should the MMDA's Traffic Coding Scheme be removed permanently?

[ghosthunter]

Should the MMDA's Traffic Coding Scheme be removed permanently in Metro Manila?

[batang_raon14]

Just my own opinion, if I may that is, dapat tanggalin na lang. We're fully aware that a lot of cars even * their coding days leave at home and venture the road outside the window period yet gets away with it (well, at times). Plus, people buying a backup car in case their primary car is in its coding day is another problem. I don't think implementing traffic coding significantly reduces traffic

Carpooling seems to be a wise option but unfortunately most of the time in here your neighbor's child doesn't go the same school as yours (possible your child's school is in Alabang while the other is in Mandaluyong). Add to that the crab mentalism existing in our society.

The problem moreso here in the Philippines is not entirely in vehicle volume but the "usi" trait when a road accident happens, terribly maintained roads (to the point that you really have to brake hard at times to avoid dipping your rubber to a road hole), PUV's loading passengers even up to the middle lane (and to think this happens most of the time in the entire stretch of EDSA), parking when they should only LOAD and UNLOAD, reliance on manpower without stopwatches to handle traffic on intersections, and the list goes on... tsk...

[compact]

For me, MMDA's coding scheme is govt's way of punishing the poor. all u need to have is a 2nd car with different plate number ending to get away with it. they should come out with a system that will level the playing field.

[Chip]

of course it should!

It's merely a workaround to the real problem in the Philippines: Poor Urban Planning. It's like that little boy with his finger stuck in the crack in the dike, sooner or later its still gonna burst.

[cutedoc]

imo it should be retained to at least help alleviate the traffic we all are facing especially during rush hour...

carpooling is great hope it woks, there should also a lane for bicycle to promote less traffic, goood health, and prevent accidents if they have their own lane=)

[ghosthunter]

For me, the MMDA's coding scheme has outgrown it's effectiveness. It was first thought up during the rush to build all those "fly-overs" to help decongest traffic along the major roads like EDSA. Unfortunately it seems to have become a "solution" of sorts for the MMDA. The problem is today, more and more people have spare cars for those coding days which end up nulifying the traffic reduction goals of the scheme.

I really think the MMDA should really consider removing it. Congested areas are still congested with or without the traffic scheme. Example is the area in front of La Salle Greenhills along Ortigas Ave, the main problem there is the number of cars PARKED waiting for the students. Another daily problem is EDSA/Guadalupe , it seems the MMDA can never solve the problem of busses waiting and filling up two lanes of the "bus" lanes.

[ts1n1ta]

they should have it removed na lang. There's still traffic anyway. What we need is effective public transportation.

[bbt]

i think it would be a better idea to strictly implement safety regulations. honestly, ang daming mga kotse na mawawala sa kalye if they start apprehending run-down vehicles (smoke belchers, tagilid na bus, vehicles with no side mirrors, etc). parang law of supply and demand, yung mga gusto lang talaga or kailangan lang talaga ang gagamit ng kotse because of the maintenance costs. i think the increase in vehicles due to the removal of coding will be offset by the decrease of run-down vehicles on the road. less accidents also (which, incidentally, are another cause of traffic jams)

[team_PONGLAI_11]

should be removed and implement strictly traffic rules and regulations, ang dami ng batas na hindi napapatupad ng maayos, sa mga puv/pub at private cars na rin. strict implementation ng batas ang kailangan.....

[Blackraven]

I think it is alright if it is retained....

BUT....

the government should also do their promote other forms of public transportation and hasten the completion of these projects. Like the one in Pasig River, I hope it goes online next year.

We also need more rapid transit (so that I would be encouraged to use trains whenever I need to leave my house in Bel-Air Makati and go to La Salle in Taft).

More acessible public transportation. Take a look at Singapore and Malaysia. The entire land mass is connected by train links.

Seriously we need a rapid transit revolution as well.

[nugundam93]

isang tumataginting na REMOVE. and strictly enforce traffic rules para smooth ang traffic flow.

[1D4LV]

yes, it should be removed na. reasons already stated here.
but then, hindi mag-aagree si mayor binay dyan...

[chris_d]

Yes. Improvement of our roads, traffic schemes and proper driver education is what should be done. Of course those are impossible... hehe

[IMm29]

REMOVE!

i think it's outlived its usefulness. traffic is still there, and it doesn't seem to have improved. many people buy cars for alternate days so the volume doesn't go down.

binay, well, he's another story altogether.

road improvement and traffic enforcement will go a long way, if only this could be implemented.

[oldblue]

coding scheme should be removed sa private cars. pero i-implement sa puvs.

[uwak18]

Remove!!!
All of it including the yelow lane. No use din mga PUV's lang naman may problema e. Why don't they listen to us (mga MMDA) Meron pa silang study ek ek. Where did they get it anyway. But for Makati I think dapat iretain. They do inforce the traffic law. sa CBD lang. Hindi na yung ibang parts ng Makati.

[wakin]

should be remove. enforce strict traffic rules!

[Bry]

Remove it. Useless na. Everyone has got a back-up car nowadays. Ganun din.

[silhouette]

What we need is effective public transportation.

MISMO!
Isn't it obvious that traffic starts if and when an intersection, or a no-stopping area is clogged by either public or private vehicle (though more often than not PUV). Not to mentione the side streets being used as parking area.

Remove coding therefore.

[swordsman]

Remove ba ka nyo? Walang replacement whatsoever? Kung sakali pangako lang na pag-iigihan ang pagpapatupad ng traffic rules & regulations? Paano naman kung remove nga, pero ganun pa rin pagpapatupad ng mga batas trapiko? Remove pa rin?

Teka, hintay na lang muna ako ng working holiday na lifted ang coding to experience ulit how it differs kung may coding....saka ako boboto sa poll. If i remember correctly, i was pissed like hell.

IMO, if ever that time comes, sana before the government even talk about removing the coding scheme, strict traffic rules & regulations implementation should be their #1 priority.

OT: BTW, may SWS survey na ba how many people on the road have extra cars for coding purposes? Or kahit poll man lang dito sa tsikot.com? I really am interested to know. Yon kasi lagi ang argument against coding. Yong iba kasi, lahat yata ng kakilalang de-kotse, may spare car lagi. I'm one of those unfortunate few, na more than half of people i know na may sasakyan ay kaisa-isa lang ang kanilang kotse.