MMDA suggests imposing more limits on usage of private cars

**BratPAQ** · September 19th, 2013 02:13 AM

paghuhulihin yang nakaharang na bus, jeepney, kuliglig, sidecar, etc. ang hirap kasi mga mahihirap din ang MMDA at ibang enforcer, of course makikisimpatya sila mga driver ng PUV mahihirap din. kaya laging lusot ang mga kumag.

tutal may CCTV naman sila,itutok nila CCTV sa mga enforcer at traffic, ang dapat i-monitor dito eh yung mga enforcer, kung obvious na pinalalampas nya ang mga kagaguhan ng PUJ and PUB at tanggalin sa serbisyo dahil wala namang silbi.

**brainmafia_310** · September 19th, 2013 02:29 AM

Originally Posted by BratPAQ

paghuhulihin yang nakaharang na bus, jeepney, kuliglig, sidecar, etc. ang hirap kasi mga mahihirap din ang MMDA at ibang enforcer, of course makikisimpatya sila mga driver ng PUV mahihirap din. kaya laging lusot ang mga kumag.

tutal may CCTV naman sila,itutok nila CCTV sa mga enforcer at traffic, ang dapat i-monitor dito eh yung mga enforcer, kung obvious na pinalalampas nya ang mga kagaguhan ng PUJ and PUB at tanggalin sa serbisyo dahil wala namang silbi.

true, yan ang mahirap pag basta lang naipasok sa trabaho. minsan may risk din si MMDA like kano ba sweldo niyan at well covered ba mga iyan pagmaynangyari sa kanila, like lets just say kung napatay yan while doing duty, may ibibigay kaya mmda sa pamilya niyan?

tsaka dapat di taga dun ang mmda na iaasign nila otherwise majeopardize talaga iyan.

sa mga namumuno naman, sa ibang bansa bago sila nakagawa ng solution sa traffic nagroot cause analysis muna sila, hindi nangopya sa iabng bansa. driving conditions, habits, nila ibaiba kaya pinagiisipan hindi para may maisuggest lang.

taenang mga to dapat dito sila pinapadala sa mindanao para sugpuin si nur.

**vinj** · September 19th, 2013 11:39 AM

Gusto pa lagi ni MMDA chief, mga CEO lang ang i-meet niya. I dunno the real deal but having a tantrum is quite... not-so-good. Looks like he has to learn how to get off his ivory tower.

MMDA chief berates INQUIRER.net team seeking public data | Inquirer News

MMDA chief berates INQUIRER.net team seeking public data
By Julliane Love De Jesus
INQUIRER.net
7:45 pm | Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
421 3126 2649

MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino. NOY MORCOSO III/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines—An INQUIRER.net team seeking traffic service partnership with the Metro Manila Development Authority got a dressing down from the MMDA chief, who even expressed dismay that the online news group only sent junior officers for the meeting Wednesday.
“Mga taga-Inquirer ba kayo? (Are you all from Inquirer?)” was the first thing MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino asked the INQUIRER.net team, composed of technology and social media specialists.
Without having the INQUIRER.net team say a word, Tolentino went on to air his complaints against a column that appeared on the Philippine Daily Inquirer motoring section on September 18, discussing the MMDA’s suggestion to further limit the ownership and use of private cars to ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila.
Prior to Wednesday’s meeting, INQUIRER.net editor-in-chief Abelardo Ulanday wrote to Tolentino expressing the online news firm’s intention to work in partnership with MMDA on a special public service project.
The MMDA gave a positive response on Monday, arranging the meeting with the agency.
The INQUIRER.net team, as endorsed by Ulanday, went Wednesday morning to the office of the MMDA in Guadalupe, Makati City.
Upon entering the Office of the Chairman, the team described the MMDA staff who accommodated them before the meeting as “warm,” but little did they know that an infuriated Tolentino would greet them.
Inside the conference room were Tolentino, sitting with hands resting on the back of his head, condescending, and his staff of five including a lawyer.
What irked the MMDA chairman was the alleged misrepresentation committed by Inquirer motoring columnist Aida Sevilla-Mendoza, who wrote about the suggestion of MMDA’s Traffic Discipline Officer, Ret. Gen. Francisco Manalo, on the limiting of private car usage in Metro Manila.
Tolentino berates INQUIRER.net staff
The INQUIRER.net officers, who were “stunned” as they heard Tolentino fuming, barely introduced themselves to the chairman and the rest of his staff because he repeatedly “cut them off while saying ‘alam ko na ‘yan, alam ko na kung saan kayo galing.”
For 30 minutes straight, Tolentino went on with his ire directed at the INQUIRER.net team.

