Number/Color Coding Scheme, Dapat na bang tanggalin?

[daimengrui]

I watched a show in motoring today last weekend in which one of the issues discussed by the hosts was lifting of the coding scheme.

The rationale was that the scheme has been becoming ineffective as years passed as Filipinos learned to adapt to the rule by buying a 2nd vehicle. Thereby instead of having 1 vehicle limited once weekly you know have on the average 2 vehicles per household being used at least 4x on weekdays. Which increased congestion as more and more small vehicles become affordable as well.

A decade ago this was an effective means of limiting vehicles on the roads but now its becoming a reason for buying a second vehicle.

Rather than buying 2 vehicles per household lifting the rule will encourage families to just maintain 1 vehicle or at least majority of pinoys.

What do you think guys, more than a decade after this scheme panahon na ba?

[ghosthunter]

After ten years of coding... lifting it is nine years overdue.

[meledson]

Ideally, 20% ng mga sasakyan ang matatanggal sa mga roads, kaso ano kaya ang mas accurate na figure? Hmmmmm....

[d4nt3]

I've always thought the coding scheme is a poor solution to Manila's traffic problem.

Mass transit system and traffic enforcement is still the best answer. Many of the traffic congestions are actually "artificial". All you have to do is carefully look at where the congestions appear, and you'll see they're caused by jeepneys, tricycles, pedicabs and buses. This is compounded by malfunctioning traffic lights, traffic enforcers sitting in the shade, and parked police vehicles with sleeping policemen inside.

[Altis6453]

Its too bad that our public officials and road managers are more into stop-gap, simplistic and short-sighted solutions to the traffic mess. If lifting the number coding is 9 years overdue, I'd like to add that getting rid of jeeps and 10-year old buses is 20 years overdue!

Wala talaga kasing political will ang gobyerno to instill discipline the public transport sector. Kita mo, mag babanta lang ng tigil-pasada umiikot na puwet ng LTFRB at DOTC. Jeez, you don't see this kind of s#it in other countries. :mad:

[1D4LV]

it has to be lifted imho. pero i dont see it being lifted at the republic of makati.

[mbeige]

The color coding scheme was intended as a temporary solution to a more severe problem - overcrowded city streets. The band aid solution has worn out and done its job, people have adapted to it, it's time for a more permanent solution.

Then again, enforcement was always the problem in the metro with regards to traffic laws. I just hope if it's removed, it won't be replaced by another temporary solution, as it always was anyway with most of the stuff implemented over there.