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Dalawang linggo bago mag-Pasko, kaliwa’t kanan ang matinding traffic dahil sa Christmas parties at mall sales na dagsa ang tao. Kasama natin ang DOTr Spox Maricar Bautista at Move as One Coalition’s Wilhansen Li para himayin ang sitwasyon at alamin ang mga posibleng solusyon. Panoorin ang video.
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00:00Nagbabalik po ako ng hirit mga kapuso, nakaka-excite, dalawang linggo na lang, Pasko na.
00:05Pero, ang hindi nakaka-excite, yung sasalubong sa iyong napakabigat na traffic.
00:10Paglabas mo pala ng bahay mo, ganyan na o.
00:13Noong nakaraang weekend nga po, walang galawan ang mga sasakyan sa bahagi ng Marcos Highway.
00:18Ang mga kapuso nating motorista, inabot down ng tatlo hanggang limang oras sa kalsada.
00:23May iba, naglakad na lang. Napilitan maglakad para makauwi.
00:27Dahil nga po walang galawan yung mga sasakyan.
00:29Sabi na marami, hindi pa nga ito yung peak ng holiday season, pero ganito na ang sitwasyon.
00:35Bakit nga ba nagkaganito at paano natin ito sosolusyonan?
00:38Yan ang pag-uusapan natin dito sa Issue ng Bayo.
00:45At ngayong umaga, mga kasama po natin, Department of Transportation, Secretary-Attorney Giovanni Lopez.
00:51Sir, Secretary, welcome.
00:53At kasama rin natin ang commuter group na Move as One Coalition,
00:57ang kanilang kinatawa na si Will Hansenley.
00:59Will, welcome. Thank you very much for joining us.
01:02Good morning.
01:02Good morning.
01:03Good morning sa inyo, gentlemen.
01:04Good morning, Sir Ivan.
01:05Secretary, yeah, good morning.
01:07Unahin ko po kayo, Sek, itong naging sitwasyon sa Marcos Highway.
01:12Sabi nga nila, it's not even the peak, first weekend pa lang.
01:15Ang sabi ni Metro Manila Council Chairman Mayor Francis Zamora,
01:18mag-uusap daw yung LGU, yung mga affected, Rizal, Pasig, Marikina.
01:22Tumukod nga ng QC itong traffic na ito eh.
01:25Paano ba may iwasan yun yung ganitong kehoror na traffic?
01:28Anong nag-iusapan?
01:29Ah, ah, tama nga po noon.
01:31I think that was like last Saturday.
01:34Napakahaba ng traffic dito sa Marcos Highway.
01:37Kaya nga po, insofar as the OTR is concerned po,
01:39noong nakita po natin yan at napanood natin sa news,
01:43agarang po ako nag-utos sa LRTA
01:46na pahabaan yung oras ng kanilang operations.
01:50At least for that line.
01:52Kasi po ang pananaw naman po namin, which I think everyone agrees,
01:56kapag mas mahabang oras,
01:58mas madami masasakyan ng ating mga pasahero.
02:00Kapag mas madami sumasakyan,
02:02mas mababawasan ng ating masasakyan sa kalsada.
02:05Pero more than anything po,
02:06alam naman po kasi natin na we have limited
02:08na infrastructure pagkating sa kalsada.
02:11Alam na natin na ganyan ang existing conditions niya.
02:14Alam natin na yung mabangketa,
02:16naman yung sinayos natin with move as one.
02:18Ang importante po dito,
02:20ay parating disiplina po.
02:21Ng mga drivers, ng mga commuters.
02:25Kasi po kung mapapansin nyo po,
02:27kapag may traffic,
02:30umuusad naman po yan.
02:32Basta po nasa linya tayo,
02:33andyan na po eh, holiday season na po tayo.
02:36Nagkakaroon lang talaga ng malaking problema
02:38kapag may mga makukulit.
02:40At talagang yung mga may nagka-counter flow and everything.
02:43So what we're doing right now po
02:44in coordination with the LGUs, the MMDA,
02:47magdadagdag pa kami ng mas maraming enforcers.
02:50Okay.
02:51Linawin lamang po natin mga kapuso,
02:52yung saklaw po kasi ng DOTR,
02:55hindi nila technically saklaw yung traffic management,
02:57mag-deploy ng ano, hindi eh no?
