Bus strike leaves thousands stranded

[chua_riwap]

Sana hwag bumigay ang MMDA.........

[CVT]

if MMDA pushes with a 1 passenger rule, there might be a surge of sales for this:



Especially for the torso/head/arms portion. Put a t-shirt on and seat-belt him in and you have a "passenger" excuse.

Hehehe

Gawain iyan ng mga tao sa ibang bansa para makagamit ng car pool lane noon...

Ngayon yata, gagawin ng mayroong toll ang lane na ito...

11.3K:snow:

[shadow3616931]

Sana forever na ang strike nila para mabawasan mga DEMONYO sa EDSA

[niky]

Call them assh*ts but MOST people ride on buses to get to work. The current strike shows how mismanaged our transportation sector is. MMDA should just strictly implement the timed loading and unloading scheme.

I used to ride everyday. There are times when there are a lot of buses to deal with the passenger volume, but there are too many jostling for position, which is what causes traffic. In truth, you could reduce bus volume by 10% and still have enough volume... and in off-peak hours, just 10% of the total number of buses is enough for all the passengers. I sometimes ride home with just a dozen other people on the bus.

How is that any more effective at using resources than having one person per car?

The problem really is the huge number of franchises and buses on the road... operators have to operate longer hours just to make ends meet because colorum buses and the competition steal customers from them. If the government were to simply build very large provincial terminals at both ends of EDSA, keeping provincial buses out of the city, and reduce franchises inside, traffic would be much more manageable.

Tanggalan ng prangkisa ang mga bus operator na sumali sa strike at i banned sila na bumyahe sa lahat ng kalye...

Well... there's actually nothing illegal about not making money. Let them try to keep it up for one week... let's see how they like it.

[xuv2010]

if MMDA pushes with a 1 passenger rule, there might be a surge of sales for this:



Especially for the torso/head/arms portion. Put a t-shirt on and seat-belt him in and you have a "passenger" excuse.

baka sipain ko sila sa itlog pag ginawa nila yan:thud:
seriously, hindi nila maiimplement yan dito dahil maraming tututol like sa odd/even scheme

[ess]

if MMDA pushes with a 1 passenger rule, there might be a surge of sales for this:



Especially for the torso/head/arms portion. Put a t-shirt on and seat-belt him in and you have a "passenger" excuse.

Lalagyan ko yan ng MMDA uniform! Hahahahaha... Baka pati sa coding ma-immune ako.

[ghosthunter]

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/206011/l...joining-strike

[SIZE="4"]Lawmakers wants bus firms sanctioned for joining strike[/SIZE]
AMITA LEGASPI, GMANews.TV
11/15/2010 | 04:36 PM

Lawmakers on Monday urged the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to sanction or even cancel the franchise of the bus firms that participated in the strike to protest the number-coding scheme.

Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco, chairman of the House committee on Metro Manila development, said failure to provide the public with their service is a violation of the franchise given to bus companies.

“Under the terms of their franchises, they commit to provide service to the public. So to deliberately deprive that service to the public is a violation," he said.

“The main reason that you are given a franchise is because you commit to provide service. So the LTFRB should sanction them," Tiangco added.

Thousands of commuters were affected by the “holiday" staged by bus firms.

The Department of Education even suspended afternoon classes in private and public schools in Quezon City and San Juan due to the strike.

Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo said there are better ways to address the concerns of bus firms without disturbing the commuters. He added public interest should not be jeopardized in expressing their grievances against government’s policy.

“I will work for the cancellation of their bus franchises. There are means to address their redress and grievances. The commuters should not suffer," said Castelo.

Marikina City Rep. Miro Quimbo said the bus companies should give the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority(MMDA) a chance to implement the new policy.

“Dapat suportahan at bigyan ng pagkakataon ang MMDA na magsagawa ng iba’t ibang schemes para makahanap ng solusyon sa trapiko. Bilyong-bilyon ang nasasayang dahil sa sama ng ating trapiko sa Maynila. Subukan muna bago magreklamo," he said.

San Juan Rep. Joseph Victor “JV" Ejercito, on the other hand, blamed the MMDA for failure to anticipate the traffic problem and provide necessary measures.

He also opposed the number coding scheme of the MMDA as this would partially deprive drivers their livelihood.

“The MMDA should not deprive our drivers their means of livelihood. The problem on traffic nowadays did not happen during the time of (MMDA chairman Bayani) Fernando. There is something wrong in the MMDA operations," said Ejercito.

Marikina City Rep. Marcelino Teodoro said the MMDA should have done a better contingency plan with the strike.

