00:00The MMDA targeted the rioters on the streets near Batasan,
00:05especially a few weeks before the President's State of the Nation Address.
00:09Oscar Oida was there.
00:14The MMDA Special Operations Strike Force set off early in the morning
00:17on the streets of Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.
00:21The first target was the ones in front of a hardware store.
00:25The truck was supposed to escape, but the MMDA stopped it.
00:30As far as I know, parking is allowed.
00:32That's why I parked on the side.
00:34But it's not allowed.
00:36The MMDA's paraded on the sidewalks.
00:41On Commonwealth Avenue and Batasan Road,
00:44the truck was last to hit the products in the nearby market.
00:49While on the sidewalks of Batasan Road,
00:53workers and goods were taken from some stores.
00:56Illegal vehicles were also parked on the service road
01:00in front of Batasan National High School.
01:03The service road, as we said,
01:05it helps to decongest the major toro fair.
01:07So if there are vehicles parked illegally,
01:10it will defy the purpose of having a service road.
01:13The clearing operation in the area
01:15was also prepared for the President's zone on July 22.
01:20It's also important that there are no obstructions on the side of the road
01:23and especially on the sidewalks.
01:25The Quezon City Traffic and Transport Management Office
01:28has a number of clearing ops.
01:30But the long-term plan here is...
01:33We will help the barangays to capacitate themselves
01:36to have a traffic management program
01:39to include one-side parking, one-way, and installation of signages
01:44on their roads.
01:46There is also a separate operation
01:49on the street of Barangay Valencia, Quezon City.
01:51Illegal vehicles were parked
01:53and vehicles passed through the sidewalks.
01:55As regard to the road widening issue,
01:57plus this has become a living area,
02:00so we've been giving them consideration already
02:04that they should just block the sidewalks
02:06despite the fact that the sidewalks
02:08are for pedestrians.
02:10So they should just block them
02:12since there is still an issue
02:14as regard to the road widening issue,
02:16the measurement of the road,
02:18why are you still passing through the road itself?
02:20We saw that there is a bike lane here.
02:22That's too much.
02:24This happened yesterday.
02:26Up to 32 vehicles were towed
02:28while up to 71 were blocked.
02:32For GMA Integrated News,
02:34Oscar Oida speaking,
02:3624 Hours.
02:48For GMA Integrated News, Oscar Oida speaking, 24 Hours.
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