Digitally enabled collaborative governance for sustaining bus reforms on the EDSA Busway in Metro Manila

Noriel Christopher C. Tiglao, Erris Sanciangco and Niki Jon Tolentino

Research in Transportation Economics, 2025, vol. 113, issue C

Abstract: The Epifanio de los Santos Avenue or EDSA is a major arterial road in Metro Manila, Philippines which connects several Central Business Districts (CBDs) and major shopping malls of the metropolis with an average daily vehicle traffic reaching more than 400,000 plying its 23.8-km stretch. EDSA serves as a major public transport corridor due to the alignment of other mass transit systems. Over the years, serious attempts were made to increase the quality of bus services, but these were not sustained. In 2021, the city bus routes passing along EDSA were revamped and around 150 bus operators were consolidated into two consortia to operate the EDSA Busway during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally intended to provide an augmentation service to the EDSA-MRT3 which was undergoing repairs along with passenger capacity restrictions to curb the spread of the virus, the government is trying to improve bus operations and infrastructure yet again. This paper describes the collaborative digital twin model, giving a detailed explanation of its development, components, and validation process, providing an analytical tool to improve governance and operations for the EDSA Busway.

Keywords: Collaborative governance; Bus transport; Bus reforms; Collaborative digital twin; Simulation modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C6 D7 D78 O21 R38 R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101633

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