NEWS: DPWH mulls constructing 'elevated EDSA'

[vinj]

This will be a engineering/design nightmare with all the existing structure like the MRT/MRT Stations. That's what you get for short sighted management.

Shaw Blvd. will be one problem. I can also imagine the monstrous traffic it will generate.

It doesnt have to be the entire stretch of EDSA all at once. They can do it in phases such as Makati - Mandaluyong - Q.C. first, then the other extensions and connections later on.

Or...

You just build an elevated, circumferential expressway elsewhere. Something that links Taguig - Eastern Metro (Taytay/Cainta) - C5 - Northern Metro (Q.C.) with several elevated tributaries coming from Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig and Manila.

[_Qwerty_]

mas problema yan.. kasi mag me merge sila.. imagine mo yung bottleneck nyan..

Shaw Blvd. will be one problem. I can also imagine the monstrous traffic it will generate.

It doesnt have to be the entire stretch of EDSA all at once. They can do it in phases such as Makati - Mandaluyong - Q.C. first, then the other extensions and connections later on.

[vinj]

mas problema yan.. kasi mag me merge sila.. imagine mo yung bottleneck nyan..

Yeah, there would be bottlenecks but one thing to manage it is to determine where most of the cars start to filter off from EDSA which is basically Makati and QC (IMO) and thats where you put your exits.

Either way, this is really a headache to plan and implement. This again, is a result of our lack of long term planning. When the MRT and various EDSA flyovers were built, we never looked forward enough to consider that one day, EDSA could be double level.

What's more realistic? This elevated EDSA highway being built or PNoy having kids and settling down?

[jave]

The solution to traffic in EDSA is simple. KEEP VEHICLES MOVING. Eliminate anything that introduces delay, even for just one second. This includes those idiotic PUV's swerving, stopping all over the place and clogging up the road with their stupidity, trucks and buses making huge U-turns, stupid U-turn implementation and placements, etc.

Also, change those stupid lane markings in EDSA. Notice how in some parts of EDSA, the middle lane for private vehicles suddenly becomes the leftmost lane and then becomes the middle lane at some point again?

[uls]

kelangan na gumastos si PNoy

he has been holding back govt spending

ayaw maglabas ng pera kasi takot sa corruption

bumagal naman ng economy

very good

[Wh1stl3r]

IMO they should just promote growth in the provinces by building infrastructure, giving tax perks and anything they can think of to make investing/living there more attractive. Encourage people to move out and stay there. That should decongest Metro Manila.

[kotiko]

Woah if this is going to be like skyway, wag nalang. We will have to bear years of excruciating traffic in EDSA for that.

The best thing to do parin is like what others said: Educate motorists of correct and proper road etiquettes.

[baludoy]

kelangan na gumastos si PNoy

he has been holding back govt spending

ayaw maglabas ng pera kasi takot sa corruption

bumagal naman ng economy

very good

oo nga. na-kahon siya sa impractical campaign promises niya na no unnecessary gov't spending, no increase/new taxes, etc. tapos hindi pa din nag take-off iyong ppp scheme ng gov't kaya medyo nawala iyong rosy outlook ng mga investors at lenders natin. oh well, at least he's changing his mind w/ regards to those medyo hilaw moves of his

btt: that would be nice to see but the planning has got to be detailed and extensive. what if they do new elevated roads over the pasig river? at least dun walang problema sa mga right of way and if done properly hindi naman siguro mag cocongest ang pakitid na pakitid at tuloy tuloy na siltation sa ilog pasig. posible ba iyan? medyo unconventional thinking lang po

[first_light]

With modern engineering, possible. Check the 54km 6-lane Bang Na elevated Expressway of Bangkok, Thailand constructed 11 years ago.

[vinj]

Woah if this is going to be like skyway, wag nalang.

Buses flying off due to strong crosswinds and landing smack on the roof of SM Megamall? :D