A Month in - EDSA Bus Segregation, no longer enforced?

[mda]

I've been noticing that almost a month after the MMDA started to strictly enforce the buses-on-the-yellow-lane rule along EDSA, the enforcement is getting lax again.

Buses are now poking into the 3rd lane once again (OFTEN HAPHAZARDLY, as usual) and occasionally take up half of the 4th lane at speed when avoiding other buses.

Also noticed that when the traffic starts to crawl on the bus lanes, some [NON PROVINCIAL] buses start going up the flyovers/into tunnels yet again.

Plying along EDSA along the first week, I was eerily reminded of Hong Kong highways, where cars taking a certain route would only crowd (and in a very organized line) certain parts of the highway, leaving the others clear for other motorists to use.

Somehow, I wanted to hope these would work. Oh well.

Malakas lang ata talaga yung mga bus companies sa gobyerno naten.

Anyone seem to notice this too?

[chua_riwap]

sa umpisa lang kasi ang mmda.
ningas kugon. . . .

[uls]

Malakas lang ata talaga yung mga bus companies sa gobyerno naten.

they got friends in high places

[renzo_d10]

Mas gusto ko pa nga pag ginagamit nila yung flyover. Less chaotic ang EDSA. Di tulad ngayon, lalo na sa may Santolan area... sobra trapik dahil sa implementation na yan.

And although I don't use the buses along EDSA since I always use my car, naawa ako sa mga pasahero ng mga bus. Imagine how long will it take before they reach their office.

Hindi naman kasi yan ang problema eh -- use of yellow lane -- main problem diyan yung number of buses that ply along EDSA, sobrang dami. And yung ugali ng mga driver. Tignan niyo, bawasan niyo mga bus tapos yung pag-bigay ng license ay mas higpitan.. mas "matured" EDSA ang makikita natin.

[vinj]

Mas gusto ko pa nga pag ginagamit nila yung flyover. Less chaotic ang EDSA. Di tulad ngayon, lalo na sa may Santolan area... sobra trapik dahil sa implementation na yan.

And although I don't use the buses along EDSA since I always use my car, naawa ako sa mga pasahero ng mga bus. Imagine how long will it take before they reach their office.

Hindi naman kasi yan ang problema eh -- use of yellow lane -- main problem diyan yung number of buses that ply along EDSA, sobrang dami. And yung ugali ng mga driver. Tignan niyo, bawasan niyo mga bus tapos yung pag-bigay ng license ay mas higpitan.. mas "matured" EDSA ang makikita natin.

Yeah, if there's one thing cramming them onto the yellow lane has shown, it's the blatant excessive number of buses that we have on EDSA today.

And yes, na high blood na ako sa Santolan - EDSA area. It's a choke point for a lot of people coming from Q.C. and Marikina.

[dfopiso]

yep ... especially in areas na walang MMDA

[Chikselog]

Ningas kugon. What's new.

[chrismarte]

one more sa mga ugali ng mga notorious na bus driver sa EDSA, binubully nila yung mga traffic enforcer lakas ng loob nila gawin yan. Mahuli man sila bibigay nila "talahib" na lisensya.

[JohnM]

Have you tried tweeting them or posting pics/vids on their FB page? The MMDA has people working the social media beat. For all its worth at least you have something to do while waiting for them buses to move

[mda]

Mas gusto ko pa nga pag ginagamit nila yung flyover. Less chaotic ang EDSA. Di tulad ngayon, lalo na sa may Santolan area... sobra trapik dahil sa implementation na yan.

AFAIK pwede na sila gumamit ng Santolan Flyover.

And although I don't use the buses along EDSA since I always use my car, naawa ako sa mga pasahero ng mga bus. Imagine how long will it take before they reach their office.

Hindi naman kasi yan ang problema eh -- use of yellow lane -- main problem diyan yung number of buses that ply along EDSA, sobrang dami. And yung ugali ng mga driver. Tignan niyo, bawasan niyo mga bus tapos yung pag-bigay ng license ay mas higpitan.. mas "matured" EDSA ang makikita natin.

I agree with the post that said that this has shown that there are too many buses on EDSA.

Hopefully the MMDA and LTO and the LTRFB collaborate to make things happen. When the Buses and private vehicles stay in their respective lanes, MODERATE VOLUME, MODERATE SPEED TRAFFIC CAN HAPPEN.

Have you tried tweeting them or posting pics/vids on their FB page? The MMDA has people working the social media beat. For all its worth at least you have something to do while waiting for them buses to move

Unfortunately, my phone cam is far from up to date and will probably only catch a blurry side of a bus as it tries to create accidents - I mean, change lanes along EDSA.

