MMDA Chairman Tolentino's "brilliant" Ideas to Solve Traffic Problem in MM

[foresterx]

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isama mo na rin ang jaywalking sir. wala na din nahuhuli ngayon.

pati na din yung mga halaman na nilagay sa mga underpass ng edsa na mag mula nung nalanta di na pinalitan at hinayaan lang don.

[JohnM]

The halaman wall on EDSA/Ayala was being tended to last week. The boxes and plants are stocked under the Buendia/Kalayaan flyover. If only one team takes care of the whole of EDSA medyo matagal nga bago mabalikan ang mga lanta na.

[vinj]

Eto na ang solusyon. Taasan ang budget ng MMDA.

Amid constant flooding, traffic jams, Palace increases MMDA budget - InterAksyon.com

Amid constant flooding, traffic jams, Palace increases MMDA budget
By: Ernie Reyes, InterAksyon.com
July 28, 2013 9:07 PM

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MANILA, Philippines – Amid massive floods that displaced thousands of people and stranded commuters; and traffic jams all over the National Capital Region, the Palace has nearly doubled the annual budget of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority.

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Sunday said the proposed budget of MMDA for 2014 is P2.65 billion, or P1.2 billion higher than this year’s P1.48 billion.

“It is twice bigger than the P1.36 billion it got last year,” Recto said.

The MMDA’s budget is booked in the national budget as Allocations to Local Government. On top of what it will receive from the national government, the MMDA is authorized to use collections from fines, fees and charges it may impose as well as mandatory remittances by its member LGUs.

Recto, who earlier praised the reforms introduced in the 2014 national budget, said the MMDA like all other agencies making budget requests for next year has identified key result areas which will serve as its performance indicators.

These “major final outcomes” are grouped into three: Solid Waste Disposal and Management Services, Traffic Management Services and Flood Control and Sewerage Management Services, Recto said.

On traffic management, Recto said MMDA “promises to achieve an average travel speed of 29 kilometers per hour on the 197 kilometers of road under its management. This can be used as baseline data in measuring improvement as we hope that vehicle velocity will gradually increase in the years to come.”

“It has also pledged a maximum 15-minute response time in 90 percent of traffic obstruction cases. It will repair 98 percent traffic of signal outages within two hours,” Recto pointed out.

Another target it has imposed upon itself is to limit fatalities from vehicular accidents to one third of one percent of total cases, Recto said.

On flood control, Recto explained that MMDA is responsible for the upkeep of 595 kilometers of drainage channel and waterways, or a length equal to the distance of Manila to Baguio and back. “It has committed to declog these waterways at least thrice a year and monitor them continuously,” he said.

To its credit, Recto said MMDA “has measured the aggregate size of flood-prone areas at 3,845 hectares, where it will focus its flood-control operations and deploy quick-reaction teams in times of flooding.”

As to solid waste disposal, the volume “under its management“ is 55 percent of the 43,491 cubic meters that the whole region generates daily. It is targeting a full 100-percent compliance with the provisions of the Ecological Solid Waste Act of 2000.

“This is MMDA’s equity in the struggle to make Metro Manila a livable city. The other stakeholders are the 17 local government units and the national government,” Recto stressed.

The national government is initiating big-ticket projects, from connector roads to new light rail train lines to flood control projects that will address the infrastructure needs of a bourgeoning megapolis, he added.

“I fully support the MMDA budget request for 2014 as I endorse action on some immediately actionable measures that will close the gaps in personnel need and boost the welfare of the existing MMDA workforce,” Recto said. These include the hiring of 400 additional traffic enforcers so that major intersections and thoroughfares are manned until late at night. and the grant of hazard pay to “boots on the ground” MMDA traffic enforcers who are exposed to hazardous elements like toxic air.

“I am also proposing that in the national budget, the other national government projects in Metro Manila be presented alongside programs of the MMDA so that we will be given a regional snapshot of what the government intends to do next year,” Recto said.

[Monseratto]

The halaman wall on EDSA/Ayala was being tended to last week. The boxes and plants are stocked under the Buendia/Kalayaan flyover. If only one team takes care of the whole of EDSA medyo matagal nga bago mabalikan ang mga lanta na.

I noticed they change the plants often. The poor things die from all the pollution generated in the underpass. even if they water them. Imagine the cost in replacing the plants, manpower and the traffic they cause when they occupy one lane just to do that... What a waste!

[ghosthunter]

I noticed they change the plants often. The poor things die from all the pollution generated in the underpass. even if they water them. Imagine the cost in replacing the plants, manpower and the traffic they cause when they occupy one lane just to do that... What a waste!

Ironic. It is costing the taxpayer more to keep a "green" metro manila.

[Manilablock]

Eto na ang solusyon. Taasan ang budget ng MMDA.

Amid constant flooding, traffic jams, Palace increases MMDA budget - InterAksyon.com

dapat basagin ang MMDA, sobra ang laki ng scope nya hindi naman kaya.

jack of all trades, master of none

[vinj]

Ironic. It is costing the taxpayer more to keep a "green" metro manila.

Why not sell them your fake plants? :D

[Retz]

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tutubo pa si sir GH nyan.

[joemarski]

Why not sell them your fake plants? :D

Mura na, maintenance- free pa. :naughty2:

[Monseratto]

How did 139,000 buses get in a road meant for 1,600???



myManila » A problem called EDSA ? pollution, congestion and lost income

[Manilablock]

How did 139,000 buses get in a road meant for 1,600???



myManila » A problem called EDSA ? pollution, congestion and lost income

sabi ng LTFRB hindi kasama sa scope nila ang traffic management, basta legal daw ung mga prankisa ng mga bus, wag nyo na itanong kung ilan ang binigyan nila, basta legal lahat un.

[yapoy86]

alam ko yun ibang franchise ng bus eh LGU din ang nag request nyan sa LTFRB.. dapat kasi i ayos ulit nila yung bus franchise tapos bawiin yung mga franchise na binigay then distribute ulet yung bago... kasi hindi na akma yung ruta sa mga kalsada natin... ngayon pag may nag implement dapat SUMUNOD muna bago kumontra

[donbuggy]

Solution:
1) Underground bus stops at major intersections.
2) Island divider between main road and service road.

[Monseratto]

First day of the Coastal Mall's Southwest Integrated Terminal of MMDA...

[[archie]]

I really think tolentino is not right for the job. Hilaw mga ideas and execution.

[vinj]

First day of the Coastal Mall's Southwest Integrated Terminal of MMDA...

*slow clap*

[antonath]

1st day pa lang naman eh. ganyan din naman noon 1st day ng bus ban sa Manila area.

[foresterx]

that's a given since 1st day pa lang, lets see up to a month if no improvement then fail nga ang project nila. i hope it succeeds though.

[antonath]

based on news, kulang lang sa disiplina mga commuters dahil nag uunahan sila makasakay, which is true!

[jcRN]

based on news, kulang lang sa disiplina mga commuters dahil nag uunahan sila makasakay, which is true!

given the number of people in the picture, kahit ako makikipag unahan. may araw na so for sure nagmamadali lahat yan makapasok. swerte nung mga taxi siguro jan. :D