Metro Manila's roads are allocated upside-down.

The inverted pyramid shows the modes that carry the most people at the top — rail, then buses. At the narrowest tip: the individual pedestrian or cyclist.

Today, Metro Manila allocates its roads in reverse. Private vehicles — which sit in the middle tiers — occupy the vast majority of road width. Rail and bus, the top two tiers, are squeezed into what remains.

MBT does not propose eliminating private vehicles. It proposes correcting the allocation — giving the highest-capacity modes the road priority they need to actually function at capacity. One BRT lane moves more people than four car lanes.