MMDA wants coding on weekends too

[hagiber]

Car coding scheme for weekends too?

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is considering whether to extend to weekends the unified vehicular volume reduction program or the plate number coding scheme.

MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando yesterday said public consultation on this would be scheduled within the next few months.

If ever, the extension will be implemented sometime in the next three months, he added.

He noted that traffic volume on Saturdays and Sundays were now comparable to regular days.

"This condition led us to consider implementing the UVVRP for weekends," he said.

The present coding scheme requires vehicles to be kept off the streets once a week -- Mondays to Fridays -- based on their plate number endings. The scheme does not apply on Saturdays and Sundays. Neither is it followed in Makati City nor San Juan, whose local governments have disagreements with Mr. Fernando.

In the proposed modification, Mr. Fernando said all plate numbers would be divided into four groups -- with each group given only one particular weekend in a month to make use of Metro Manila streets.

He urged the public to participate in soon-to-be-announced public hearings, for MMDA to hear all concerns.

A coding scheme for buses on EDSA might soon be implemented as well, Mr. Fernando said.

He said bus operators have agreed to take 20% of their buses off the streets daily to lessen the volume of traffic.

Remaining buses will be issued tags by MMDA to serve as passes as they make trips along EDSA.

Meanwhile, MMDA also plans to install "elevated u-turns" in some main streets, Mr. Fernando said.

The first one, to be worth an estimated P200 million, will be installed along C-5 road -- in place of a traffic tunnel at the intersection of C-5 and Kalayaan Avenue that can cost P500 million.

Mr. Fernando said elevated u-turns would be installed all over Metro Manila to ease congestions in crossings.

The new structures will be a priority project in solving traffic problems in Metro Manila, he added.

MMDA will also install 60 more pedestrian overpasses along EDSA. -- Ruelle Albert D. Castro

[baiskee]

eh loko pala sila eh...every weekends ang bakasyon, pano kung uuwi ka sa probinsya o parating.

hihintay ka pa ng oras para di mahuli? :fire:

sa mga public transport na alng nila i-apply...yun naman nagpapasikip ng daan eh.

[ram]

grabe na yata yan! maglalakad na lang ba tayo papasok sa trabaho?

[silhouette]

Ano na naman 'to?!? lokohan na lang ba talaga? isip muna maigi bayani! bilib na nga ako noon eh. parang nabubwisit na ko ngayon.
What MMDA should do first is to let ALL cities follow his scheme. hindi yung different cities, different traffic rules.

P500M for an elevated u-turn at c5 kalayaan?!? woooaaa! ang ayos-ayos dyan nung hindi nila ginagalaw eh. ayusin po muna kasi ang daan dyan sa lugar na yan. hindi yung parang dagat na umaalon... Grrr...

[mazdamazda]

errr... i enforce lang nila yung yellow lane... lately napapansin ko yung mga bus pumupunta na sa labas ng yellow lane...

[ILuvDetailing]

They should use the 500M to fix the roads, yung sa Macapagal nga di nga matapos tapos mga 3 or 4 months na yun gagawa pa sila ng elevated U-Turns that would be a traffic nightmare.

[pajerokid]

Nasisira na ang ulo ng mga taga MMDA.

[Bogeyman]

P500M for an elevated u-turn at c5 kalayaan?! woooaaa!

P200M lang yung proposed elevated u-turn, which is still expensive, IMO. And they plan to construct more than one....

Proper enforcement muna dapat ng existing rules and regulations. Andaming mga sasakyan na hindi na dapat pinapayagan sa kalsada. Every day and night I have to put up with vehicles with defective headlights, defective turn signals, no brake lights, etc., not to mention those which are too dilapidated to be considered road-worthy. Maalis lang yung mga yun sa daan and we'll see already see a significant improvement in traffic.

[silhouette]

P200M lang yung proposed elevated u-turn, which is still expensive, IMO. And they plan to construct more than one....

