Crackdown on erring drivers to start Monday
THE Metropolitan Development Authority (MMDA) will on Monday begin its crackdown on drivers of public utility vehicles who refuse to drop off or pick up passengers in
MMDA General Manager Jose Arturo Garcia Jr. said the agency would intensify its clearing opera-
EDSA beginning Monday. He said 10,000 new vehicles are added to the volume of cars on the major thoroughfare monthly.
“If we stop or even moderate our measures, the whole stretch of EDSA would become a parking lot. There would be no movement anymore,” Garcia said in a news conference.
The MMDA has designated Operations Supervisor Edison “Bong”
czar beginning Monday, replacing Rodolfo Calpito who retired this week.
Nebrija said he would start by closing off strips of EDSA where commuters tend to wait and board buses where dropping- off and picking- up passengers are illegal.
“There are a lot of buses that tend to take advantage of the
buses along EDSA. They take up at least one lane and that’s not only in one area, that’s in multiple areas. That means there would also be multiple choke points that cause the monstrous gridlocks,” he said.
Garcia added that some of the major choke points in EDSA are located in provincial bus terminals.
Data from the MMDA showed that chronic choke points develop in Shaw Boulevard, Balintawak, Cubao, Ortigas, Buendia, Guadalupe and Taft Avenue, among others.
Nebrija added that he would initiate a # RealTalk campaign, which includes posting warn-
directly address the bad habits of the motorists.
He also vowed to go after delinquent bus drivers who refuse to follow the proper bus stop scheme along EDSA and to hunt down enforcers who accept bribes to let go violators.
“We do not tolerate enforcers who accept bribes from violators. Let us know if you see anyone doing that, even their supervisors and team leaders who seem to
There would be a for them,” he said.
The MMDA is also set to intensify its crackdown on illegal barkers and vendors along the major thoroughfare with the help of the Philippine National Police.
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