Cebu Bus Rapid Transit System
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Department of Transportation (Philippines) (DOTr) |
| Locale | Cebu, Philippines |
| Transit type | Bus rapid transit |
| Number of lines | 1 (1st Phase) |
| Number of stations | 33 |
| Daily ridership | 330,000 (forecast) |
| Operation | |
| Operation will start | 2019 |
| Technical | |
| System length | 16km |
| Track gauge | Segregated Busway |
| Average speed | 25.6 Km. |
The Cebu Bus Rapid Transit System is a planned mass transit system for Cebu City located within the greater Cebu Metropolitan Area. It is expected to become the first operational bus rapid transit project in the Philippines. Only one line has been planned in detail so far, but scheme developers note the potential to develop a larger network comprising the adjacent cities Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue and Talisay. Leadership in both Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue have shown interest in the network. This will be constructed at the end or last quarter of 2017 and the first route could be operational by the end of 2019.
† Diagram not to scale
A full feasibility study has been completed by World Bank consultants Integrated Transport Planning Ltd in September 2012. This study defines the infrastructure, stations, vehicles and operational plan as well as requirements for a citywide Area Traffic Control system and improvements to the urban realm. A large public consultation scheme was undertaken during this study which engaged directly with 5,000 Cebuanos as well as communication via newspapers, TV, radio and social media.
A Bus Rapid Transit system for Cebu City was first proposed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña in the 1990s, but it was 2008 when the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) began formal planning. The World Bank is supporting the scheme financially and technically through its Clean Technology Fund. The Philippines National Government at first disapproved this project, but later it supported the project financially as President Benigno S. Aquino III has placed it among his top 16 Public-Private Partnership projects to pursue. The former Mayor of Cebu City, Michael Rama, is also supportive of the plans and has formed two steering committees to advise on policies and provide technical expertise. The Cebu City Team is headed by former Cebu City Councilor Nestor Archival, as the former Cebu BRT Project Development Officer, Engr. Nigel Paul Villarete, transferred to the Mactan-Cebu International Airport on 26 October 2010.
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