02:59Ang inyo po, yung mga rails,
03:01yung roads, make sure na maayos.
03:04Ayan.
03:04Kaya sa ngayon,
03:05dun muna tayo sa enforcement.
03:06Yes, sir.
03:07Sa perspective ng commuters,
03:09Will, anong nakikita ninyong naging problema?
03:12In this particular case,
03:14sa Marcos Highway,
03:14and in general,
03:15for the holiday season.
03:17Actually, kasi kulang nga po sa public transport.
03:19Kaya tapos sabi ni Seth Bano,
03:21ay napahaba ng operating hours ng train.
03:25Kasi diba, ngayon,
03:27mas nauna huminto ang train
03:29kaysa nagsasara ang mall.
03:31Yes.
03:31Kaya kung ako,
03:33bibili ako sa mall,
03:34alam ko magsasara,
03:35abot ito ng hating gabi,
03:38ano kagawin ko?
03:39So either magkakotse ako
03:40o magagrab ako,
03:41so puro kotse.
03:43So, kasi kakulangan
03:45ng ating public transport.
03:47Kaya,
03:47namapakotse
03:48ang karamihan ng mga tao
03:49kasi car-centric pa rin tayo
03:50ang mindset.
03:52Correct.
03:53Takatapos,
03:53kung maglalakad po kayo,
03:55pedestrian natin.
03:56Hindi walkable.
03:56Hindi walkable.
03:57Kung meron kung bibili ka,
03:58so either mag-backpack ka,
04:00kung madala kang maleta.
04:01Correct.
04:02Kung may maleta ka,
04:03mahirap talaga.
04:04Sobrang, sobrang hirap.
04:04Mga kaalapan nila,
04:05may cash.
04:06Diba?
04:07Ibang kong usapan nyo.
04:09Pero ano,
04:09o kung meron kang stroller,
04:11either for your fur baby
04:12or for your baby,
04:13ayun, hirap talaga.
04:14Ito naman kahapon,
04:15MMDA chairman,
04:16Romando Artes,
04:17nakiusap sa isang
04:18press briefing sa Malacanang,
04:20kung maaari daw,
04:21huwag na muna mag-mall-wide sale
04:22yung mga mall.
04:24Iba't-ibang reaction po
04:25yung nakuha natin dito.
04:27Iba, sabi,
04:28bakit sinisisi yung mall?
04:30Ano masasabi nyo dito, Sec?
04:32Ano na sa kultura na po natin,
04:34na bilang Pilipino,
04:36na habang mas lumalapit yung Pasko,
04:39dun pa tayo talagang pumupunta
04:40sa mga mall.
04:41I mean, yung mga last minute
04:42na ano, shopping.
04:44Eh kasi naman,
04:45yung bonus kakabigay lang daw.
04:46O wala pang bonus yung iba.
04:47So, I think,
04:48sa panig, again,
04:50ng di-o-terra na gobyerno,
04:52mas paigtingin na lang po namin
04:54ang ating, again,
04:55the traffic coordination,
04:57the traffic enforcement.
04:59Sabi ko nga po,
05:00mas lalo dito sa EDSA,
05:02kausap ko ang ating mga MRT3,
05:04ang ating EDSA busway,
05:06na sasabihin ko,
05:07bawal magka-aberya ngayon.
05:08Sa mga panong to.
05:10Mas lalo na ngayon.
05:11So, yun yung pwede namin
05:12maitulong.
05:13At kami po,
05:14ako,
05:15personally,
05:16I know na that is something
05:17yung ipagbabawal yung mall sales,
05:20may mahirapan po
05:21ang ating mataong bayan.
05:22Well,
05:23sa mall,
05:24ano tigil ng mga commuters
05:26sa mga mall?
05:27Diba,
05:28naging viral yung mga post
05:29ng reply ni MMDA
05:30kasi maraming nilitanong,
05:31bakit ang traffic,
05:32they're expecting,
05:33may aksidente ba,
05:33may gano'n,
05:34may aberya.
05:35Pero wala,
05:35sabi yung reply nila,
05:37maraming kotse,
05:38mas pinagtatawanan sila.
05:39Kasi parang,
05:39obvious ba?
05:40Actually,
05:40tama,
05:41obvious,
05:41maraming kotse.
05:42Kasi,
05:42yun na nga yung mga mall,
05:44actually,
05:44hindi lang mall eh.
