Chaos at the MRT

MRT3 General Manager Al Vitangcol admitted that the MRT system was not meant for the future. Meaning, those who constructed the railway system did not anticipate the possibility of achieving maximum limits when it comes to ridership.

Now, we see long lines every single day, an inconvenience to thousands of MRT commuters.  The government has not admitted it, but we are already experiencing what experts call "traffic armageddon." The system has reached its limits. Sadly, the government is unable to correct the problem.

Now, even if we follow what Communications secretary Sonny Coloma suggested to find alternative ways of transport, there is not much around. Government should have anticipated this early on.

This only means that our government lacks the vision and the pro-activeness expected of it. How then can we sustain the so-called "gains" when there is a lack or even in some aspects, absence of necessary infrastructure?

It is a good idea to involve business enterprises yet, the sad fact really is these companies are after huge profits. Government is supposed to regulate the greed, but because government is itself, greedy, it allows these companies to do what it wants to the detriment of millions of Filipino consumers and commuters.

This is the bleak future we see in the horizon. This is the collusion that harms most of us. Is it possible to break it? Yes, it is possible through an overhaul of the entire system.