Digitally enabled collaborative governance for sustaining bus reforms on the EDSA Busway in Metro Manila

IF 3.4 3区工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS

Research in Transportation Economics Pub Date : 2025-09-08 DOI:10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101633

Noriel Christopher C. Tiglao , Erris Sanciangco , Niki Jon Tolentino

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Abstract

The Epifanio de los Santos Avenue or EDSA is a major arterial road in Metro Manila, Philippines which connects several Central Business Districts (CBDs) and major shopping malls of the metropolis with an average daily vehicle traffic reaching more than 400,000 plying its 23.8-km stretch. EDSA serves as a major public transport corridor due to the alignment of other mass transit systems. Over the years, serious attempts were made to increase the quality of bus services, but these were not sustained. In 2021, the city bus routes passing along EDSA were revamped and around 150 bus operators were consolidated into two consortia to operate the EDSA Busway during the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally intended to provide an augmentation service to the EDSA-MRT3 which was undergoing repairs along with passenger capacity restrictions to curb the spread of the virus, the government is trying to improve bus operations and infrastructure yet again. This paper describes the collaborative digital twin model, giving a detailed explanation of its development, components, and validation process, providing an analytical tool to improve governance and operations for the EDSA Busway.

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马尼拉大都会EDSA公交道的数字化协同治理以维持公交改革

Epifanio de los Santos大道（EDSA）是菲律宾马尼拉大都会的一条主干道，连接了大都市的几个中央商务区（CBDs）和主要购物中心，其23.8公里长的路段平均每天的车辆流量超过40万辆。由于与其他公共交通系统保持一致，EDSA成为主要的公共交通走廊。多年来，为提高公共汽车服务质量作出了认真的努力，但这些努力并没有持续下去。2021年，经过EDSA的城市公交路线进行了改造，约150家公交运营商被合并为两个财团，在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间运营EDSA公交道。政府原本打算为正在进行维修的EDSA-MRT3提供增强服务，同时限制乘客容量以遏制病毒的传播，现在政府正试图再次改善公交车运营和基础设施。本文描述了协作数字孪生模型，详细解释了其开发、组成和验证过程，为改进EDSA母线槽的治理和运营提供了分析工具。

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Research in Transportation Economics Multiple-

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60 days

期刊介绍： Research in Transportation Economics is a journal devoted to the dissemination of high quality economics research in the field of transportation. The content covers a wide variety of topics relating to the economics aspects of transportation, government regulatory policies regarding transportation, and issues of concern to transportation industry planners. The unifying theme throughout the papers is the application of economic theory and/or applied economic methodologies to transportation questions.