05:45It's Christmas time,
05:46so mataas ang activities
05:47of people going,
05:49you know,
05:50to different parts
05:51of Metro Manila.
05:51And diba sa Rizal yun,
05:52it's one of the
05:53artillery rules,
05:55critical rules
05:55for people to get
05:56in and out of Metro Manila.
05:58Kaya,
05:59actually,
05:59yung pagsabi ng solusyon,
06:00ah, sige,
06:01bawasan natin yung mall hours.
06:02It'll reduce economic activity.
06:04We want that.
06:05Kasi it's still
06:06car-centric mindset.
06:07Kaya,
06:07okay,
06:07more cars,
06:08yung solusyon,
06:09okay,
06:09let's try to reduce demand.
06:12But the answer to that,
06:13actually,
06:13we have to find ways
06:14to get people,
06:15to convince people
06:16to get out of cars
06:16and find alternative means
06:18of public transport.
06:19So,
06:19imagine mo na lang,
06:20yung mga tao,
06:20kung ano,
06:21kung yung trend,
06:2224 hours.
06:23So,
06:24mas ano,
06:25yung mga tao,
06:26mas babawasan yung kotse.
06:27So,
06:27mas bibilis ang dagang
06:28yung tratto.
06:28Nabanggit mo yung
06:29car-centric culture.
06:30Ito,
06:30ang natural consequence po
06:32ng traffic,
06:32secretary,
06:33yung surge pricing.
06:35Tapos,
06:35ang hirap pag-book.
06:36Dinadaing ng mga commuter yan.
06:38Yung matagal na pagtanggap
06:39ng booking,
06:40pananaman talaraw,
06:42hindi na lang ng mga taxi,
06:43kundi maging ng mga TNVS.
06:45Yung iba kasi,
06:46yung bago tanggapin
06:47yung booking mo,
06:48kailangan,
06:49aantay nilang mag-tip ka muna
06:51or
06:52minsan,
06:53pag tinanggap nila,
06:54tatawagan ka,
06:55hihingi ng dagdag.
06:56Ano bang,
06:56ano bang ginagawa ng
06:57DOTR D2Sec?
06:59What is the policy
07:00and what do we intend to do
07:01about it moving forward?
07:02Two weeks ago,
07:04I think,
07:04or three weeks ago,
07:05inatasan na natin
07:06ng LTFRB
07:07na
07:07paigtingin yung
07:08offline is na bero natin
07:10kasi
07:10originally,
07:12just covers the regular taxes.
07:14So right now,
07:15isasama na namin
07:16ang TNVS.
07:17Nabawal na po
07:18ang justified cancellation
07:20at yung refusal
07:21to render service.
07:22So naglabasan
07:23ng memorandum circular,
07:24I think yesterday,
07:25at may karampatang
07:27penalty na po ito.
07:28There will be fine
07:29kung magkano,
07:31depends the existing geo.
07:32Tama po kayo,
07:33itong pangalawa po
07:34yung surge pricing
07:35na sinasabi ngayon.
07:37Yan,
07:37in the next few days,
07:38meron na po kaming
07:39decision dyan.
07:40Pero the decision
07:41would be definitely
07:42either to consent
07:43or to defer it further
07:44the implementation.
07:45Ang gusto lang namin
07:46malaman ngayon,
07:47kung saan ba
07:47napupunta yung surge pricing?
07:49Napupunta ba talaga
07:50sa TNC operators
07:51o sa TNVS drivers?
07:53Mukhang ang sagot dyan,
07:54depends who you ask.
07:55Sasabihin ng TNC
07:56sa driver.
07:57Sasabihin ng driver,
07:58pero hindi sa TNC.
07:59Tama po.
08:00Kasi pag if
08:00the entire amount
08:02of surge pricing
08:03goes to the operator,
08:04makakasa po ko,
08:05ipapakancel ko po
08:06kagad yan.
08:06Okay.
08:07Ngayon,
08:07pag napupunta naman
08:08sa driver,
08:09that is where
08:10we have to strike
08:11a balance po.
08:12Kapag sa driver na ito
08:12na naghanap buhay,
08:14pwede po natin
08:15bawasan kung magkano
08:16yung porsyento
08:17na hinihingi ngayon.
