokesman earlier dismissed as silly.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-10-10 18:27:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806533
                    [AuthorName] => Franco Luna
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/10/10/panelo-oct8_2019-10-10_11-22-11292_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1958297
                    [Title] => Grant Du30 traffic emergency powers
                    [Summary] => WITH the mass transport crisis threatening to choke the national capital, we are under pressure to grant quickly to President Duterte emergency powers for a specific period to solve Metro Manila traffic problems.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-10-08 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136322
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804858
                    [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr.
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
                )

        )

)

Mass transport crisis

Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2204607
                    [Title] => Business execs urge upgrade, pitch privatization of EDSA bus system
                    [Summary] => The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) is asking the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to upgrade the system of the EDSA Busway and bus service on the “Carousel Line” and consider privatizing it along with the commuter rail systems. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-08-23 19:42:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2022/07/19/edsa-1-min1658116789130105180125_2022-07-19_15-53-38_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1968764
                    [Title] => Mobility czar office pursued to alleviate mass transport crisis, encourage public transpo
                    [Summary] => "There's just too many cars. The public transportation is not adequate, so people are forced to buy cars, [and] it becomes part of the Filipino dream. If you provide a good alternative, people won’t be tempted to buy cars as often."
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-11-14 14:49:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806533
                    [AuthorName] => Franco Luna
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/10/13/lrt2019-10-0902-26-32_2019-10-13_15-21-27930_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1968755
                    [Title] => Solutions to Metro Manila traffic 'coming along,' NEDA exec says
                    [Summary] => "If you want to move it faster, you'd have to [give up] additional costs. So kumbaga, it will get worse before it gets better, yun talaga. This is where we are, and the solutions are just coming along."


                    [DatePublished] => 2019-11-14 13:01:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806533
                    [AuthorName] => Franco Luna
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/10/14/edsa-traffic_2019-10-14_00-02-22523_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1959075
                    [Title] => Groups call for sincerity as Panelo agrees to commuting 'challenge'
                    [Summary] => "The transport crisis is a serious problem that millions of Filipinos in Metro Manila and other places in the country suffer everyday," Bayan, Anakbayan, and KMU said in a joint statement calling on Panelo to be sincere in taking public transportation, a challenge the president's spokesman earlier dismissed as silly.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-10-10 18:27:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806533
                    [AuthorName] => Franco Luna
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/10/10/panelo-oct8_2019-10-10_11-22-11292_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1958297
                    [Title] => Grant Du30 traffic emergency powers
                    [Summary] => WITH the mass transport crisis threatening to choke the national capital, we are under pressure to grant quickly to President Duterte emergency powers for a specific period to solve Metro Manila traffic problems.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-10-08 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136322
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804858
                    [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr.
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
                )

        )

)

abtest

Business execs urge upgrade, pitch privatization of EDSA bus system

August 23, 2022 - 7:42pm

The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) is asking the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to upgrade the system...

Nation

Mobility czar office pursued to alleviate mass transport crisis, encourage public transpo

By Franco Luna | November 14, 2019 - 2:49pm

"There's just too many cars. The public transportation is not adequate, so people are forced to buy cars, [and] it becomes...

Headlines

Solutions to Metro Manila traffic 'coming along,' NEDA exec says

By Franco Luna | November 14, 2019 - 1:01pm

"If you want to move it faster, you'd have to [give up] additional costs. So kumbaga, it will get worse before it gets better,...

Headlines

Groups call for sincerity as Panelo agrees to commuting 'challenge'

By Franco Luna | October 10, 2019 - 6:27pm

"The transport crisis is a serious problem that millions of Filipinos in Metro Manila and other places in the country suffer...

Headlines

Grant Du30 traffic emergency powers

By POSTSCRIPT | By Federico D. Pascual Jr. | October 8, 2019 - 12:00am

WITH the mass transport crisis threatening to choke the national capital, we are under pressure to grant quickly to President Duterte emergency powers for a specific period to solve Metro Manila traffic problem...

Opinion