EDSA Busway

EDSA in 2016, prior to the implementation of the EDSA Busway.

The Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) is the main thoroughfare of Metro Manila.[6] Traffic has always been a concern in the area and since 2007, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ordered buses to stay on the two right-most lanes of the road.[7] Plastic barriers would be added later in 2016.[8] Since then, a proposal for a bus rapid transit system has been under evaluation and was eventually approved in 2018.[9] EDSA was intended to be the second line of the BRT, following Quezon Avenue as the first.[10] Line 2, then known as the Central Corridor, will be eventually realized as the EDSA Busway.

On March 16, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) imposed a community quarantine or lockdown, which halted almost all public and private transportations plying in EDSA. This paved way for the immediate construction of the EDSA Busway. Traffic in the EDSA Busway's lane is restricted to authorized buses as well as emergency vehicles such as ambulances.[11]

Monumento station

The BRT currently has 21 stations and utilizes existing footbridges along EDSA by constructing additional stairways to the center island of EDSA, and also uses some stations of the MRT Line 3 and LRT Line 1 by making use of the train stations' emergency exit stairways. Some bus stops, such as in Ayala, still use the existing stops in the curbside.

• Monumento
• Bagong Barrio
• LRT Balintawak Station
• Kaingin Road
• LRT Roosevelt Station
• MRT North Avenue Station
• MRT Quezon Avenue Station
• Mega Q-Mart
• Main Avenue (Cubao)
• MRT Santolan Station
• MRT Ortigas Station
• Guadalupe Bridge
• MRT Buendia Station
• MRT Ayala Station
• MRT Magallanes Station
• Evangelista/Malibay
• Taft Avenue
• Roxas Boulevard
• Macapagal Boulevard
• SM Mall of Asia
• PITX

On November 17, 2020, The Department of Transportation (DOTr) signed an agreement with SM Prime Holdings, DM Wenceslao and Associates Inc. and Double Dragon Properties Corp. for the construction of EDSA busway bridges. The bridges will be shouldered by the three companies, seek to provide safer, convenient and PWD-friendly walkways for the riding public using the EDSA busway stations, and for pedestrians crossing EDSA.

The EDSA busway bridge was conceptualized with concourse, the structure would also feature a state-of-the-art architecture with concierge, ticketing booths and turnstiles for the automated fare collection system. Ramps and elevators would also be available to provide accessibility for PWDs, senior citizens and pregnant passengers.

The structures will be strategically located at the SM Mall of Asia, SM North EDSA, SM Megamall, Macapagal Boulevard in Aseana City and at the corner of EDSA and Macapagal Avenue.

• On October 1, 2020, the "No beep card, no ride" policy has been implemented to minimize physical contact between commuters and public transport personnel to reduce their risk of getting COVID-19 and to pave way for more seamless and faster transactions to trim down the queuing of passengers. The new policy has drawn flak from commuters due to the current price of the card and its immediate implementation.[12] Within the first week of its implementation, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) suspend the mandatory use of beep cards after AF Payments Incorporated refused the government's request to waive the ₱80.00 costs of beep cards.[13]
• Multiple concrete barrier-related accident were recorded since EDSA busway's operations started. According to MMDA traffic czar Edison Nebrija, most of the drivers who crashed their vehicles against the barriers were over-speeding, drunk, or fell asleep behind the wheel. Some of the concrete barriers have already been replaced with steel bollards following a series of accidents.[14]