ADVERTISEMENTWhile Duterte was not given special powers, he had the six-year Build, Build, Build (BBB) program, which cost P8 trillion. READ: Targets missed in Duterte’s ‘Build, Build, Build’: What’s next? For Move As One, the government should invest in more immediate mobility demands by prioritizing road-based public transportation. BBB ‘not the only way out’It stressed that “we need to learn from the past decade’s mistakes and work together to get out of this,” saying that the government cannot merely Build, Build, Build its way out of the crisis. Move As One stressed that with the public transportation system on the brink of collapse, the legalization of motorcycle taxis would have released additional public transportation supply at a time when there is a large deficit.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 20, 2022 11:52 UTC