08:18At baka yan po
08:19ang maging rason
08:20na hindi na nila
08:21kailangan humingi
08:21ng tip pa
08:22for the cancellation
08:23and for the booking.
08:25Isingit ko na rin,
08:26Secretary,
08:26yung tungkol sa
08:27libring sakay
08:28sa iba't ibang
08:2912 days of Christmas.
08:3212 days of Christmas po.
08:33Ito naman po
08:34ay isang programa.
08:36Munti nga,
08:37sabi nga natin
08:37pamaskong handog
08:38ng ating Pangulo
08:39na from December 14
08:41until December 25,
08:43may
08:43specific na
08:46sektor
08:46ng ating lipunan
08:47na libreng sakay po sila.
08:49Malit na
08:50pamaskong handog
08:51I hope nga po
08:52makakadagdag
08:54ng kahit pa paano
08:56ng ginhawa
08:56sa ating
08:57mga kababayan
08:59at sa mga commuters.
09:00So,
09:00isa-isa po.
09:01I think
09:01December 14,
09:03senior citizen.
09:03Pero we tried po,
09:05we tried
09:05to cover
09:06every sector
09:07of the community.
09:08But I think
09:09the question is,
09:09do you need proof
09:11that you belong
09:12to this particular sector
09:13na libre
09:14on that particular day?
09:15Sabi ko nga po
09:16sa ating mga
09:16real operators po,
09:18line 1,
09:18line 2,
09:19MRT 3,
09:20we don't have to be
09:21very strict.
09:22Example na po
09:23senior citizens.
09:24May card.
09:24Makahingan ka pa
09:25ng birth certificate
09:26o valid ID.
09:28Usually may card
09:29mga yan.
09:30Kung wala namang card,
09:31kapag sa tingin mo naman,
09:32talagang may edad na,
09:34ayaw mo na.
09:35Kasi ito nga
09:35ay pamaskong handog.
09:37So,
09:37ganun po yung usapan namin.
09:39So,
09:40ito lang po,
09:41kung may dadagdag ko lang po,
09:43pagdating sa,
09:44sinama na rin po namin
09:45dito yung LGBTQ.
09:46Yes.
09:47At para makita nila
09:48na talagang
09:49inclusive po
09:50ang ating
09:51program.
09:52Okay.
09:52Punta ko kay Will,
09:54ano pa ba sa tingin nyo
09:55ang pwedeng gawin?
09:56Lahat tayo dito,
09:58gusto natin
09:58ma-iipsen yung traffic,
09:59but we are
10:00trying to look for solutions.
10:03May limitation tayo,
10:04major limitation
10:05sa infrastructure.
10:06From the point of view
10:08of your group,
10:09yung mga
10:09bike commuters
10:10or mga active commuters,
10:13anong pa kayang
10:13pwedeng gawin?
10:15Perhaps in the short term.
10:17Kasi yung mga
10:17gusto natin mangyari,
10:18long term eh,
10:19di ba?
10:19Bike infrastructure
10:20and all that.
10:21Pero yung short term,
10:23ano kayang pwede?
10:23So, definitely
10:24not road widening
10:25kasi
10:25long term infrastructure.
10:26Wala na eh.
10:27As in,
10:27basically,
10:27one of the easiest way
10:28is to extend,
10:29yun nga,
10:30tama nga,
10:30extend the operating hours
10:31of our
10:32railways,
10:34of our
10:34yung mga
10:35EDSA busway,
10:35to alleviate
10:37the need
10:40to take
10:40private cars.
10:42Actually,
10:42kung pwede nga 24 hours eh.
10:44Actually,
10:44kahit na alas
10:452 sa madaling araw,
10:46di ba?
10:47Kaya dun,
10:48or parang provide
10:48dedicated
10:50mga summa bus lanes,
10:51mga add bus lanes
10:52kasi di ba
10:53sa EDSA meron.
10:54EDSA busway,
10:54nagawa natin.
10:55Laking ginahawan ng EDSA
10:56yung EDSA busway.
10:58What if we had
10:58something like that
10:59to supplement
11:00the LRT
11:01sa along Marcos Highway?
11:03Di ba?
11:03So, at least,
11:04sabi natin parang,
11:05ay,
11:05bahawas yung isang
11:05linya.
11:06Napag-usapan na ba yan,
11:07sec?
11:07Yes,
11:08actually,
11:08we're looking...
11:09Marcos Highway?
