Erap, Isko personally supervise implementation of bus ban in city

[arthas™]

In an effort to improve traffic congestion, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada yesterday morning personally supervised the strict implementation of bus ban in entering the city at all entry point roads as part of a new traffic plan in decongesting the traffic volume.

Following the newly approved Manila City Council Resolution 48, otherwise known as “Regulating the use of roads and streets by all public and city buses,” Estrada accompanied by his newly designated “traffic czar” Vice Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso started directing traffic personnel from Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau not to allow entry of buses on Vito Cruz, boundary point of Pasay-Manila, then proceeded to Mabuhay (formerly Welcome ) Rotonda in Quezon City.

At Welcome Rotonda at around 9 a.m., tension arose after some bus drivers blocked the road with their PUBs to dramatize their objection to the new scheme being enforced by the city, claiming it could decrease their daily earnings.

But Estrada, who was at the site, stood firm and warned drivers not to block the roads with their buses again as they would not hesitate to arrest those who will defy the law.

The council resolution was adopted last July 16 and was published in some major dailies as part of the legal process in informing the public before a law or city ordinance will take effect.

The new traffic city ordinance aims to decongest traffic brought about by high volume of motor vehicles travelling the national and city roads.

The city council formulated resolution aimed at regulating the use of roads by all kinds of public transport like tricycles, buses, jeepneys and other transport modes.
“Whereas, based on the studies conducted by the UP National Center for Transportation Study, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Department of Transportation and Communications, one of the biggest factors of traffic congestion in the metropolis is the high volume of buses plying the streets of Metro Manila,” resolution said.

“Whereas due to the ever-worsening traffic congestion being haplessly experienced by the general public in the city of Manila, it is high time and imperative to regulate the use of all roads and streets by all public utility provincial buses traversing the streets of the City of Manila by allowing only the provincial and city buses with existing terminals within the city the use of the same,” the resolution added.

Estrada quickly appointed Moreno as “traffic czar” tasked to overhaul traffic situation in Manila being the hardest hit by a large volume of vehicles travelling daily as well as the presence of illegal terminals of public utility jeepneys (PUJs) and PUBs which contributes greatly to the constriction of vehicular flow when they place their fleet of vehicles right in some intersection and loading and unloading points disregarding even the traffic lights to the detriment of passing motorists.

As part of new traffic advisories for buses, here are the new guidelines:

1. All buses coming from the North shall observe the following turnaround routes:

a. From A. Bonifacio right to Blumentritt right to Aurora Blvd. towards Rizal Avenue to Caloocan en route to C3 and onward to northbound destination.
b. Unloading zone — along Aurora Boulevard in front of Mercury Drugstore.

2. All provincial buses with private terminals inside the city of Manila shall be allowed to traverse up to their designated private terminals as their final destination and vice versa. There shall be no unloading/loading along any street in the city en route to and from their repective terminals.

3. All city buses from Quezon City shall take the Mabuhay Rotonda thru a U-turn slot back to Quezon City.

4. Buses coming from the South using Osmeña Avenue shall go straight and right to Quirino Avenue then take left to Plaza Dilao Rotonda back to Quirino Avenue then left to Osmena Highway.

5. Buses coming from south vis Taft Avenue must turn right to Vito Cruz right turn to Estrada St. left to Zobel Roxas to Osmeña Avenue.

Moreno expressed hope the city will get a share of the P6.2-billion budget that the national government had allocated for the flood control program which President Aquino mentioned in his Sona last Monday.

As a gratitude, Moreno in an interview thanked President Aquino in mentioning the Blumentritt catchment project which was started last March that will serve as immediate remedy during flash floods, particularly the Espñna-University Belt area.

According to Moreno, being the traffic czar in the city, the President showed his utmost concern to ease and decongest the traffic in Metro Manila.

This is when he mentioned in his Sona the Integrated Transport System and the Nlex-Slex connector that will greatly help in widening the roads of Manila.
Moreno called on the people, particularly residents of Manila, to support the effort of President Aquino in fulfilling his desire to ease traffic.

“ Just like the call made by President Aquino, each one of us has his role in nation building and we must do our share to have a better living and a better life,” Moreno said.

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[¿m☺ÿ]

i hope this will be a good solution to the problem.... kaya nagi-LRT na lang ako kahit siksikan kasi mga matraffic....

[bohica]

Good move. Sometimes sacrifices must be made for improvements.


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[¿m☺ÿ]

Good move. Sometimes sacrifices must be made for improvements.


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yes sir, i definitely agree kasi all solution have good and bad impact... but doing it for the greater good is better than minding the bad too much....

[arthas™]

thanks for your comments. nabigla lang ang mga commuter dito. in the long run kapag nasanay sila maiintindihan din nila ang gustong ipoint out ni erap. mahirap din ang sacrifices talaga pero ang resulta ang magandang antabayanan.


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[spidey]

madami magrereklamo tyak nyan, ang pinoy ugali na ang may masabi lang haha... ok yan di ba sa makati dati ganyan din haba ng lakaran, pero now hindi na din ganun, atleast now malinis ang kalye sana magtuloy tuloy yan, ok kay spidey system na yan

[GinaCole]

drove from UST to Taft earlier. Sobrang luwag ng kalsada... It's a good project for private vehicles but a torture for commuters.. Pero sabi nga nila, kelangan magsakripisyo for the greater good..

[silverado]

i-pilot muna siguro hinde muna permanente

[fayt]

Kaya pala kahapon wala ng bus sa taft.. Mga bus na papuntang cavite at pa ayala!!

Yun lumuwag ang daan sa taft..

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[arthas™]

Kaya pala kahapon wala ng bus sa taft.. Mga bus na papuntang cavite at pa ayala!!

Yun lumuwag ang daan sa taft..

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mukhang ang motto ni erap ay "when the going get's TAFT, the TAFT gets going." pati mga provincial buses from cavite at batangas bawal na rin daw.


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[bohica]

It's not a total ban I heard. Kung may terminal, pwede naman. Tama nga naman. Kung walang terminal ay tiyak sa kalye paparada ang mga bus na yan.


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[rolper]

  ha ha ha , nakakapanibago, ang linis ng Taft Ave. !
mayroon din nagalit at nabigla xmpre, pero ang daming sumuporta.

 
     

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[Ozone]

kung ano pa yung maraming naisasakay, yun pa ang banned? di ba mas magastos para sa mga students na nag aaral sa Manila ang multiple rides?

[animazoo]

kung ano pa yung maraming naisasakay, yun pa ang banned? di ba mas magastos para sa mga students na nag aaral sa Manila ang multiple rides?

simple, mag hanap ng mas malapit na school or mag dorm. hehehe

[Prime™]

Insanity is if you keep doing the same thing, and expecting a different result.

What they are doing now is a different thing, so we might expect a different result. I am very interested ano magiging effect nito. I say give this a chance, and see where we go from here.

Good move.


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