Another MMDA initiative (I support this one)

**hagiber** · January 12th, 2005 10:55 AM

Get old vehicles off the road--MMDA
Updated 02:16am (Mla time) Jan 12, 2005
By Inquirer News Service

AS A WAY to ensure safety and decongest Metro Manila's roads, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Tuesday gave a final warning to transport operators to get rid of their old and dilapidated vehicles.

MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando said the agency had begun apprehending drivers of these vehicles which have “no right to ply the roads."

According to the MMDA chief, 10,000 of the metropolis' 50,000 buses are in bad shape.

"We will immediately impound the offending vehicles," Fernando stressed, adding that the MMDA also has the power to suspend and revoke the franchise of recalcitrant operators.

Fernando said telltale signs of dilapidated vehicles include smoke belching, defective doors and windows, and paint that has peeled off.

The agency had fined operators for failing to repair defective doors, broken center bolts, misaligned bodies, broken windows and damaged windshields.

Fernando stressed that transport operators who refuse to fix or get rid of their dilapidated vehicles would face suspension and eventual cancellation of their franchise. Margaux C. Ortiz

**bardigones** · January 12th, 2005 11:01 AM

another ningas-cogon in the making?

pero i support this one.

**PLANET odyssey** · January 12th, 2005 11:04 AM

go go go chairman!

**ssaloon** · January 12th, 2005 11:05 AM

give it a month or two, titigil din ang panghuhuli niyan.

**artpogi** · January 12th, 2005 11:26 AM

I hope it's not all saliva this time, hmmm... probably wishful thinking in my part

**the_wildthing** · January 12th, 2005 11:28 AM

Sana totoo...

E sa labas lang naman nila tinitingnan. Have you taken a bus lately? All seats are designed for children under four feet. Sorry ka na lang pag medyo mataba ang katabi mo, kalahati na lang ng puwet mo ang nakaupo. At sorry rin kung matangkad ka. Sakit ng tuhod mo kasi hindi kasya.

And seat sizes assume that your butt width is the same as your torso. Di nila kinonsider na may braso ka, at usually men have larger torsos.

The way I understand it meron dapat seats for the disabled. Good luck if you can find it.

Maybe 2 out of 5 buses have really bad airconditioning - either tumutulo sa seat, or pag tanghali hindi nakakalamig ng bus. Tapos puno pa ng tao pati aisle. Pano pa makakaya ng aircon?

Dapat magkaroon ng bus line na sweldohan ang drivers, walang konduktor, designated bus stops, may schedule at puwede ang MRT/LRT card. Kahit mas mahal ng konti basta kumportable ang upo.