Stranded passengers, chaotic implementation and additional cost and burden to commuters in Southern Luzon. This is what the integrated bus terminal system has achieved. Why? Because it has been done in haste, without proper consultation and planning. Because all Tolentino wanted is to create a niche as MMDA Chairman and surpass his predecessors, at the expense of the riding public from South Luzon. He has made us like a guinea pig for an experiment.

To ease traffic at EDSA and major roads in Metro Manila, MMDA should first weed out all colorum or illegal buses. True, we might need a new system - but that system should work for the people. For example, why doesn't the government establish first a railway system like LRT and MRT that is directly connected to the integrated bus terminal? Or why don't it designate a viable pick up point inside the same terminal for city buses? Why make so many people walk long distances and risk their lives to get a ride in the highway?

Lack of plans, full of egotism - that is what this project is all about. Go back to the planning board, and come up with a better solution!