No Left Turns in C5/Kalayaan???

[pajerokid]

OMG!

Im all for the no stoplight, all U-Turn policy of the MMDA, But in the busy intersection of C5 and Kalayaan????


What the heck were they thinking?!

Buti na lang madiskarte ako and I went home a bit early last night, pero i could only imagine the traffic which might have followed a bit later last evening.

[niky]

You didn't notice the HUGE U-turns they were making there? It doesn't surprise me one bit. Traffic is going to suck big time tonight... I've already given up on EDSA... looks like I'm not taking C5 anymore either... haaaaay, buhay....

[theveed]

Sa may Libis walang isang araw na walang banggaan sa mga U-Turn slots, the only U-Turn scheme that I find logical and has worked as planned was Marcos Highway (Marikina/Antipolo).

C5/Libis is stupid...

C5/Kalayaan will be even worse!

[kramos22]

Garabe na kasi ang traffic gowing south sa C5, from the pasig flyover up to kalayaan. And the cause is that the kalayaan/c5 intersection. That intersection badly needs a flyover.

But until then, the only solution MMDA can think of is closing that intersection.

I agree about the Libis U turn schemes being too dangerous. I have to go through it everyday, and I fear one day I might get struck if I come a accross a truck with bad breaks or a with a sleeping driver.

Ewan ko ba. Kasi kung di nila gawin ang U turn scheme SOBRANG traffic naman. Damn if you do, damn if you don't.

[pajerokid]

Niky, yeah i noticed, i pass there every single day. I just thought i was just one of their ningas-cogon thingamajigs.

Potek, kaya pala hindi umubra yung aking usual traffic gameplan.

I initaly thought that these holes in the island were for the u-turners going the opposite way (which makes sense really). Then when they put up the signs, i knew that it was no good. This morning meron nang harang ang kalayaan. ....

Some plans just dont merit testing.

[ess]

I saw those signs as early as three months ago... Akala ko hindi na ma-i-implement ng MMDA. Kagabi, nakapag left turn pa ako from Kalayaan going to C5. May MMDA pa ngang nagta-traffic sa aming mga kumakaliwa eh. Oh well...


Those wavy u-turn road paint scheme after the C5-Kalayaan intersection does not help the traffic either. Ilang beses na ako muntikang mabunggo for following that wavy road / lane paint scheme. Dapat gawin na lang nilang island yon para talagang sundan ng mga sasakyan.

[chieffy]

buti na lang di na ako sa Cainta nakatira at naiiwasan ko na ang mga daang iyan...

dapat kasi yung flyover eh dyan iniligay at di sa Julia Vargas-Meralco intersecti on...

[muffer]

Okay ang U turn slot, kahit pano nakatulong sa ibang lugar, pero sana naman lagyan nila ng maraming warning signs na "U turn ahead' na illuminated, siguro 2km palang pansin na up to the area ng U turn Slot. Flashing lights. at strobe light na PUCHA PINK favorite color ni BAYANI, para pansin agad kahit aantok antok pa ang PUCHANG DRIVERrrrrr.

Kung taga Metro Manila alam ang kalokohan ng MMDA. Eh, pano yung mga bagong salta, first time napa Manila lalo na sa madaling araw na tumatakbo ng 80-120km/hr sa C5, Commonwealth, Quezon Ave. at Edsa, BULAGA!

[pajerokid]

ess, yup, i totally agree with you on the lines painted on the road!!! Pucha parang IQ test na di mo maintindihan. Hehe.

It makes sense logically but not 'automotively'. Hindi ugali ng typical Pinoy drayber kasi sumunod sa lane markers e.

[HBOY]

kahit maglagay tayo ng signs... the common driver doesnt even know what the signs really mean.. and most drivers dont really pay attention to the signs.. yung YIELD sign nga lang for the intersection at yellow box nde nasusunod.. paano pa kaya yan?..

as for sa mga bagong salta.. isa lang payo ko.. since bagong salta kayo. hinay hinay sa pagmamaneho.. dahil nde nyo kabisado ang kalsada.. 120KPH at c5 is already considered driving at a high speed.

i remember dati nung bago pa ang libis.. since madalas akong magdaan dun.. i practically knew the potholes kung san meron.. minsan may isang ogag na ewan ko ba.. convoy kami ng barkada ko.. nangcut tapos humarurot... kami naman.. since mga college boys pa.. mapride.. nakipaghatawan.. syempre.. sa amin kabisado namin ang kalsada.. so medyo swerve kami ng swerve.. yung nangcut.. i guess baguhan dun sa area.. at tuwang tuwa dahil open road.. hataw.. next thing we saw was him on the side of the road with a broken mags.... tawa kami ng tawa!!....

basta bagong salta sa isang lugar.. dont drive the way you drive on your turf... there are a lot of things that can surprise you.

[silhouette]

mismo! this will definitely will worsen the traffic in c5 kalayaan. ang hirap nga umikot especially if you are coming from pasig-buting, tapos makikipag tigasan ka para makasingit for a u-turn if you are going to pass the fort or even kalayaan.

parang awa nyo na...tigilan na ang experiment. walang solusyon ang traffic sa atin hanggang hindi nag babawas ng BULOK na sasakyan sa daan. even the jepneys, dapat i-regulate. kahit sino na lang pwede gumawa galing sa lata eh...tapos byahe kahit walang proper docs/plates. walah! napuno ang kalsada...

[theveed]

ok lang sakin ang experiments ng MMDA, kung may gagawin sila agad kung nakita na di umuubra... 1-2 months should be sufficient for an experimental period.

[pajerokid]

susmaryosep, wag naman sana ganun katagal veed hehe.

[niky]

Just passed there a while ago... during off-peak hours, it's almost the same... thank God...

[NightRock]

Salahat ng U Turn slot yang Libis talaga kina tatakutan ko.. sobrang liit kas ng road tapos pag malaki pa dala mo sasakyan siguradong sasabit ka.. ahhhh na kaka kaba talaga mag U turn dyan...

C5 flyover na talaga dapat dyan..

[kiper]

Maganda ang magiging resulta nyan kung lahat tayo gagamit ng utak.

[vinj]

I agree with what Chieffy mentioned... dapat nilagay nalang sa C5-Kalayaan yung lintek na Julia Vargas flyover.

[benchph1]

who initiated to build that flyover?

[pajerokid]

City of Pasig AFAIK.

Potek!!! Horrible yung traffic kapag peak hours! But yeah, i concur with niky's observation that it's okay kapag light traffic lang...

Pero imagine trying to cut into the high speed oncoming traffic kapag magaan lang trapik.

Potek, the weird thing is.... THE STOPLIGHT IS STILL IN OPERATION!!!!

Ang inalis lang nila ay yung left turn from pasig/pateros going to the south (fort/market2). Left turn going to libis coming from Makati is still there. Until now, im still pondering the whole sense of it all.

[warp]

kahit siguro lagyan ng flyover yan, isasara pa rin yun intersection ng MMDA katulad ng ginawa nila sa EDSA-Q. Ave. May flyover at underpass na, sinara pa rin ang intersection.

siguro kailangnang isara ay ang MMDA mismo!!