Proper enforcement muna dapat ng existing rules and regulations. Andaming mga sasakyan na hindi na dapat pinapayagan sa kalsada. Every day and night I have to put up with vehicles with defective headlights, defective turn signals, no brake lights, etc., not to mention those which are too dilapidated to be considered road-worthy. Maalis lang yung mga yun sa daan and we'll see already see a significant improvement in traffic.

thanks for correcting me bogeyman!

sa sobrang inis ko, nag halo-halo na pati numbers presented ng mmda.

[hagiber]

Yung nakakainis dito sa proposal ay one weekend per month ka lang pwede gumamit nang sasakyan mo... So for a 30 day month, you can only use your vehicle for 18 days (4 days * 4 weeks + 1 weekend)... Grrrrr...

[Hero]

alis - balik, dati ng meron niyan coding on saturdays..inalis ngayon ibabalik para lang sabihin na may ginagawa si bayani..bat hindi na lang niya pinturahan ng pink ang bldg ng mmda para may magawa siya, o buuin na lang nyan ang 3 tenors nila ni angie at joey...tatakbo kasi ng senado ito kaya kailangan magpaingay..

[jim]

ang gulo-gulo ng MMDA!!! nakaka*#$*%*$!##*!!!!!! Bayani pwede ba gamitin mo na lang yung 200M para maayos yung mga uneven na daan at potholes!!!! yang U-TURN na balak mo lalo lang magkakatraffic. Isa pa yung weekend wag mo na idamay sa coding. Pwede namang wala coding basta well implemented ang traffic regulations. Pwede rin yung 200M budget para i-train mo mga tao mo.

[theveed]

Pagandahin nalang ang mass transport nampuch... para MRT nalang lagi nakakaasar magkaoto sa manila.

[mazdamazda]

Pagandahin nalang ang mass transport nampuch... para MRT nalang lagi nakakaasar magkaoto sa manila.

yup.. basta gumanda ang mass transport mas ok pa yun kaysa mag tsikot... problema lang nga ay hindi kaya ng MRT / LRT ang load ng tao kapag rush hour... parang sardinas!!!

[van_wilder]

tigas pala siya eh... nagaaksaya siya ng pera! hindi naman habang buhay siyang chairman! bakit siya gagawa ng elevated u-turn na P500million aber?!!?!?!?! pera ba niya yan?!?!?! pagnawala na siya sa mmda, magpapalit nanaman ng scheme masasayang ang pera natin!

[van_wilder]

palibhasa exempted siya sa coding at sangkatutak ang convoy at escort niya kaya okay lang sa kanya... lagi ko nakikita yun auto niya na landcruiser eh... singit sila ng singit palibhasa may mga pulis siya sa motorcycle...

[baiskee]

bigyan nya muna ng seminar yung mga traffic enforcer nya...hindi yung nagmumukhang bobo kay love anover.

[kingkaboodles]

hay naku! another scheme na naman???!!! ayusin muna nilang dalawa ni Nog-Nog nang makati ang gusot nila noh!

tongak din ung nakaisip nito.. siguro gusto nila bumili pa ang mga tao nang isa pang oto. eh di ganun din! tongak talaga.

[carlocaraddict]

errr... i enforce lang nila yung yellow lane... lately napapansin ko yung mga bus pumupunta na sa labas ng yellow lane...

oo nga eh, pati itong mga buwiset na buses, nasa lane na ng cars, nang iipit pa sila tapos sila pa galit.

Anyway, di ako papayag na magkaron ng number coding during weekends. Pano yun, even parehon yung cars namin, so di na kami makakagamit ng cars namin? Isipin naman nya, weekends are for the family. Usually pag weekends, lumalabas ang buong family. And wala namang traffic pag sundays di ba? Its unfair!

[quiksie]

Yup pagseminarin muna niya ang mga traffic officers niya. Kawawa naman yun mga taong isa ang kotse at may importanteng lakad. Wala naman masyado traffic pag saturdays and sundays. Pano nalang yun mga taong gusto magsimba? magsacrifice pa sila ng oras nila