Secretary Vince Dizon on Tuesday offered several immediate solutions and improvements that can be immediately implemented on the EDSA Busway to provide commuters comfortable and accessible travel along the bus system.

Sec. Dizon enumerated immediate, medium- and long-term solutions to be implemented by the Department of Transportation (DOTr).

On his first day as transport chief, Sec. Dizon rode the EDSA Bus Carousel from Ortigas to Monumento, and observed, among others, non-existent clear way finders at busway and MRT-3 stations, faulty timers at bus stops, inconvenient railing stops, and broken elevators.

He also noted a stricter dispatch system must be implemented at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) and Monumento Station to ensure buses leave on time and avoid clogging at bus stops, guaranteeing an even more predictable travel time for commuters.

The transport chief explained that to avoid busway passengers from mixing up with MRT-3 passengers, the transport agency will have to construct separate busway concourses for busway passengers for ease of commute.

“The ultimate fix which would take anywhere between 10 and 12 months or 14 months is we have to build separate concourses [for EDSA Busway],” Sec. Dizon said, adding that the SM Group has already donated two busway concourses.

The DOTr will replicate the model busway stations donated by the SM Group for other EDSA Busway stations by bidding out for the construction of the concourses in May with construction expected to commence in the second half of 2025, according to Sec. Dizon.

Sec. Dizon earlier said that he will ride the EDSA Bus Carousel to experience firsthand the daily plight of commuters using the busway system and see the upgrades needed to be implemented.

He added that the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the EDSA Busway will be up for privatization as part of the long term plans for the busway system with its feasibility study to be completed in a few months and is expected to be awarded by the end of 2026.

In 2024, EDSA Busway ridership has topped 63,022,953, while a total of 5,503,388 commuters have patronized the bus system in January 2025.