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The Philippine transportation system is characterized by a systemic shortage, with the capital city Manila having among the world’s worst traffic congestion, transport quality, and among the least walkable cities. Nationwide, commuting has become harder or very much harder for a majority of commuters in the pandemic; a third say commutes have gotten worse recently. In our coalition’s previous policy and systems papers, we argued that this deterioration of our urban transport systems is caused by a system of car-centric public budgeting (Suzara, Abante, et al, 2021) and car-centric success metrics among agencies (Chang, Benito, Abante, Bendaña, 2022). We investigate in this paper another root cause: a fragmented and car-centric land transport governance structure.
This paper aims to explore underlying issues in Philippine land transport governance that exist at the institutional level that contribute to the country’s transport woes. Through a review of local and international transport governance policies and practices, and consultations with both government and civil society representatives within the transport sector, this paper aims to come up with solutions for transport governance issues faced by the government across the national and local levels.
