Proposal to Make EDSA and C5 Uni-directional

[vinj]

With our worsening traffic and with the barrage of half-cooked schemes such as coding proposals that short of force one to have a different car for each day of the week, counterproductive counter flows, and certain lawmakers who propose I'm free to do anything on the road as long as its in the interest of legislation measures, this is one of the ideas floated that I am more open studying further and trying out.

There are a lot of "small things" that have to be threshed out though such as determining the proper channels to move between EDSA and C5 (which will surely be the chokepoints) and the management of buses and stops on EDSA.

From: Lawmaker’s ‘drastic’ proposal: Turn EDSA, C-5, Roxas Blvd into one-way highways | News | GMA News Online

Lawmaker’s ‘drastic’ proposal: Turn EDSA, C-5, Roxas Blvd into one-way highways
Published September 30, 2017 3:41pm
To ease the worsening traffic situation in Metro Manila, a lawmaker is proposing a one-way scheme for its three major thoroughfares.

Samar Representative Edgar Sarmiento proposed to turn Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa), C-5 Road, and Roxas Boulevard into purely one-way highways.

Edsa should be turned into a purely northbound superhighway from Caloocan to Pasay City with bi-directional service roads on its opposite sides that will be for the exclusive use of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Sarmiento said.

"To accommodate northbound vehicles coming from Pasay City, Parañaque and Cavite, portions of Roxas Boulevard passing through C-3 and C-4 would be also turned into a one-way highway," the lawmaker said.

He also suggested that C-5 road - which will be also turned purely as a northbound expressway - to be used by vehicles coming from Muntinlupa and Laguna going northbound to Quezon City, Bulacan and Pampanga.

"In the absence of needed infrastructure and efficient public transportation system such as elevated highways and subways, traffic managers should now consider adopting the 'one-way-all-the-way' scheme similar to what is being used in New York City," Sarmiento said.

The lawmaker is also proposing to use the Light Rail Transit and Metro Rail Transit terminals as loading and unloading stops for the BRTS.

"This will augment the capacity of our mass railway transit system, since passengers who will not be accommodated in the trains have the option to use the BRT system," Sarmiento said.

He added that provincial buses should no longer be allowed to use EDSA and instead, terminals should be placed on its southern and northern edges to cater to provincial passengers.

Bus companies that operate the BRTS will be asked to provide buses to carry passengers to and from the southern and northern provincial bus terminals.

Sarmiento said his proposal might look "too drastic."

However, he emphasized that "at the rate things are going, Metro Manila's traffic problem could get really out of hand once the government starts constructing other big ticket projects in Metro Manila such as the proposed Metro subway system and the additional elevated train systems."

"It is better to consider drastic solutions than continue to lose P3 Billion daily in economic productivity due to traffic congestion," he said.

"Imposing a moratorium on the purchase of new cars or banning sales during weekdays is also counterproductive as this will limit economic activity," he added. —Ted Cordero/ALG, GMA News

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and saan naman nila padadaanin yung southbound vehicles?

[tidus1203]

and saan naman nila padadaanin yung southbound vehicles?

EDSA daw south bound lang. C5 and Roxas for north bound. Nakikita ko yari sa plan though is the EDSA and C5 connectors such as Aurora Blvd, White Plains, Ortigas Ave. Lanuza Ave, BGC area, Boni Serrano and Commonwealth. Bibigat traffic sa mga connectors...

[StockEngine]

hmmm our ultra dense population...

aside from the dense traffic...

4things...

traffic enforcers have to make sure choke points like bus loading areas are moving.

also these broken vehicles needs to be taken off of the road in 1-3minutes when responders arrive.

car stopped because of no fuel? 10000peso fine

coding fine is too cheap...



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[boybi]

saan naman dadaan ang mga trucks coming from the north kung puro northbound nalang ang C5, sa EDSA?

[niky]

Strict... as in very strict enforcement of lane discipline for bus drivers. One strike rule. Strike one and your chassis is off the road for a week.

Strike two and it's a month.

Strike three and it's franchise revoked.

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Very little you can do about the volume. Many of the offices are working odd hours already, especially the BPOs.

Having major thoroughfare as one-way streets might help make traffic flow more linear, but the buses will always, ALWAYS cause congestion. Even the mere act of stopping (legally) on the side of the road creates shockwave ripples that slow everything down.

[StockEngine]

nakakalusot ang mga buses... meron na nga cameras.. nakakatakas parin. traffic enforcers abg kailangan i-review ng lawmakers/planners

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[kimbon]

kamoteng idea na naman ng mga cong. our main roads were not design to uni-directional unlike in other countries like NY etc.... besides I bet di ma-aapprove yan kc di pabor sa mga cong when traveling. just like no laws pa rin sa tinted car windows

[mda]

Someone alert the PNP... mukhang maraming drug users din sa congress! hehe.

Whatever he's high on... it sure packs a punch.

This is a terrible idea.