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fter the stringent lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the reopening of Metro Manila has brought to the fore the abysmal public transportation system in this sprawling metropolis of over 13 million souls. Just getting people from point A to point B in a timely and civilized manner seems impossible in Metro Manila. This disastrous situation was created through decades of neglect by public officials—from the local level, all the way up to the national level—who never bothered to fix a broken public transportation system.