MMDA: Traffic on EDSA faster because of colorum crackdown.

[morrissey_05]

owwss? will you believe this guys? palagay ko binobola tayo ng MMDA. let's see when school starts.

palagay ko its because its summer and people would rather stay indoors because its too hot outside hahaha




MMDA: Traffic faster on EDSA due to colorum bus crackdown

By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 21:19:00 04/06/2008

MANILA, Philippines – The average speed of vehicles traveling on EDSA has climbed from 22 to 23 kilometers per hour (kph) to 45 to 65 kph since the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority started its crackdown on “colorum” buses or those operating without a franchise.

With the impounding of close to 200 illegal buses, it would now take less time to travel from one end of Edsa to the other, MMDA General Manager Robert Nacianceno said on Sunday.

“We did not expect that the impact would be so immediate,” he told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in a phone interview.

Nacianceno recalled the time he went to Visayas Avenue in Quezon City from Gil Puyat Avenue in Makati City on a weekday.

“I expected the trip would take two hours but I reached my destination 40 minutes earlier,” he said.

The official admitted that the shorter travel time could also be attributed in part to the closing of classes. But he added that the crackdown on colorum buses has a much greater impact.

“Last summer, I think the average speed was 30 to 35 kph,” Nacianceno said.

Although the crackdown has been praised by many sectors, it has also been criticized by some provincial bus operators whose vehicles were found to be operating illegally.

But Nacianceno dismissed their complaints, saying it was within the MMDA mandate to ensure that only buses with the proper papers could ply major thoroughfares.

Over radio station dzBB, acting MMDA Traffic Operations Center Director Roberto Esquivel admitted that in the past, some bus operators were not apprehended because of their alleged “connections” in government.

But he said the practice would change and nobody would be spared from the operations.

On Monday last week, the MMDA began clearing Edsa of colorum buses as part of the last stages of the Organized Bus Route System which would use surveillance cameras and the radio frequency identification technology (RFID) for a fully automated system of dispatching buses in the metropolis.

Earlier, MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando said it would likely take another one or two weeks before the system could become fully operational with only buses bearing RFID tags allowed to cruise major roads.

The OBR System was first implemented in 2003 to reduce the number of buses plying Edsa to prevent heavy traffic.

[vindiesel]

sana tuloy tuloy na ito. maganda naman ang hangarin ng MMDA. saludo ako sa kanila kung maubos nila yong mga pasaway na bus dyan sa edsa. kung ma-implement ito ng maayos, all praise ako.

[jiyumaico]

+1 ako dyan. go go go. hulihin lahat ng colorum sa edsa. titigas kasi ng ga ulo., mga walang pakialam sa ibang motorista.

[scharnhorst]

owwss? will you believe this guys? palagay ko binobola tayo ng MMDA. let's see when school starts.

palagay ko its because its summer and people would rather stay indoors because its too hot outside hahaha

My thoughts exactly. sus. sobrang trapik on the way to MIAS nung sabado sa edsa.

[Type 100]

This may be true, but this will probably be cancelled out by the motorists who now refuse to use C5 due to the huge bottleneck made by the U-turn ramp construction.

Just give it time...it'll happen.

My two cents

[ringostarr]

oo nga naman kahit san halos maluwag ngaun walang pasok mga bata, sarap nga mag-drive improve FC ng SF ko aabot ata ako ng 10km/liter pure city

[chris_d]

kahit nung friday sobrang traffic sa edsa, all the way from cubao to magallanes traffic...

[niky]

I was actually surprised.

Right after the colorum crackdown... traffic eased off... I was so surprised that I called Ghosthunter and said: "man, maybe the crackdown worked!"

To which he replied: "That's because school's out."

Oops.

Then, on the week of MIAS, it was tight as a mother-*****... weird.

We'll see when the U-Turn flyover is finished. Much as I don't like some of Bayani's bizarre ideas, it's nice that he's finally doing his job.

Now can you please impound those 1,000+++ f***ing colorum jeeps that show up outside my house every night? Thank you.

[4wrider]

Traffic did ease on EDSA this last week and buses seem to be fewer. Even during the previous years during vacations there was no such comparable remarkable improvement. So they must have done something right.

Kudos to MMDA and with hope that they can sustain the good work.

[morrissey_05]

observation lang: what's causing traffic naman on edsa now are roadworks and the construction of more bus lane islands. do those islands really work?

[CVT]

Kagabi,- na-feature naman iyong mga colorum na vans na hinuhuli nila dito sa Metro Manila..... Huwag naman sanang maging ningas cogon lang... Dapat ay ipatupad nila ito sa lahat ng araw....

