Evo & Grace: The WanderLusts

Samar 1st District Representative Edgar Mary Sarmiento who happen to be the  House Transportation Committee Chairman, recently unveiled the blueprint of his proposed centralized and synchronized bus dispatch system which would turn the EDSA's rowdy and chaotic city buses into a fast, efficient and predictable mass transport system. A civil engineer by profession, Sarmiento disclosed the full details of his proposal after announcing that his panel is closely working with the Department of Transportation (DoTr) to craft a roadmap which would solve EDSA's traffic problem. In his proposal, Sarmiento said that the innermost lane of EDSA will serve as an "express bus lane" which can be accessed through stations used by the MRT. Like a carousel, the "express bus lane" will just circle around EDSA, duplicating the route of the MRT. "People who use the MRT can now have the option to ride the bus which will be also operated like a carousel. The buses w...