The inhuman traffic and transportation situation in Metro Manila has reached disastrous levels. No taxpaying citizen should have to sit for five hours by a road hopelessly waiting for a means of transportation or camp in traffic with no food nor means to relieve themselves. 

It is clear President Aquino and government agencies need to intervene with immediate and significant emergency action in order to take serious steps to alleviate our catastrophic transportation situation - either through emergency powers or strong exercises of executive and police authority. Whatever the mechanism, we expect more meaningful and swifter action from President Aquino.