MMDA - Paglalagay ng bus lane sa Commonwealth Ave., isa sa pinag-aaralan para maibsan ang traffic | Saksi - video Dailymotion

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00:00Aside from Edsa, traffic on Commonwealth Avenue is one of the most commonly complained areas according to the MNBA.

00:06And one of the things being studied here is to put up a bus lane.

00:11Witness, Niko Wahe.

00:17It's not new to motorists in Metro Manila to be stuck in traffic

00:21and to be stuck in the heavy traffic of cars.

00:24I'm slow.

00:26How slow are you?

00:27Just like him, it's already night and I'm still not able to ride.

00:30The traffic is getting worse and worse.

00:33There's traffic every hour.

00:35There's not a single day that there's no traffic, except during the early hours.

00:39Daisy is getting stuck in traffic everyday.

00:42She's going home to Montalban, Rizal, from work in Quezon City.

00:45She's filling up for two hours.

00:48It's already 10.50.

00:50When I was on my way to Montalban, it was already 11.00.

00:57When the truck collided, I was really stuck.

01:03There are many other reasons why there's traffic,

01:06like the roads and the lines of the train.

01:09But one of the reasons is the number of cars.

01:12According to the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines

01:17in August,

01:1939,115 new commercial vehicles were added to the roads in the country,

01:25including cars, SUVs, trucks, and buses.

01:29From January this year until August,

01:31304,765 units of private vehicles were sold and used on the roads.

01:4010.3% more than 276,215 last year in the same months.

01:47MMDA says this number is random in Metro Manila.

01:51According to the LTO, 80,000 vehicles are added to the roads every month,

02:00including motorcycles, buses, and trucks.

02:04And 40% of them are registered in Metro Manila.

02:08So it's based here.

02:10If you include the ones in Karatig Province,

02:15which from time to time pass through Metro Manila,

02:21that's about 50%.

02:23On the last day of 2023,

02:26there are 3.6 million vehicles passing through Metro Manila every day.

02:30What we're doing is we're looking for alternative roads

02:35or routes for our citizens to have options.

02:41MMDA calls for the use of live lanes to reduce traffic.

02:46What's also being complained about, aside from EDSA,

02:49is the traffic on Commonwealth Avenue.

02:51They say they're looking for a solution.

02:54Including the placement of bus lanes.

02:57We talked to our Traffic Engineering Center.

03:01This week, they're targeting Commonwealth Avenue.

03:07One of the studies is to place a tunnel from Commonwealth Avenue

03:13to East Avenue and Quezon Avenue.

03:1710,000 vehicles pass through Commonwealth Avenue and Quezon Avenue.

03:218,000 pass through East Avenue.

03:24MMDA plans to place SWEST CHON in QCLGU, DPWH, and DOTR.

03:30For GMA Integrated News, I'm Niko Aje, your witness.

03:34♪♪♪

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MMDA - Paglalagay ng bus lane sa Commonwealth Ave., isa sa pinag-aaralan para maibsan ang traffic | Saksi

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