Cemented Bus Lanes on EDSA

[jundogg]

Grabe, sangkaterba na ang nga cemented bus lanes sa edsa brought to us by the metro gwapo himself. Pinakabago na yung ginagawa ngayon sa harap ng camp aguinaldo.

Traffic na nga ang pagbaba ng ortigas flyover, now it get even worse! ang mga bus kasi eh umiiwas (since di pa operational) at ang ibang mga private vehicles ay nagsusumiksik naman dun passing through the cements para makauna (as usual) Nagiging bottleneck area narin yung lugar na yun. Kahit tanghaling tapat kaninang pagdaan ko.

Nagtataka lang ako at naiinis. Masikip na nga ang EDSA para sa libo-libong sasakyan, may mga ganitong barriers pa. Divider kuno pero sobra sagabal din. Safety risk pa! Pag operational na yun, i believe isa narin yan sa mga iiwasan ng mga bus lalo na kapag walang bantay.

Kung disiplinado lang sana mga drivers, dina gagawa ng mga ganitong sagabal. Well, what else can we do, eh may metalworks biz siya. Just making sure na may kinalalagyan at napapakinabangan ang biz nya.

im sure pag napalitan na ang ating mmda chairman eh babaklasin din ang mga yan.

[niky]

It's stupid. There have been accidents already, since the islands are unpainted and sprout suddenly from the ground, without painted warning markers or lines or even a sign for construction.

And worst of all, it's two islands... which makes it impossible for buses to escape from behind buses that have stalled in lane... what are they encouraging here? Two lines? People boarding on the second lane of an already congested EDSA?

Put one island... force all buses to pass on the two rightmost lanes (as they did previously)... Problem solved. By forcing buses into separate lanes for boarding in certain areas, they increased the wait time for passengers on idle buses by at least half-an-hour (last time I rode) and up to an hour at Makati... which was incredibly stupid. You should force all the buses to board on the rightmost lane only, no excessive waiting (waste of diesel), and leave an exit for buses that are full.

I wonder why they won't admit they know absolutely jacksh*t about traffic management? Crowing about how good the removal of the U-turns in Eastwood worked... heck, I already knew years ago that the U-turn lanes they put in wouldn't work.

[ghosthunter]

I have been driving at night and encountered those Cemented Bus Lanes. Its just one big accident waiting to happen. You don't have to be driving fast nor driving under the influence. Simply the chaos (khaos?) of the trucks, vans traveling cars at night will be enough to let you make a mistake and hit one of those concrete, metal or plastic road hazzard called MMDA barriers.

[Elroi]

potek.. muntik na nga ako tumama dyan kagabi, dun sa gawi ng connecticut. iniwasan ko yung bus na nag-cut sa lane ko then bigla na lang may concrete island sa harapan ko. buti nakapreno agad at wala bumangga sa likod ko..

naalala ko tuloy yung mazda na sumalpok sa lane divider tapos di nag-activate yung airbag...

[Yoda]

Meron nang naaksidente dyan, more precisely, marami na from the looks of it. On the northbound lane, gasgas na yung innermost concrete barrier. Also, I personally witnessed a Vios scraping his tires and probably his lower fenders too on the divider itself. It's already been stated that they're stupid, but hopefully, another one would make it more obvious. IT'S STUPID!

[ronw123w124]

hay naku.... there we go again..... gumana na naman yung pagka-stone age ni BF, siguro BF construction corp ang gumagawa dyan, extrang kurakot nanaman.

[fearless]

yes,nakita ko nga yan at ang dami na ngang nagmumuntikanan na tumama diyan sa mga cemented lanes na yan,talagang delikado yan at siguradong madadagdagan nanaman ang maaksidente diyan sa part na yan,sama ninyo na diyan sa maaksidente dahil dun sa mga invicible colored fences,haay galing talaga!

ang mahirap neto siguradong dagdag nanaman sa sakit ng ulo nating lahat sa traffic na gagawin niyan, lalo na ngayong holiday season.

[170kphlang]

i wouldn't be surprised kung may ipalabas sa news na may isang humaharurot na sasakayan na tumama ang left or right wheel niya dyan at lumipad ang sasakyan na parang sa mga action movies at nagpaikot- ikot pagbagsak at nandamay pa ng ibang sasakyan at saka palang sasabihin na delikado ito at kailangan ipatanggal kasi may namatay na...

i really admire on what you want to happen to our metro chairman BF clean sidewalks, pedestrians crossing on the right overpass and less traffic but sometimes you and your adviser's ideas are really way too overboard.

[IMm29]

There've already been quite a few accidents due to the cemented bus lanes. Ewan ko ba. Mr. Metro Gwapo really thinks just coz some of his bright ideas worked in the past, all of his ideas will work for all situations. Why doesn't he get into a private unmarked car sans all his security escorts during rush hour to get the picture? Palibhasa may taga-hawi siya ng traffic kaya mabilis ang daloy ng trapiko sa kanya. tsk tsk!

[mhelskie]

road hazard ang mga cemented dividers na yan...i pass by EDSA papasok and pauwi(work) and believe me, sobrang delikado para sa mga motorista yan...walang warning devices e, and gaya nga ng sabi ni sir niky, bakit kelangan 2 lanes? para san ung 2nd lane? so kelangan pa tumawid ng tao sa 1st lane ng divider para makarating sa 2nd lane at mag board ng bus? d ba delikado din yon?