U turn slot nanaman!

[kulotz]

bigyan natin ng oras kakaupo palang nya eh. sana matanggal na niya yung mga u-turn slots kasi paminsan pag kakadaan mo palang sa kalye na yun tapos nasa inner lane ka biglang me u-turn slot eh nakupo talaga nga naman nakakahiya kasi syempre change lane ka tapos makakatrafic ka pa sa pagchange lane mo o kaya mas malala eh pagchange lane mo hindi ka pinagbigyan tapos hindi natantya eh bumangga. lalo natrafic

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They should also light up the u-turn slots well at night (as in put in flood lights). I also saw one u-turn in Libis with a large sign overhead (on top of the lane) prominently displayed an this helps a lot in visbility as well.

I think that was his first project to make the U turn slots safer...

MMDA to make U-turn slots safer
By Mike Frialde (The Philippine Star) Updated December 12, 2009 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - As part of its ongoing evaluation of the U-turn slots placed along major thoroughfares of the metropolis during the term of then Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando, the agency now aims to make the U-turn slots safer for motorists.
Acting on orders of Chairman Oscar Inocentes, the MMDA’s Traffic [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]Engineering[/COLOR][/COLOR] Center is putting up directional signs 50 to 250 meters away, warning motorists that they are approaching a U-turn slot.
Inocentes also said the MMDA will install protruded solar-powered blinker lights on each of the U-turn slots.
“This is expected to lessen accidents, “ Inocentes said.
As an added safety measure, Inocentes also ordered the installation of rumble strips on parts of the road approaching the U-turn slots.
“These rumble strips are made of steel bars laid on the road and cause jerky movements on the vehicles to alert drunk and sleepy [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]drivers[/COLOR][/COLOR] especially during night time and avoid any unnecessary accident,” he said.
The MMDA is also trying to make the “pink fences” along the roads safer to motorists by placing reflectorized hazard markers on them.
Despite criticisms from motorists that the MMDA’s [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]concrete[/COLOR][/COLOR] U-turn slots are road hazards, the agency still maintains that U-turn slots are effective in decongesting Metro Manila.
Inocentes said that at present all the 38 U-turn slots put in place by the MMDA are now being evaluated.
“Those found to be hazardous will be closed to prevent future mishaps while those that do not pose any danger will be enhanced further,” he said.
The 38 U-turn slots were placed by the MMDA along C-5 Road, EDSA, Quezon Avenue, and Commonwealth Avenue.

[scharnhorst]

eh ano naman kung hinde niya alam kung saan yun U turn sa commonwealth? ang dapat na tanong kung bakit meron U turn doon in the first place.

meron na rin siyang inalis na mga pink fences sa EDSA and it improve the traffic flows tremendously...

Commonwealth happens to be one of the major thoroughfares in the metro. I'd be surprised if someone in his shoes didn't know about it.

granted, he's currently doing a better job at some places than Mr. PINKFENCE, but his answer was not quite reassuring as it displayed a gross lack of situational awareness.

This current chairman should go further than rearranging those annoying pink fences and work hand in hand with the LTFRB and LTO to really improve traffic flow in this city. (i.e. streamlining the mass/public transportation system)

[afrasay]

C'mon guys the guy is 78 years old and was, as he indirectly said, shoved into the post as the new MMDA chairman. He doesn't even know why he was appointed in the first place.

[scharnhorst]

C'mon guys the guy is 78 years old and was, as he indirectly said, shoved into the post as the new MMDA chairman. He doesn't even know why he was appointed in the first place.

well our DoE secretary is, after all, a former AFP general.

Let's just wait and see what happens.