The passing of former president BSC Aquino III and the inauguration of Line 2 East Extension has led some arguments on the late president's contribution to this project. The Urban Roamer is happy to give a history lesson on that.
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North Avenue Grand Central Station: the common station dream realized?
The ongoing work at the North Avenue Grand Central station gives one hope after years of being deprived of the lack of interconnectivity of our mass transit lines
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The extensive pre-war rail network of Greater Metro Manila
How extensive was the rail network of what's now Greater Metro Manila before WWII? The Urban Roamer made a map and this post to show how far-reaching it once was.
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Time For A New EDSA Mass Transit Line
I’ll start by getting this sentiment out of the way: the current Mass Transit Line 3 in EDSA sucks. And it’s not just because of the technical problems it all too often suffers from. From an aesthetic, design, and capability standpoint, the current Line 3 just sucks so bad. Consider the following issues of the system right now.