Dry run of EDSA driver-only ban to continue without penalties

Philippine Manila - JoJo Garcia agency official said Monday that the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will continue to intervene EDSA's expanded high occupancy lane policy during its peak hours.

Last Friday, MMDA suspended full implementation of the policy to ban all EDSA bicycle passengers during peak hours.

The policy was said to be fully implemented on 23rd August, and the policy was postponed until the policy was held in the Capital Council of Manila.

However, Garcia revealed that idle operation prohibited by "driving only" at EDSA will still be done during peak hours. The driver is not arrested

"It's the same from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., but I do not know if the driver has any problems or not, no one follows," Garcia said I told ANC.

Garcia said MMDA itself can not interrupt policies as MMC had to call a resolution on this issue and pass it.

The head of the MMDA said he had already talked with several mayors in Manila, and they agreed temporarily to interrupt the full implementation of the ban on "driver only", but the dry strategy It is still ongoing

"We invite everyone to participate, so that we can really understand what happens and whether this HOV policy can improve things," Garcia said.

The plan was suspended after the Senate resolution called for a policy suspension.

Last week, Senate Vicente "Tito" Sotto III, Senator Ralph Recto, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, and minority leader Franklin Drilon submitted Senate Resolution 845, MMC issued public consultations and hearings He did not do it. Ban

"However, regardless of experience, it is proven that 70% of the cars are driving the EDSA dedicated to the driver."

The MMDA driver ban was ordered last December, but it was limited to two lanes of EDSA. After several days, the ban was canceled because it was difficult to inspect a dark car. MMDA also acknowledged that they did not have sufficient manpower and infrared cameras to more easily catch criminals. The objective of the ban is to reduce the vehicle at peak time and increase the speed of the EDSA. In practice, however, traffic will only change from peak time to another time, and secondary roads are more crowded as people avoid EDSA. Now the driver has to handle longer traveling times and encounter difficulties outside the EDSA.

The unbearable flow of EDSA is enough to define "forever" for some people and over the years it has led us to miss the first class in work, early meeting or school . However, as MMDA carries out a driver-specific EDSA ban, everyone is stuck in a different place somewhere - perhaps on a crowded road than EDSA - and that takes time on the road. One of the main reasons people decided to buy a car is to save the time and effort to commute by public transport. The increase in the number of vehicles traversing major roads, such as EDSA, is due to people visiting the Traffic Network Vehicle Service (TNVS), as we can not handle the number of daily commuters, especially in our public transport.

Despite traffic jams, people endure EDSA every day. People who cross EDSA every day must worry about someone accompanying while driving. That's because the driver's car may face a fine of 1,000 pesos when crossing a busy highway. The MMDA driver ban was ordered last December, but it was limited to two lanes of EDSA. After several days, the ban was canceled because it was difficult to inspect a dark car. MMDA also acknowledged that they did not have sufficient manpower and infrared cameras to more easily catch criminals.