Traffic Problem In Metro Manila (Merged Thread)

[mtcnono]

I think if I may make an opinion, one primary cause of traffic here in Metro Manila, is that all Business and Organizations are centered here. If only the Government to enrich other provinces like Cebu, Davao, Batangas, Albay, Angeles, Olongapo and other po Cities with potential to balance the massive amount of people who want to live and work here. If that happens, gagaan ang traffic sa Metro Manila.

[MTBCommuter]

Too many single occupant cars make it worse

[Julianda]

I think if I may make an opinion, one primary cause of traffic here in Metro Manila, is that all Business and Organizations are centered here. If only the Government to enrich other provinces like Cebu, Davao, Batangas, Albay, Angeles, Olongapo and other po Cities with potential to balance the massive amount of people who want to live and work here. If that happens, gagaan ang traffic sa Metro Manila.

 

I couldn’t agree more. And they (government) said that the traffic in Metro Manila is an indication of booming economy? That’s BS. It will cost the country instead billion of dollars in lost productivity every year.

 

Mr. Aquino has repeatedly acknowledged the need to invest in infrastructure, noting in recent speeches that the government had increased spending in this area to 400 billion pesos this year, or about $9.1 billion, from 200 billion pesos in 2011. More here.

 

Of course this is part of his pa-pogi points which ironically every Filipino resident of PH does not seem to feel any progress as far as micro-economic concept is concerned.

[darksoulriver]

full one day car ban... wlang window hour

 

try lng ni MMDA for 1 week

[akotakot]

madami lang talagang sasakyan sa kalsada, sa sobrang dami yung iba bumibili kahit hindi naman kailangan tapos i papark lang sa kalsada at magiging parking lot na ang daan. yung mga taong hindi marunong magmalasakit sa kapwa na kala mo ang kalsada sa harap ng bahay nila ay sila na ang may ari. kaya pati mga local road matrapik.

[bistekcouples]

it's a sign of a progressing nation... tama sign nga if the progressing nation has a control and mechanism over it...

 

[Bryanfernando]

Metro Manila roads are hopeless. There are simply too many cars for the existing roads to handle. Everyday is just the same. Government can't even start fixing Edsa as it will create more traffic.

[Alex_Corvis]

Sa Pasay sa old neighborhood ko, there are streets na dapat 2 lanes, yung half ginawa pang personal parking space. Nagiging 1 lane, 2 ways tuloy.

 

Di naman ma actionan ng local government na gawin 1 way na lang kasi sharing border with Manila and Makati.

[sonnyt111]

Wala tayo coordination ng mga agencies dito sa Pinas

 

1. DPWH cracks the road open for months then finishes it after 2 years

2. In a matter of weeks, Maynilad cracks it open again to upgrade/repair the water pipes below it, fixes it back again

3. In a matter of weeks again, PLDT excavates it again to rehabilitate their underground cables and install new manholes.

4. DPWH opens it again as election time is around the corner and to use some remaining budget for road repairs and rehab

 

in the middle of all the works

 

5. MMDA asks the agencies to STOP working to ease traffic

 

And this sickening chain of events continues on and on, day in and day out, year in and year out, ad nauseam....

[sonnyt111]

And they (government) said that the traffic in Metro Manila is an indication of booming economy? That’s BS. It will cost the country instead billion of dollars in lost productivity every year.

 

 

 

BS indeed. The worsening traffic is not an indication of a booming economy. It's an indication that the government is at a loss of what to do to ease traffic jams. It comes up with hair brained schemes such as the coding of vehicles which only encouraged people to buy more cars than they need in order to get around the coding rules. So now, people buy more cars without a place to park these additional cars. They end up parking on the roads which further aggravates the traffic problem.

[sonnyt111]

^{About time to build a high speed ring road not just in the city but the whole island of Luzon.}

EDSA was the original ring road built by the Americans decades ago. C-3 and C-5 are also ring roads. All these roads are now over congested and it's time to build additional ring roads. Unfortunately, this takes time and the succeeding new ring roads gets ever wider and wider.

 

Aside from ring roads, there's also a need to increase the number of radial roads which link the ring roads to the center of the various cities. Existing radial roads also need to be widened to accommodate the huge number of vehicles in the metropolis.

 

I'm personally in favor of toll ring roads. You need to pay to use these roads.

[sonnyt111]

madami lang talagang sasakyan sa kalsada, sa sobrang dami yung iba bumibili kahit hindi naman kailangan tapos i papark lang sa kalsada at magiging parking lot na ang daan. yung mga taong hindi marunong magmalasakit sa kapwa na kala mo ang kalsada sa harap ng bahay nila ay sila na ang may ari. kaya pati mga local road matrapik.