5808:bee:

[mazdamazda]

Yep... it did work. I travel from Balintawak to Makati almost every working day (except on UVVRP day of course where I only go until Guadalupe).

After school stopped (hurrah!) - I was surprised that the traffic flow hasn't improved that much... and the reason? Buses were clogging major intersections and causing mayhem - parang ngayon lang nakawala.

I was pretty sure by that time that a colorum crackdown would follow... they do this every two months or so.

Then it began... tons of buses & other PUVs on the side of the road... it was chaotic at first but traffic started to ease up.

:cool01:

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[lugarai]

Traffic did ease on EDSA this last week and buses seem to be fewer. Even during the previous years during vacations there was no such comparable remarkable improvement. So they must have done something right.

Kudos to MMDA and with hope that they can sustain the good work.

AySUStain ba ikamo brod? We are hoping na magtuloy tuloy nga. Medyo lumuwag yung traffic hindi dahil may mga nahuling mga colorum dahil kokonti lang sa total numbers na estimate nila ang nahuli.

Ang siste natakot yung ibang colorum na lumabas at baka mahuli rin sila. Sana araw-araw manghuli para araw-araw takot ang ibang kolorum...he.he.he.

Isa pang cause ng traffic ay yung paghambalang ng mga bus sa Edsa after makapicked-up ng pasahero!!!! Nakikita kaya to ng MMDA?

[morrissey_05]

kaya minsan nakakapikon din mga leaders ng bus groups like Claire dela Fuente when they say buses dont cause traffic along EDSA when they are actually more private cars, hence, its the private cars that causing the traffic, to follow their logic.

pero kung iisipin mo, konti nga ang mga buses as compared to private cars. but if this minority ang humaharang sa edsa, e di traffic din. in denial pa kasi sila na its the buses that cause traffic. the evidence is clear.

bopols talaga mga transport groups na to minsan.

[Horsepower]

It's normal, they will of course protect their earnings first.

If these people are proactive to begin with, these colorum PUVs wouldn't exist. They know it is wrong and illegal, yet, they choose to take advantage of their numbers and the lack of tracking equipment (which is what BF is now pilot-testing).

That is why, I am all support for Bayani Fernando, even if he burns these buses, i don't care.

Personally, i don't really care much about these city buses because I normally take MRT/LRT/LRT-2 and taxis among these PUVs anyway.

Riding city buses is so stressful (long waiting time, dirty seats, smelly interior, funeral hearse speed) that the savings isn't just worth the trouble. Imagine hell.

The problem with these bus owners is that they've never really tried riding full route aboard their buses incognito. If they did, they'd know what aspects to improve and eliminate.

[ringostarr]

ang dami-dami na nga racket nyan si Claire dela fuente, may mga kainan yan sa tiendesitas saka greenhills tapos kumakanta pa ng carpenters tapos nag-ooperate pa ng bus liner.

mautak yan nun may meeting kami somewhere sa isang secluded resto lapit dyan sa OB Montessori ghills may kinakausap yan na opisyal ng gobyerno kungtodo touch and lambing dun sa opisyal para siguro makapagdagdag ng edsa buses

[CVT]

AySUStain ba ikamo brod? We are hoping na magtuloy tuloy nga. Medyo lumuwag yung traffic hindi dahil may mga nahuling mga colorum dahil kokonti lang sa total numbers na estimate nila ang nahuli.

Ang siste natakot yung ibang colorum na lumabas at baka mahuli rin sila. Sana araw-araw manghuli para araw-araw takot ang ibang kolorum...he.he.he.

Isa pang cause ng traffic ay yung paghambalang ng mga bus sa Edsa after makapicked-up ng pasahero!!!! Nakikita kaya to ng MMDA?

Paanong makikita, pag ganyan na, sa ibang dako tumitingin ang mga linsiyak...

5808:bee:

[gwapZzZz]

Bwiset yang mga bus na yan..parang nagraracing sa kalye.. Cut dito cut Dun nakakapikon.. syempre matatakot ka kasi maliit at hamak na sedan lng gamit mo. Yung iba itatabi nga yung bus nila, yung pwet yung tinabi, pero yung harap nasa gitna.

[overboost]

the crackdown on colorum buses and and jeepneys is still ongoing. every day I see new buses and jeepneys parked at edsa cor. timog ave. they have a temporary parking there for apprehended vehicles.

[meledson]

Sige lang, ipagpatuloy ang pag huli sa mga colorum. Alam naman nila na bawal, ginagawa pa rin.