MANILA, Philippines – Less than a year before his resignation, President Benigno Aquino III is still awaiting proposals from various government agencies on how to cope with the worsening traffic scene in the Philippines.
But for him, the “more radical” solution would be to enforce an odd-pair traffic formula, a proposal that he said would actually elicit backlash, especially from car owners.
“The most productive thing about musicArray . . . it’s the most productive thing to do – they leave the pagbabaybay ng and not even the same thing,” Aquino said in his speech on Thursday, August 27, at the opening of a construction at Rizal University of Technology in Mandaluyong village.
(The ultimate radical Array solution . . . is to reduce the number of cars on the roads – cars with license plate numbers and they even take turns every week. )
He added: “Thank you for giving you the chance of the best, whatever you want. “
(Actually, this would decongest traffic because some of the cars won’t be on the road, however, many would actually object because they won’t use their car. )
Citing figures from the Ministry of Trade and Industry, he noted that a total of 1. 2 million new motorcycles were purchased in 2014, in addition to buying more than 22,400 new cars per month.
“He’s there: siyempre, longer in the kalsada. Au naturel, dahil sa trapiko, ang sasakyan and motorsiklo na pinag-ipunan mo nang husto, plus mabilis malalaspag dahil nakababad lang sa karbon,” he said.
(The result: of course, the roads will be crowded and, of course, due to the traffic, car and motorcycle for which you stored will temporarily wear out due to the car’s carbon exposure). )
‘Patience and understanding’
With the growing number of cars each year, the president said the “ideal situation” for the country’s traffic disorders is to build more bridges and widen the roads. (READ: Philippines and traffic jams)
But he admitted that it would take years and countless discussions, especially about the control factor.
For example, Aquino referred to plans to renovate the Guadalupe Bridge, a similar example of what he did in the State of the Nation last July, and also spoke about mandatory construction: a new bridge that will cross the Pasig River from Global City to Shaw Boulevard.
But he regretted that the plans face opposition.
“Ganyan po ang kinakaharap natinArray . . . Sa pagasasaayos ng trapiko, the kaisipan namamayaning are ganito: ‘Okay kami sa solusyon, kami with konstruksiyon, huwag lang kami and mayipit their implementation.
(That’s what we’re up against. . . When regulating traffic, the prevailing mindset is: “We agree with the solution, we agree with the construction, but the implementation will not affect us”).
He asks the public to cooperate and be more patient and understanding.
On a separate Thursday, the palace’s communications secretary, Herminio Coloma Jr, said that despite the challenges, the government “continues to deal with the traffic situation. “(OBSERVADOR: The traffic charge in the metropolitan area of Manila).
He also revealed that, at Aquino’s instructions, cabinet secretary José René Almendras has already consulted “various actors” to integrate the “proposals for action” from the following agencies:
Japan’s International Cooperation Agency has estimated that the Philippines will lose up to 6 billion pesos per day until 2030 due to worsening traffic jams – Rappler. com
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