“The bus strike being held early today (Monday) was a foreseen event by the MMDA. The stranded commuters should be addressed by the temporary transportation that the government can provide. The MMDA should have an alternative plan to address the stranded commuters," said Teodoro. – VVP, GMANews.TV

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/206011/l...joining-strike

[badsekktor]

tanggalan na ng prangkisa ang mga yan! ibigay sa mga gustong bumiyahe yun prangkisa nila!

[nervenllarena]

ininterview ni karen davila sa dzmm si claire dela fuente ang palusot eh hindi naman daw sila nag strike madami lang daw na absent na mga driver at kundoktor

[tidus1203]

Yehey finally I can be proud of our lawmakers... They will not succumb to those left wingers...

[jeDi13]

“The MMDA should not deprive our drivers their means of livelihood. The problem on traffic nowadays did not happen during the time of (MMDA chairman Bayani) Fernando. There is something wrong in the MMDA operations," said Ejercito.

WTF?!?! ngayon lang nagkaproblema sa traffic?! were you born yesterday?! haha

[jut703]

My girlfriend was one of those so-called stranded along Commonwealth this morning. She arrived at 9am for her 7am class. The mess that the strike caused was insane.

Some bus routes (i.e Malanday/Letre) never get full, even on peak hours. I think these buses should be reduced in number. There are however, buses like the Fairview-bound ones, that are really hard to get by during rush hour. It's not fair to generalize na sobra sobra ang bus sa lahat ng ruta. Sa iba oo, pero sa iba, sakto lang.

The real culprit for all of this mess is the unregulated issuing of franchises. So the best way to solve it is to reduce franchises. Simple as that. People in the government put a blind eye even if it's a widespread fact that the multiple franchises are actually owned by a single person and are just diversified for the sake of having more buses. Naglolokohan lang sila eh.

[vinj]

WTF?!?! ngayon lang nagkaproblema sa traffic?! were you born yesterday?! haha

AMP. As usual, pa-MASA approach ang pamilyang Erap.

I think lawmakers now feel the traffic crunch more since they are generally deprived of their wang wangs.

[A121]

I used to ride everyday. There are times when there are a lot of buses to deal with the passenger volume, but there are too many jostling for position, which is what causes traffic. In truth, you could reduce bus volume by 10% and still have enough volume... and in off-peak hours, just 10% of the total number of buses is enough for all the passengers. I sometimes ride home with just a dozen other people on the bus.

Yes. The number of buses was designed to serve during peak hours. I wonder what happened to the organized bus scheme. They had stubs before given at Robinsons Nova Terminal before a bus is allowed to proceed its route. Back then, traffic was a bit faster.

I've been riding the bus regularly now. In choke points like Cubao and Ortigas, some buses would just stay for a good 5~10 minutes waiting for passengers. (Pati yung naliligo at nagbibihis tinatawag na) I guess if you try to lessen that waiting time at each stop and implement the old bus scheme, traffic would be a little better.

Also, this scheme might weed out the bulok na bus in EDSA as they won't be that profitable anymore. Ito yata yung mga "nakakabit" na franchise ni Claire dela Fuente.

[andredelacruise]

Sana bawasan nila yung mga Buses for certain routes. Nung sumasakay pa ako ng Bus, napansin ko pila-balde yung route ng bus na sinasakyan ko sa may Ayala Bus stop(Alabang - Pacita). Minsan 6 yung nakapila, not counting the non-aircon buses that share the same route! Meron talagang Glut kaya congested na ang Edsa. Tapos majority sa mga Driver nito, medyo may pagka barumbado pa (hindi ko naman nilalahat). Sana kung bawasan ang Buses, isama na din yung mga barumbadong driver. hehehe.

[jut703]

Sabi ni Claire De La Fuente sa TV Patrol, NA-LATE LANG DAW YUNG MGA DRIVER.

!!!*#$%^&! sino niloloko niya.

[donbuggy]

Here's one solution:



Advantages of the Bus Convoy system:

- takes up only one lane

- easier to schedule groups of buses

- uses existing buses

- simple / low tech

[moQ_]

ininterview ni karen davila sa dzmm si claire dela fuente ang palusot eh hindi naman daw sila nag strike madami lang daw na absent na mga driver at kundoktor

+1 on this!! grabe!! natatawa lang ako sakanya habang iniinterview!!

madami daw walang cellphone na driver?

ano daw?? sana hindi na lang umimik.

[shakatak70]

Sabi ni Claire De La Fuente sa TV Patrol, NA-LATE LANG DAW YUNG MGA DRIVER.

!!!*#$%^&! sino niloloko niya.

ginawang tanga ang sambayanang Pinoy

[TholitzReloaded]

ginawang tanga ang sambayanang Pinoy

hay naku.. ano naman aasahan nyo dyan, she's just out to make money and no real concern for the commuting public.