AFCS in the Philippines - Why no progress?
The Jeepney and city bus modernization program has been in place for many years. This program also included a mandate for automated fare collection. And still, there has been no progress. Automated fare collection in most mass transit systems in the Philippines is non-existent.
In this article, I will tease out some of the reasons for this state of affairs. I will focus on Jeepneys and city buses.
The light rail systems in Manila and the planned subway or long distance train lines have very different problems, which I might look at in a future post.