Paglalagay ng bus lane at tunnel sa Commonwealth Ave., panukala ng MMDA para maibsan ang mabigat na trapiko

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00:00Everyday, there's a lot of traffic on Commonwealth Avenue.

00:03Is that why the MMDA is planning to put a bus lane and tunnel there?

00:07Will that be approved by the commuters?

00:09Let's find out in the first news live of James Ernstine.

00:12James.

00:17Good morning.

00:18There are different opinions that we have talked to the passengers

00:21regarding the MMDA's plan to put a bus lane and tunnel here on Commonwealth Avenue

00:26so that they can avoid the traffic.

00:29There's no longer a choice.

00:31It's all about the traffic.

00:36This is the usual situation on the westbound lane of Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City every morning.

00:41There's a lot of traffic every day that the motorists are filling up.

00:45There's a lot of vehicles from Elliptical Road to Tandang Sora when it's rush hour.

00:49The passengers, even if it's just an early morning,

00:52find it hard to ride.

00:55That's why Sir Ernie spends an hour and a half on the trip so that he won't be late for work.

01:00When it's rush hour, for example, I left home at 5 am,

01:06I find it hard to ride because there are a lot of people here and it's hard to ride.

01:16How do you manage?

01:18I just adjust the time so that I won't be late.

01:23The call center agent, Jek, also discusses the same thing.

01:26You just need to commute early.

01:31Because when it's around 6 or 7 am, it's already congested.

01:38According to the MMDA, there are already 244,689 vehicles

01:43that pass through each lane of Commonwealth Avenue every day.

01:47There are more than 113,000 motorcycles.

01:51This is followed by more than 99,000 cars.

01:54To reduce traffic, the agency is studying two approaches.

01:59Including the installation of a bus lane.

02:02We talked to the Traffic Engineering Center.

02:06This week, they are targeting Commonwealth Avenue.

02:12One of the studies is to install a tunnel from Commonwealth Avenue

02:18to East Avenue and Quezon Avenue.

02:22The opinions of the passengers we talked to are different.

02:25Maybe if there's a tunnel, it's better.

02:28But the bus lane, I don't know if it's better.

02:33Since I used to commute to EDSA, it's really effective.

02:37So I feel like it will work well.

02:40The bus lane and the tunnel will be effective.

02:43The MMDA clarified how it was supposed to be.

02:47They will place it in DPWH, DOTR, and QCLJU.

02:55This is Citroën.

02:57The traffic is really slow.

02:59It's been 30 minutes already.

03:01This is the daily traffic of passengers and motorcycles

03:05that pass through Commonwealth Avenue.

03:08We talked to MMDA Metro Base.

03:10They are not monitoring any accidents.

03:12The tail end of this traffic

03:14is already reaching Tandang Sora.

03:16On the eastbound lane, the other lane that goes to Fairview,

03:19they opened a zipper lane

03:21to reduce the number of vehicles on the westbound lane.

03:25But even there, there's traffic.

03:28On the other lane that goes to Fairview,

03:31the situation is better at this time.

03:33That's all for now.

03:34From Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City,

03:36I'm James Agustin for GMA Integrated News.

03:44For more information,

03:46stay tuned to GMA Pinoy TV

03:48and www.gmanews.tv.

Paglalagay ng bus lane at tunnel sa Commonwealth Ave., panukala ng MMDA para maibsan ang mabigat na trapiko | Unang Balita

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