According to the INQUIRER.net team members, the project they were proposing needed the data from MMDA which were supposedly for free and for public consumption.
“So anong makukuha namin diyan? Iyong GMA nagbigay sa amin ng equipment e. They donated us communication equipment for that project worth millions of pesos so kayo in turn, hinihingi ninyo ang data namin di ba? Anong mabibigay ninyo in return? (So what will we get from that project? GMA network has donated to us communication equipment for this project worth millions of pesos. You’re asking for our data, right? What can you give us in return?)” Tolentino said in a mocking tone.
One of the online news website’s staff said, they tried their best to air their side but Tolentino did not take time to listen. Tolentino even “discouraged” them to pursue the said project.
“Bakit pa kayo gagawa? Eh we already have apps for that. So ano ‘yon? Makiki-singkaw kayo sa data namin?” he said.
He also expressed dismay the media outfit sent only junior officers for the meeting.
“Alam mo kasi sa mga ganitong klaseng usapan, ang kaharap namin mga CEO na. Sa TV5 sina MVP (Manny V. Pangilinan), sa GMA, si (Felipe) Gozon. Eto nagda-draft na kami nang ganito, mga head na ang kausap namin. Bakit kayo, kayo lang?” he asked the INQUIRER.net team.
The members of the team felt they were “humiliated and belittled” as Tolentino smugly dealt with them.
The tech and marketing team members, who were mostly in their 20s, recounted that Tolentino informally dismissed the meeting and then left the conference room to accommodate other media persons.
Tolentino airs his side
In a telephone conversation with Ulanday, Tolentino stressed that he did not mean to be “rude” to the team.
He also denied berating them over the Inquirer story.
Tolentino said that if he came on too strong, it was because of his “resoluteness” in explaining how things work in the agency and the things they do to address the issues thrown at the MMDA. He said this particular stance is often misunderstood as being rude or angry.
The MMDA chair said he has been expecting to be presented with a project that would help solve the traffic problem, not just one that would present the traffic situation and not providing a solution or solutions.
Thus when asked by the team if they can be allowed to see the MMDA data, he asked what the team intended to do other than just “ride” on it.
Tolentino said he was sorry if the members of the team felt they were berated but explained it was never his intention to do so.
He added that the visitors were given a tour of the MMDA facilities and a briefing on the different projects and programs being undertaken by the agency. “I was informed by the officials who accompanied them that they were appreciative of that.”
Tolentino said he would still be waiting for the concrete proposal from INQUIRER.net on the special project.

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**greenlyt** · September 19th, 2013 12:10 PM

^ ng mahimasmasan.... hindi daw niya pinagalitan....
so sino kaya ang nagsasabi ng totoo dito

**Altis6453** · September 19th, 2013 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by vinj

Gusto pa lagi ni MMDA chief, mga CEO lang ang i-meet niya. I dunno the real deal but having a tantrum is quite... not-so-good. Looks like he has to learn how to get off his ivory tower.

MMDA chief berates INQUIRER.net team seeking public data | Inquirer News

What can you expect? Tolentino is a former mayor/politico of Tagaytay and he is used to bossing his way around his neck of the woods.

Now, he's Chairman of an agency that has little (by way of legislative and police powers) teeth and has to contend with powerful interests of bigger politicians and ex-military personnel who run or own PUB/PUVs.

So, who can he bully? The private motorist who has to endure the traffic chaos that he and the MMDA don't have a clue or will to solve by going after the obvious.

**ghosthunter** · September 19th, 2013 12:18 PM

I'm expecting less MMDA news from Inquirer in the near future. Or more news about MMDA FAILs.

**vinj** · September 19th, 2013 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

I'm expecting less MMDA news from Inquirer in the near future. Or more news about MMDA FAILs.

Which you don't have to put in the news for everyone to know really.

**Manilablock** · September 19th, 2013 12:29 PM

ung mga CEO meron mga personal drivers at mostly hindi sumasabay sa rush hour.

ung mga junior officers ng inquirer katulad ng majority ng mga motorista ay araw araw nakikipagbuno sa traffic na minamanage ng mga taong walang alam sa pag manage ng traffic.