Considering the problems besetting the system of operations of the buses and jeepneys, the principal modes of transportation in Metropolitan Manila, the article presents an analysis of said problems with the end view of solving these. Specifically looked at are the criteria for the provision of these public transport services, the status of the bus and jeepney operation, the measures to increase profitability in these operations, and the role of government in all this. Underlining the importance of determining an optimum public transport network for Metro Manila as part of the solution to the problem, the article explains the planning tool which could best work for the task.