11:10Busway?
11:10Marcos...
11:11Or Commonwealth?
11:12Napag-usapan na yan,
11:12narinig ko na yan.
11:13Marcos Highway ngayon,
11:14again,
11:15napag-usapan in the sense
11:16na instructed
11:17or road sector po.
11:18Tingnan nyo nga
11:19if we can do
11:20like a hybrid
11:21busway and everything.
11:22Pero mga ganito
11:23kasi pong
11:23pamamaraan,
11:25if I can say.
11:26These are long-term
11:27solutions,
11:28mid-term to long-term.
11:29Kasi ang dami pong
11:30proseso dito.
11:31At yung,
11:33again,
11:33the limited infra,
11:34yung limited na kalsada,
11:36kailangan mo aralin
11:37mabuti.
11:37It's easier to say it,
11:39but it's harder
11:40to implement it.
11:41So,
11:41sa ngayon,
11:42for now,
11:43in the immediate term,
11:44kailangan po
11:45ay disiplina,
11:46of course,
11:47lahat naman tayo
11:47pegtada dito,
11:48and enforcement.
11:49Enforcement,
11:50extended hours
11:51of our rail lines
11:52para may sila
11:53ibang option,
11:54pag-aayos ng ating
11:55mga banketa,
11:56pag-aayos kapag
11:57may existing bike lanes
11:58to make sure
11:59they're safe
11:59to give options again
12:01to our commuters
12:02na kung pwede,
12:03mag-bike ka na lang
12:04kasi alam mo yung traffic.
12:05So,
12:05those are like
12:06the short-term solutions.
12:07Will,
12:07final word.
12:08There are three things
12:09that we should be focusing on
12:11to get out of the
12:11car-centric mindset.
12:12Number one is,
12:13we want,
12:13you know,
12:14to improve
12:15the public transport
12:16as what we have mentioned
12:17a lot of times.
12:18Number two,
12:19yung mga bike lanes,
12:20sabi na nga po
12:21ni Sekbanoy,
12:22kasi,
12:23kahit na maraming kong bitbit,
12:24napansin nyo,
12:24maraming mga siklista,
12:26maraming bitbit,
12:27pero okay lang,
12:27malaki na rating sa bisikleta.
12:29So,
12:29it's one of the most efficient
12:30ways of transport.
12:31And finally,
12:32better active transport,
12:33better pedestrian infrastructure.
12:36Para kung naglakad ka,
12:37di mo feeling na
12:38second-class descent ka.
12:39Sek,
12:39may pahabol na tanong,
12:40yung extended hours
12:41ng trend,
12:42kaya ba ito?
12:43Yes.
12:43Are we going to implement
12:44this already?
12:45The LRT2,
12:46yung line 2 po natin,
12:47extended na yan
12:48by one hour.
12:49So,
12:49hanggang anong oras na po siya?
12:50I think from
12:51yung antipolo,
12:52hanggang 10.
12:53Okay.
12:54Tapos yung recto
12:55is 10.30.
12:56In the evening, no?
12:57Hindi kayang sabayan yung mall, no?
12:59Yung 11 kasi yung mall na ngayon,
13:01Sek, di ba?
13:02The issue po,
13:03in as much as we want to do it,
13:04ang kapalit po kasi nito,
13:06yung
13:06the maintenance
13:08of the bagon
13:09and
13:09of course,
13:10the manpower po.
13:11Yes.
13:12So,
13:12if we can do something about it,
13:14we're going to do it.
13:14But definitely,
13:15ganun po yung papunta po namin
13:16to extend it.
13:17Okay.
13:18In the meantime,
13:18mga kapuso,
13:19pagtulong-tulungan po natin ito.
13:21Hindi po pwede natin
13:22iasa lamang sa gobyerno
13:23yung pag-manage ng traffic
13:25dahil lahat naman tayo
13:26apektado dito,
13:28may mga limitasyon.
13:30Siyempre,
13:30kung tayo naman po
13:31magtutulong-tulong,
13:32eh,
13:33tayo naman lahat
13:33ang makikinabang
13:34sa mas mag-aana traffic.
13:36Maraming salamat,
13:37Secretary,
13:37Sir,
13:38Secretary Lopez,
13:39Will,
13:39thank you.
13:40Maraming salamat.
13:41Si Will ng Move as One Coalition.
13:43Yan.
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