The results of a fourteen-month study conducted between 1976 and 1977 by Freeman Fox and Associates suggested a street-level light rail line in Manila.

[2] On July 12, 1980, President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos created the Light Rail Transit Authority through Executive Order No.

[7] (thru PPP scheme)[8] The Board of Directors is composed of eight ex-officio cabinet members namely the secretary of the DOTr as chairman, the respective secretaries of the DPWH, DBM, DOF and NEDA, the chairman of the MMDA and the LTFRB and the administrator of the LRTA and one representative from the private sector.

The Board is tasked to issue, prescribe, and adopt policies, programs, plans, standards, guidelines, procedures, rules, and regulations for implementation, enforcement, and application by the LRTA Management.

[10] On 21 January 2021, the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission found inconsistencies in the procurement of equipment for the worth ₱170.3 million.

The documents showed that re-railing and rolling stock diagnostic equipment for Line 2 were different from the specified brand in the bidding.