MMDA to ban PUJs along Edsa

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MMDA to ban PUJs along EDSA

By Evelyn Macairan
The Philippine Star 10/04/2004


Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando yesterday said they would strictly ban passenger utility jeepneys (PUJs) from traversing along EDSA to reduce the traffic congestion along the major thoroughfare.

In the agency’s regular Sunday radio program, Fernando said the MMDA would begin removing obstructions along secondary streets to enable PUJs to return to their original routes and decongest the volume of vehicles plying along EDSA.

"Beginning today, we would enforce the law and begin arresting drivers who are not authorized to pass through EDSA," Fernando said.

The only types of public transport allowed along EDSA are buses and taxi units.

Executive Director Angelito Vergel de Dios, MMDA-Traffic Operations Center (TOC), said jeepney drivers who would be caught violating the regulation would be slapped with a fine amounting to P6,000.

"This law has been in existence for a long time but there have been so many reasons in the past why we were unable to implement them as strictly as we would have wanted. Dapat talaga walang (There should really be no) PUJs traversing EDSA. There should be no exemptions because they do not have a franchise," Vergel de Dios added.

He clarified though that the regulation only covers vehicles that are passing along EDSA and not those that would merely cross the major thoroughfare along an intersection to reach the other side.

An example would be PUJs plying the Monumento-Balintawak route. They asked the MMDA to allow them to utilize EDSA because they cannot pass through their original route along 11th Avenue, which was reportedly congested with tricycles, a wet and dry market and posts blocking the way.

But Fernando said they would not give special treatment to any jeepney group "so we would be consistent with our regulations."

Senior Superintendent Philmore Balmaceda, MMDA-Traffic Enforcement Group (TEG) director, was instructed to clear 11th Avenue of obstacles.

PUJ drivers, he added, should fight for their right to use the 11th Avenue and not allow other groups such as tricycles to run them off their route.

[Ungas]

Amen! Let's just hope that their project won't be harassed by the mayor and other road nuisance.

[FrankDrebin]

AFAIK, 8 or 7 years agona-implement na rin yan. Nagkaroon yata ng strike or boycott ang mga jeepneys na plying sa route na Monumento-Balintawak-Munoz. Pinagbigyan din naman sila(jeepney) dahil saan naman sila dadaan other than edsa.

[knicks1204]

woohoo!!! sana nga totoo... hirap na maniwala sa mga taga-MMDA... mga buses nga lang ang nasa EDSA, puno na ung daan eh... what more kung may jeep pa...

[wrecker]

hay nako, we can only hope na totoo to...

i pass by everyday sa estrella going edsa, ang hirap mag merge to edsa bec. of buses then may illegal terminal pa ng jeepney sa corner...

laging may nakatambay na swat, pero walang paki

[konde]

sana nga! wag naman maging ningas cugon na naman!

[kyle618]

it'll never happen cuz the govt dont have the ballz to do it!... pa api tlaga govt natn sa puj drivers... sus.

[muffer]

Dapat lng. noon pa sana, at di lng dapat jeep, mga bikers. mga trycicle na wala sa rota, mga kariton sa Edsa at Commonwealth at sa mga Main Roads at National Hi-ways. Sila ba pag nabangga mo, sino may kasalanan?
Panahon ni Marcos mga BIKE naka Rehistro rin.

Kaso MMDA ang nagsasalita, tulad na lng ng bawal ang sabit sa jeep, pero tingnan mo mga jeep kung makakita ka ng walang sabit lalo na pag rush hour.

Eh magagaling lang magsipagkaway ang nga lintek, kaway lang ng kaway kahit nangingitlog na ang bus di mapaalis.
Sino ba naman kasi ang lamang sa kanila, Bus driver na mangmang at MMDA na mamang.

Mga naka motor naman na MMDA magtutumpukan sa tabi tapus yabangan ng yabangan ng mga dala nilang motor. Pusang inis.

[pissword]

eh kasi wala naman silang kikitain sa mga yan eh... kaya puro private vehicles lang ang sinisita hehehe

[chris_d]

what about those jeeps for example that ply the alabang - pasay rotonda route? or jeeps that go baclaran - manila that go via edsa bec. one intersection had been closed? or the jeeps that go to malibay?

surely there would be exemptions....

and i would be pretty pissed off if they blocked those jeeps from going their routes, even if i have a car to drive, sometimes it is necessary to use these jeeps. esp the pasay-bicutan ones...

[chris_d]

instead of banning these PUJ's the MMDA should clear road obstructions and fix the so many potholes on EDSA.

[boybi]

pano magko-cross ang mga jeepney sa edsa e puro sarado na mga intersections at nai-convert na sa U-turn slots. yung mga jeepney pa naman dyan sa may edsa-balitawak, pag mag u-turn, hindi u-turn ang ginagawa, diretso agad sa kabilang side ng edsa, walang pakialam sa kasalubong!

[hens]

Putek!!...sama na nila yung mga nag-Bibisikleta na parang nasa Luneta!

[driven]

pati mga biskletang sidecar na may naka attach na engine sa manila!!!

[karlbo]

sana nga tuloy tuloy na...

[van_wilder]

dapat lahat ng jeep... kasi ang bagal nila eh. nagpapatraffic talaga

[pajerokid]

Ban Jeeps in EDSA? I'd like to see them try :bwahaha:

[mazdamazda]

Originally posted by hens
Putek!!...sama na nila yung mga nag-Bibisikleta na parang nasa Luneta!

:bwahaha:

tapos nasa left lane pa ang mga kumag!

[gearspeed]

:bwahaha:

tapos nasa left lane pa ang mga kumag!

Gusto daw kase nila nasa fastlane sila dahil nga MABILIS sila










magpedal..:bwahaha:

[Hudahelru]

Amen. Buti naman, isunod na din sana nila yung mga feeling-harurot (akala nila ang bibilis nila) na mga tricycle drivers sa mga major thoroughfares such as Katipunan. Ang sama pa ng tingin sa iyo pag in-overtake mo sila.

Pagkagaling ko sa National Bookstore, I overheard sa terminal ng tricycle: yung mga datihan na drivers, binubuyo nila yung isang bagito nila na kasama na tumawid mula sa NBS side patungo sa Ateneo side using the u-turn slot sa may overpass (kahit may sign na bawal tumawid dun). Dapat din daw tumawid lang ng tuloy-tuloy at huwag tumingin sa mga ibang sasakyan, kasi iiwasan naman daw sila. Huwaat?? Anong klaseng logic iyon??

May sign naman ang MMDA dun na bawal ang mga tricycles sa buong stretch ng Katipunan, pero bakit kaya hindi hinuhuli, ang dami namang MMDA boys/girls??