Public transport is a problem

On a Highway to Hell
Imagine a tone-deaf man invalidating the daily plight of the Filipinos who commute every day just to get to school or work on time. “There is no [crisis] because people are still arriving at their destinations,” he is heard saying. Confidently he says that, as there will be no reduction in his salary because he is late because of the traffic jam. He is confident to say those words as he is too high up the social rung, he won’t see anything when he looks down, he chooses not to. Those who are opulent will always be oblivious to the struggle of the mass because they think they are higher than them, what a thought.
Be creative, he says, so how do we do it?

Hell on our (W)Heels
The emergence of private-owned cars keep on happening as people start thinking that they can be at ease when they are riding in the comfort of their own cars. Because of this thinking, the volume of vehicles in main roads continue to grow, increasing traffic more and more. If only the government could start working on something that is going to solve the nationwide transport crisis rather than blame the people for the traffic they cause. The roads keep getting narrower and narrower for the people, and it only keeps getting wider and wider for the privileged ones.

Heavy Rail Transit
Another mode of commute is by means of trains, the Light Rail and the Metro Rail. Said to be quite a comfortable way to commute, but it is also noted that you have to endure a sea of people squishing each other like sardines so they could get to board few carts of a train, systems malfunctioning then and there, the train breaking down causing everyone in it to go down and just walk the rail just to get home. Glitches happen then and there, yes, but it should not cripple the whole transportation system of a place. There is no easy and fast solution to these kind of issues, but the years of neglect to these problems are the ones burdening the passengers and commuters with a burden they should not even be carrying. And instead of long-term plans to fix these issues, the government opts for short-term solutions so they can profit off of it while getting away with causing more problems to the public. These rails are leading on to a dead end, and the only people who can give way is closing their eyes so they don’t get the blame.

Grab Cars (and Money Too!)
And finally, an emerging form of commute is by means of hiring a car in a company called Grab. With a promise of a kind driver, of being in an air-conditioned car, and of being safe from a sea of passengers ready to fight you to death so they can get to where they are headed, it seems so promising. But that promise comes with a high price. And with the economy going down, and the prices getting higher and higher, where will the common Filipino get the money to avail this kind of comfort?

The government should look on solving this transport crisis than avoiding and denying it. Because if only the comfort of the privileged is obtained, will you even call it change?