Commuter, halos 7 oras ang ginugugol papasok at pauwi sa trabaho | Reporter’s Notebook
Hindi lang pagpasok sa trabaho ang kalbaryo ni Justin araw-araw kundi maging ang pag-uwi. Sumatotal, nasa pitong oras ang ginugugol niya makapasok at makauwi lang mula sa trabaho. Ang dahilan, ang palyadong sistema ng transportasyon at matinding trapiko. May pag-asa pa ba itong mabago? Panoorin ang video. #GMAPublicAffairs #GMADocumentaries #ReportersNotebook
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00:00At 6.30 p.m., this is the time when there are a lot of passengers going home.
00:15This is the place where we are now.
00:17These are the vehicles going to San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Litex.
00:22These are the roads going to Commonwealth Avenue, one of the widest roads in Metro Manila.
00:29But it is one of the busiest roads.
00:38From Nia Road in Quezon City, we took a bus to San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
00:45Here, I was able to talk to some passengers.
00:49How long have you been doing this daily commute?
00:54It's been almost 35 years.
00:58Has anything changed?
01:02No, it's just getting harder.
01:04This road is already loose, right?
01:07Yes.
01:08It's not yet finished.
01:10But later, can it be filled?
01:13We'll see.
01:15Tondasora, we're almost there.
01:25You really need to do this.
01:27The body is strong.
01:28Just think about it.
01:29There's a lot of space.
01:32There are two sections.
01:33That's the center.
01:34Oh, when it's full?
01:35Yes, when it's full.
01:37The passengers can't get out.
01:41V. Rose Monterola and her 10-month-old baby
01:46are on their way home from Cavite.
01:49How long have you been driving from Cavite?
01:53Five.
01:54When you get to Bagong Sinang, what time will it be?
01:58Around 7 or 8.
02:02It's hard to commute here.
02:04It's hard to go home.
02:11Oh, it's just packing.
02:24It's also hard for Justin Andre Meyer
02:27to keep traffic on a daily basis.
02:33At 7 in the morning,
02:35Justin said goodbye to his wife and two kids.
02:38Bye-bye!
02:40From Bulacan, he will go to work in Pasay City.
02:45Justin is working as a call center agent.
02:49My shift is at 10am.
02:52I have to leave at 7am so that I can reach my work on time.
02:57I add a few more hours to compensate if there is a delay in the trip.
03:03This is my first trip.
03:06From our barangay to the highway.
03:10By tricycle.
03:21When he reached the highway, Justin took a bus to Quezon City.
03:34Every day that Justin travels, he undergoes the ongoing construction of the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 or MRT 7.
03:47It is a huge help for the residents who come from faraway places like Bulacan
03:55to be able to enter NCR or Manila or Pasay City like me.
04:00We can save time and money.
04:04The construction of the MRT 7 started in 2016 by the Department of Transportation or DOTR.
04:11It is 24 kilometers long and will have 14 stations from Quezon City to San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
04:22From a 2 to 3 hour trip,
04:25the MRT 7 will speed up the travel time from Quezon City to San Jose del Monte by 35 minutes.
04:34In the document provided by DOTR in the Reporter's Notebook,
04:38the total cost of the project is estimated at more than 62 billion pesos.
04:43The fund came from the PPP or Public Private Partnership.
04:47In 2018, the Government's Railway Projects were first discussed by the Reporter's Notebook
04:54under the Build-Build-Build Program with the MRT 7.
05:00At that time, 2019 was the completion date
05:05and in 2020, the MRT 7 was targeted to be operational.
05:09Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the issue of the road right-of-way,
05:13the completion of the MRT 7 was delayed.
05:16It is expected that a lot of help will be provided to ease the traffic of vehicles
05:22from Quezon City to San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
05:30The road right-of-way is needed when the project is operational.
05:35The road right-of-way is needed when the government's project will pass through private land.
05:42At first, a land in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan was planned by the government
05:48to be used as a depot or road for the new MRT 7.
05:52But the two plans did not meet the price,
05:55so other properties were needed for the depot.
05:58As of July 2024, the construction progress of the MRT 7 is already at 71.67%.
06:06It is expected that 800,000 passengers will benefit from the project every day.
06:122025, it is targeted to be operational.
06:15Out of the 14, MRT 7 is hoping to operate 12 stations.
06:20MRT 7 is targeting partial operations by the end of next year.
06:27When Justin was able to get off the bus, he switched to the MRT 3 to reach Pasay.
06:37So, let's just wait for the next train.
06:40Here's our train.
06:44Okay, just go straight to the next station.
06:47Okay, just go straight.
06:57Okay, just go straight.
07:08When it comes to the task, his vehicle is a jeep.
07:28It's already past 10 in the morning when Justin arrived at his office.
07:41It's 8 in the evening. Justin will travel back home to Bulacan.
07:47To be honest, I'm not in a hurry.
07:49But since we are in a hurry to go home because the trip will take a long time,
07:55this is where we are waiting for the jeep to go to the MRT Tlaxtabinu station.
08:01He needs to take the jeep again.
08:14And ride the MRT 3 to EDSA to reach Quezon City.
08:18Okay, just go straight.
08:24When you get off at Amonim Station, you will switch to the bus to ride to Del Monte.
08:40When you get close to the destination,
08:42When we got closer to their location, Justin bought some food.
08:49Since I was able to talk to my wife, she told me that while we were on the trip,
08:55she wasn't able to cook anymore.
08:58So, we were a bit worried about the time since we were worried about the trip.
09:03So, I just decided to buy some food in a corner.
09:09After three and a half hours of travel,
09:13Justin finally arrived at their house.
09:20He was lucky that he was able to wake up his mother.
09:30I was really worried at that time.
09:33I just wanted to see my kids when I get home.
09:36But that didn't happen because I was stuck on the trip for a long time.
09:41When the MRT-7 was opened, Justin was one of the contributors to the project.
09:46We were able to save on massages and time.
09:48And it had a big impact on our daily lives.
09:52For sure.
09:54In the afternoon, Justin's trip took almost seven hours.
09:59In a study conducted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency in 2014,
10:05the productivity loss per day in Metro Manila is estimated to reach Php 2.4 billion.
10:12And if the traffic problem is not solved,
10:15it is estimated to reach Php 6 billion per day by 2030.
10:22According to DOTR Undersecretary for Railways Jeremy Rejino,
10:27the agency is currently working on 13 railway projects.
10:32Aside from the MRT-7, the LRT Line 1 Calvita Extension is also included in the list.
10:38It has a project cost of Php 77 billion under the PPP or Public-Private Partnership.
10:46Official Development Assistance of the Japan International Cooperation Agency or JICA and Government Fund.
10:53It is 11.7 kilometers long.
10:56It runs from Baclaran to Baco Orcavite.
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