MMDA: U-turn Slot Speeds up C-5 Road Travel by 90%
The traffic flow along C-5/Kalayaan Road has shown dramatic improvement over the past two weeks due to an elevated U-turn slot in the area, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) officials said.
MMDA officials said travel speed from Lawton, Manila to Buting, Pasig has reportedly increased from 17.93 to 34.14 kilometers per hour (kph), reflecting a 90 percent improvement in travel time.
From Pasig to Manila, travel also became faster by 14 percent, with a speed from 19.45 kph to 22.14 kph due to the project, they said.
Statistics showed that travel speed from Commando link in Taguig to Lanuza, Pasig also increased by 54 percent, from 28.85 kph to 44.3 kph.
The southbound lane from Pasig City to Global City also improved in travel speed by 107 percent, from 17.16 kph to 35.45 kph.
MMDA officials, led by Chairman Bayani Fernando, said the elevated U-turn slot in C-5/Kalayaan is working effectively.
Records showed that 153,796 vehicles pass through the area everyday based on a 2007 vehicle volume count by the agency’s Traffic Engineering Center (TEC).
The MMDA now expects 237,993 vehicles to use the elevated U-turn slot daily, which, it said, will not be a problem for as long as a second similar structure opens in the area.
The second elevated U-turn project will benefit northbound motorists who also use the C-5/Kalayaan road from the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) to Ortigas and Quezon City and vice versa.
MMDA officials said it will also be useful for vehicles coming from Pateros to Makati City and Pateros to the SLEX.
by Michael Punongbayan, Philippine Star
Photo by angelneo of Skyscrapercity.com
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mas mabilis travel kung fly-over na lang ang nilagay jan.
gago orlee, utak biya ka, flyover isang road lang makikinabang, tapos meron yang stop light, sa pilipinas flyover dito tuloy-tuloy sa taas, pero sa baba matrapik tulad ng sa edsa baclaran o kahit saan pang flyover, pero sa u-turn walang trapik light, walang hinto, walang trapik… gago ka orlee
This made sense.. lalo na ung papuntang market market.. everyday ako dumdaan dito.. coz i work in fort.. bad thing is the way going back to pasig.. ung mga jeep kasi allowed na mag left turn going to kalayaan.. so minsan na babarahan nila ung pasig way.. but all in all elevated U turn made sense base on my daily experience.
okay na din yung elevated u-turn slot pero sana ayusin din nila yung kalye kasi hindi pantay lalo na kapag dadaan ka sa service road papuntang butin, pasig kapag galing ka ng slex, nakakasira ng gulong, may part kasi na aspalto tapos may part na sementado. hindi pantay ang kalye. saka sana lagyan nila ng ilaw ang kahabaan ng c-5 kasi sobrang dilim kapag gabi na. saka sana ang next project nila sa c5 or kahit saang mga highways na yung gitna imbes na lagyan nila ng concrete barrier o kaya island bakit hindi kaya hindi na lang nila gawin mataas na harang para wala ng tatawid sa mga highways na yan para maiwasan ang sakuna at pagtawid ng mga pasaway na mamamayang pilipino. saka para hindi na din nakakasilaw sa mga nakakasalubong kapag gabi.
I drive my car from Antipolo at Felix Ave. (near Sta Lucia) to the Global City five times a week for the last eleven years now. I use C-5 Road 5 days a week and I pass the C-5–Buting intersection twice a day.
The traffic brought about by the construction of these two elevated U-Turns in said intersection is perhaps slightly better than the old stoplight system. Even on this day, 30 April 2009, when one of the u-turn slot is already operational, traffic contenue to hound the motorist passing this intersection, especialy during rush hours.
Did you know that the biggest volume of vehicular traffic in the country passes through the EDSA-NLEX intersection in Balintawk? Of course, that is easy to see!
But have you noticed that the same intersection does not have any single stoplight nor a single policeman/ traffic enforcer directing traffic (there are policemen somewhere the cloverleaf doing something, but that is intirely a different story)? Of course, that is also easy to see!
Have you notice that traffic in the area is generally good to excelent in most days? Have you ever wondered why government insist on using flyovers and elevated u-turn structures instead of a clover-leaf design intersection? Of course, that is not easy to see! Does comparative “cost” on these options have anything to do with the decision? Your guess is as good as mine.
There you are, it is self explanatory!
This cloverleaf idea is not an original one. I just borrowed it from the late Gen. Percival Adiong, former Traffic Management Group top honcho during Pres. Cory’s time. May the good General rest in peace but not his idea on cloverleaf!
Walang kwenta ang elevated U-turn kahit tanong nyo pa sa mga drivers(esp mga FX drivers) na araw araw dumadaan dyan. masiadong ma trafic sa c5, hindi na solve ng elevated U-turn na yan ang trafic, pampasikip pa nga ata yan, dapat nga siguro fly-over nalang ang ginawa.