Max Sangil

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As it is estimated, the Philippines loses something like P2 billion a day due to the traffic gridlocks. I oftentimes said you don’t have to re-invent the wheels to ease congestions. Ingenuity is not even necessary. So simple. May we humbly request to consider while the planned Private Public Partnership (PPPs) are still being rolled out.

For big towns and cities an ordinance can be enacted and require all establishments, malls, casinos, call centers, offices and every commercial establishments to provide shuttle buses to their officers and employees. The number of shuttles is based in the ratio of each establishment’s employees. Example: If an office has 50 to 60 employees= one shuttle and if more than 60, then two shuttle buses, if more than a thousand then the ratio per shift.

Note in Clark Freeport there are more than 70 thousand workers, aside from the thousands of visitors. All companies, hotels, factories, casinos, etc were required to provide shuttles, so no bus companies and only few jeepneys made a route run. The result: No traffic jam.

Provide a minimum of two lanes for all buses, transport and shuttles. In cases where the road is five lanes on both like in EDSA, the three lanes should be exclusive to the buses, and the remaining two for private vehicles.

Only private cars with not less than two passengers can be allowed to ply the innermost lane. The others on secondary lane.

Get the colorum buses out of the roads, and sell these to small companies for use as their shuttles.

Stricter law enforcement. Remove ‘happy Friday’ wherein some bus and jeepney associations pay regular ‘contributions’ to road enforcers.

Remove all smoke belchers and penalize emission test companies which issued the clearance. All the above are worth trying.