[ZENMasterTYL]

e kasi naman, according to tolentino sa interview nya sa anc, di naman daw kasi traffic reduction ang primary goal ng yellow lane nya, but road accident prevention

e pag nga naman at snail's pace ang traffic, wala na bus-related accident sa edsa

matalino rin etong si tolentino

[vinj]

Just last week, i lost it and really confronted one of these bus drivers on Santolan - EDSA (since i was stuck beside him in traffic). All the cars were lined up to go under the flyover during the morning rush (i myself included) and then you have a Mayamy bus coming from the 3rd lane (outside the yellow lane) and he bullied himself into the bus lane just at the base of the flyover. When i opened my window and asked the conductor why they did that, his reasoning was that the line was backed up daw and there was no other way in. Eh ogags pala siya, he was supposed be in that line from the beginning and never went out of the yellow lane (which i told him with some commonly used expletives).

Syempre si Misis, nagalit sa akin at pinairal ko nanaman yung init ng ulo. I just couldnt help it as i saw that bus bully their way in and in the process, he caused traffic that was going straight on EDSA to back up because he blocked out one whole lane.

[pop3corn]

Just last week, i lost it and really confronted one of these bus drivers on Santolan - EDSA (since i was stuck beside him in traffic). All the cars were lined up to go under the flyover during the morning rush (i myself included) and then you have a Mayamy bus coming from the 3rd lane (outside the yellow lane) and he bullied himself into the bus lane just at the base of the flyover. When i opened my window and asked the conductor why they did that, his reasoning was that the line was backed up daw and there was no other way in. Eh ogags pala siya, he was supposed be in that line from the beginning and never went out of the yellow lane (which i told him with some commonly used expletives).

Syempre si Misis, nagalit sa akin at pinairal ko nanaman yung init ng ulo. I just couldnt help it as i saw that bus bully their way in and in the process, he caused traffic that was going straight on EDSA to back up because he blocked out one whole lane.

iba katwiran nyan mga yan. kaya naiisip mo tuloy bakit may genocide sa mundo, bakit may mga walang-puso umuubos ng isang inferior social class,

that's the answer. they're just plain lowest of the low.

[vinj]

iba katwiran nyan mga yan. kaya naiisip mo tuloy bakit may genocide sa mundo, bakit may mga walang-puso umuubos ng isang inferior social class,

that's the answer. they're just plain lowest of the low.

Bus driver genocide? Hmm....

[renzo_d10]

*mda: Parang provincial lang ata pwede sa Santolan flyover. Yung mga city buses ata dun pa rin sa ilalim. Not sure.

Mahirap diyan sa yellow-lane implementation na yan, sobrang daming bus nagkaka-traffic pag nagkasiksikan sila. Ok sana kaso ayun nga ang dami nila so nagcause sila ng traffic -- liit lang ng pwestong pwede nila pagkasiksikan eh. Hindi lang naman kasi sila gumagamit nung yellow lane, add the private vehicles that pass through it.

Ewan ko ba. Wala na pagasa EDSA.

[uls]

iba katwiran nyan mga yan. kaya naiisip mo tuloy bakit may genocide sa mundo, bakit may mga walang-puso umuubos ng isang inferior social class,

that's the answer. they're just plain lowest of the low.

wala na kasi power ang natural selection to eliminate the unfit

kaya dapat artificial selection

[Monseratto]

Di gumana ang power ng prayer, may namatay pa nga. Then they "reintroduced" the yellow lane, so-so success as usual. Wait for another bus-induced accident para gumana yung creative juices ni Tolentino...

[ghosthunter]

I've been noticing that almost a month after the MMDA started to strictly enforce the buses-on-the-yellow-lane rule along EDSA, the enforcement is getting lax again.

Buses are now poking into the 3rd lane once again (OFTEN HAPHAZARDLY, as usual) and occasionally take up half of the 4th lane at speed when avoiding other buses.

Also noticed that when the traffic starts to crawl on the bus lanes, some [NON PROVINCIAL] buses start going up the flyovers/into tunnels yet again.

Plying along EDSA along the first week, I was eerily reminded of Hong Kong highways, where cars taking a certain route would only crowd (and in a very organized line) certain parts of the highway, leaving the others clear for other motorists to use.

Somehow, I wanted to hope these would work. Oh well.

Malakas lang ata talaga yung mga bus companies sa gobyerno naten.

Anyone seem to notice this too?

Main problem of the MMDA... no budget to maintain a single "road discipline" project for more than a week or so.

Secondary problem... too many buses on EDSA. You can throw out half the buses and still have enough left over for an efficient mass transport system.

[jut703]

What's the latest news with the buses on EDSA? Is anyone doing anything to reduce their number? Or sinabi lang nila na "we have 12,000 buses on EDSA" but ultimately do nothing about it?

[SiRbossR]

the main problem is they have common routes.

whatever route the operator applies, LTFRB just approve it.

it should be connect-connect.