MANILA -- Oliver Valarozo, a grad student, spent a recent morning standing on the side of a street waiting for a jeepney that never came. He ended up having to walk half an hour to class. Later that same day, he again waited in vain for a jeepney to take him to the spot where he catches a shuttle bus to his office job. He arrived late for work.
These days there are fewer jeepneys, the Philippines' most common mode of public transportation, leaving Valarozo and many others scrambling for other ways of getting around.
