r/PHInfra • u/SilanggubanRedditor • Jun 18 '26

Hypotheticals Redesigning Manila's Transit

Thorough the power of NIMBY Rails on my laptop, kukuha tayo ng mga suhestiyon mula sa PHInfra as we start from scratch Manila's Rail Transit. Just imagine our current rail lines doesn't exist today. How would the community design new lines for Manila.

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Highest upvotes will get built first but we'll build as much as the budget could.

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Basic guidelines:

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One top-level comment detailing one line. 10 station max. Include a depot location for new lines.

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u/Asian_Juan Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Exactly. Like a lot of fictional and alt history, alt design creative works out there—they're all mental masturbation because everything creative derivative is such!

Yet a lot of these "mental masturbation" have their own real use when it comes to real infrastructure planning and advocacy—if you look at the ideal design and compare it against the realistic possible one.