MMDA bus relocation plan faces big challenge

As one of the world’s biggest metropolises in terms of area and population, the National Capital Region (NCR) has multiple problems that need the constant attention of the national government, not the least of which is the worsening traffic situation.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) was created in November 1975 by then President Ferdinand Marcos to address the problems shared by the cities and towns that comprise the NCR. This was during the height of martial law.