MMDA: How about an Edsa fee?

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MMDA: How about an Edsa fee?

MMDA: How about an Edsa fee? | Inquirer News


A scheme called congestion pricing is being studied as a way to ease traffic flow on the countrys busiest highway. NINO JESUS ORBETA



Days after announcing that it would no longer implement the modified odd-even scheme, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said it was studying the possibility of charging a fee for every private vehicle that will use Edsa.

The agencys chief said the study was being conducted with the help of the government of Singapore, where congestion pricing has been in effect since the 1970s.

Under this traffic system, which is also implemented in several major cities worldwide, private motorists must pay to pass through Edsa. The government will keep track of these motorists through state-of-the-art cameras set up on gantries.

I think this is something we have to look at. Im not saying we will already do it but we have to study it, MMDA officer in charge and general manager Tim Orbos told reporters in a recent interview.

Orbos said the system was somewhat similar to the e-pass scheme being implemented on expressways where vehicles passing through toll gates would be charged electronically. The only difference is that toll gates would not be set up as this would defeat the purpose of congestion pricing, he added.

The traffic scheme has been in effect in Singapore since 1975, resulting in an almost immediate 45-percent reduction in traffic and a 25-percent decline in vehicle crashes.

Other major cities worldwide where it is being implemented are London, Milan and Stockholm.

Orbos said that they would have to figure out how the gantries would be set up since Edsa has various entry and exit points.

He pointed out that there was a need to have an innovative approach in reducing the volume of vehicles plying Edsa, especially since 80 percent of the roads in Metro Manila were being used by private vehicles.

The Singapore government offered to help us. This is a government to government [project]. OK, lets say we lack public transport but are we going to wait? This is why we have schemes whether congestion pricing, odd-even or number coding prioritizing public transport, Orbos said.

According to latest MMDA data, about 236,000 private vehicles pass through the 24-km Edsa daily, making it the countrys busiest thoroughfare.

MMDA: How about an Edsa fee? | Inquirer News

[Monseratto]

Maybe something more drastic like letting the Singaporeans handle traffic enforcement and regulation of driver licenses...hehehe.

[minicarph]

It's even a waste of time reading this. Scan na lang and move on

[yebo]

how will they monitor e wala nga license plates. will they the require all vehicles to have an rfid because of the lack of plates? bwahahahahahaha!!!

[Egan101]

Make EDSA a toll road? I guess that would work. We all know SLEX and NLEX works well. NAIAX is also quite helpful.

[go-to-guy]

Gawa sila ng gawa ng mga proposals when all you really need is enforcement. Im not saying this is the ONLY way to solve traffic but it would help a great deal. Nagiging trabaho nalang ng TE mag-abang ng coding. Tapos nagtatago pa sa shade most of the time and wala sa area where they're needed the most. Kamot ulo lang pag may di sumunod sa kanila or mag counter flow/other violation. Sa Alabang-Zapote Road lang maiinis ka kasi may oras na wala silang lahat. Sana may shifting kasi dapat di mawalan ng TE kundi wala nang bigayan mga motorists. Orbos should focus first on his people.

[Cruyff14]

This could work only IF we had an efficient mass transportation system. But since the MRT sucks, people would rather use their own cars.

[coiter]

This could work only IF we had an efficient mass transportation system. But since the MRT sucks, people would rather use their own cars.

and this is his reply to that: "OK, lets say we lack public transport but are we going to wait? This is why we have schemes whether congestion pricing, odd-even or number coding prioritizing public transport", Orbos said.

[dr. d]

edsa fee...
papano...? may toll booth with harang, or may mga maglalakad na mangongolekta..?

[bugsmobile]

edsa fee...
papano...? may toll booth with harang, or may mga maglalakad na mangongolekta..?

I think the initial design for EDSA decades ago was like a freeway with toll booth exits. But now, baka nga may maglalakad at mangolekta. With the bumper to bumper traffic & probably averaging less 10km/hr, di ka din makaka speed off & takas hehe.