Agreed!! This is the direct result of that stupid coding law of Maganto, Alunan, etal who implemented the coding law decades ago. The assumption was that people would forgo the use of their private vehicles at least once week and take public transportation instead. Wrong assumption!! As I mentioned in an earlier post, people simply bought additional vehicles to get around that stupid law. And without the necessary garage space to house these additional vehicles, people started parking on public roads next to their homes.

 

The concept of coding was not thought off properly. No thought was given as to the consequences of this law.

 

So now you have it. If the coding law is somehow repealed, hopefully people will get rid of their excess vehicles and sell these to people living in other parts of the country, particularly in the Visayas and Mindanao.

Edited August 20, 2015 by sonnyt111

[zolber]

Agreed!! This is the direct result of that stupid coding law of Maganto, Alunan, etal who implemented the coding law decades ago. The assumption was that people would forgo the use of their private vehicles at least once week and take public transportation instead. Wrong assumption!! As I mentioned in an earlier post, people simply bought additional vehicles to get around that stupid law. And without the necessary garage space to house these additional vehicles, people started parking on public roads next to their homes.

 

The concept of coding was not thought off properly. No thought was given as to the consequences of this law.

 

So now you have it. If the coding law is somehow repealed, hopefully people will get rid of their excess vehicles and sell these to people living in other parts of the country, particularly in the Visayas and Mindanao.

Yes, the coding policy is one of the culprits. Many, including myself, bought additional cars after the implementation of this policy. On noncoding days, my children and my wife use my extra cars, thus increasing the number of vehicles on the streets.

 

The other culprits are insensitivity, stupidity, and corruption.

[sonnyt111]

Yes, the coding policy is one of the culprits. Many, including myself, bought additional cars after the implementation of this policy. On noncoding days, my children and my wife use my extra cars, thus increasing the number of vehicles on the streets.

 

The other culprits are insensitivity, stupidity, and corruption.

Not to mention ignorance of traffic laws, lack of courtesy, recklessness, and as you said, plain old stupidity.

[Bugatti Veyron]

One thing I have observed: In countries such as the USA, where traffic rules are strictly adhered to and and strictly enforced, there are still certain areas such as New York City where traffic rules are routinely disregarded. Driving in New York City is very similar to driving in Metro Manila with cars, bicycles, taxis, and other motor vehicles weave in and out of traffic, where intersections are blocked because drivers don't observe the "yellow box" rule, where double parking is an everyday affair and where drivers blow their horns incessantly.

 

It's like I never left Manila as I drove inside NYC. Once, at an intersection that was blocked despite my having the green light, I (and other drivers) disregarded the red light because we all knew that once it was our turn again to cross, we would be blocked. This occurs daily in Metro Manila especially when there are no MMDA traffic officers around.

 

There was also this incident where a taxicab was on my left as we both waited for the light to turn green. Ahead, I saw parked vehicles directly on the path of the cab. I knew the guy would need to accelerate quickly to get in front of my vehicle in order to avoid the parked vehicles. I was in a mini van. The taxi was a Ford Crown Victoria with a huge and powerful V8 engine. The type of vehicle that American police favor because of its power.

 

As I expected, as soon as the light turned green, the taxi driver gunned his Crown Vic and I put the pedal to the metal on my mini van.

 

To make a long story short, he failed to cut in front of me and he was forced to slam on his brakes. Ha ha ha. I'm so used to this type of driving, I wasn't about to allow this cab driver to get the better of me.

 

I believe in staying in the proper lane. That taxi driver had no business staying in that lane where he knew the lane ahead was blocked by parked vehicles. Now if it so happened that there was a stalled vehicle in front of that taxi, I would have allowed him to get in front of me. That's being courteous.

 

As soon as one takes the Lincoln Tunnel and crosses over into New Jersey, all of a sudden, the driving becomes civilized. Everyone suddenly follows traffic rules.

 

I suppose traffic laws in cities such as New York are disregarded because NYC is extremely cosmopolitan. Peoples from all over the world converge in this city and bring with them the bad driving habits of their home countries. Another thing is the fact that traffic within the city can get really heavy especially during rush hour. Grid locks are a common occurrence.

 

Also, I've seen the way white expats drive here in Metro Manila. In my opinion, many of them drive more aggressively than Filipinos. I guess they figure that when in Manila, do as Filipinos do. Except their driving habits are worse than those of Filipinos.

Edited August 22, 2015 by Bugatti Veyron