2022, the Department of Transportation announced an additional 11 more stops would be added to the EDSA Carousel, which would bring the total number of stops to 29. As of January 2023, three of these proposed stops have been implemented. Issues On October 1, 2020, the "No Beep card, No entry" policy has been implemented to minimize physical contact between commuters and public transport personnel to reduce their risk of getting COVID-19 and to allow for more seamless and faster transactions to trim down the queuing of passengers. The new policy has drawn flak from commuters due to the current price of the card and its immediate implementation. Within the first week of its implementation, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) suspended the mandatory use of beep cards after AF Payments Incorporated refused the government's request to waive the cost of Beep cards. When the bus stops from Monumento to North Avenue were opened, the U-turn slots were closed, causing heavy traffic at the said portion. U-turn slots were reopened after few months to ease traffic flow. In November 2021, traffic lights were installed at the U-turn slots to address concerns both of the bus accessibility and the traffic congestion it causes. Incidents and accidents Multiple concrete barrier-related accidents were recorded since the EDSA Carousel's operations started. According to MMDA traffic czar Edison Nebrija, most of the drivers who crashed their vehicles against the barriers were speeding, drunk, or asleep behind the wheel. Some of the concrete barriers have already been replaced with steel bollards following a series of accidents. On April 13, 2022, the LRT-2 and MRT-3 were closed for its annual Holy Week maintenance from April 13 to 17. For the MRT-3, the EDSA Carousel filled in as an augmentation service. Despite being the third day of free rides under the government's service contracting program, the EDSA Carousel failed to keep up with the influx of demand as April 13 was still a work day and had higher ridership than in 2021 due to offices requiring workers to return to the workplace. As a result, many commuters struggled to go home as queues for the EDSA Carousel spilled out onto the road and its adjoining streets on all stops along the bus line. Many commuters remained stranded at the stops beyond midnight, and many opted to walk home instead. The lack of buses has also been attributed to a