Provincial buses, pinapayagan nang makadaan sa EDSA ngayong holiday season ayon sa MMDA

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00:00Metropolitan Manila Development Authority or MMDA is now ordering the passage of passenger buses

00:07to the provinces this holiday season.

00:10This is the story of Bernard Ferrer.

00:14At the behest of MMDA and the operators of the provincial buses,

00:18they allowed the buses to pass through EDSA

00:20due to the increased number of passengers this holiday season.

00:23According to MMDA Chairman Romando Don Artes,

00:26from December 20 to December 25, 2024 and January 3, 2025,

00:32the provincial buses will be allowed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

00:37while from December 26, 2024 to January 2, 2025,

00:41they will be allowed to pass through EDSA.

00:44Once January 4, 2025 is reached,

00:46the provincial buses will no longer be allowed to pass through EDSA.

00:49MMDA clarified that if the provincial buses come from the northern areas,

00:53they will only be allowed to pass through Kubao in Quezon City.

00:56If they come from the southern areas,

00:58they will be allowed to pass through PITX in Paranaque City

01:01and Terminals in Pasay City.

01:03This was appreciated by some bus operators.

01:06It's a good thing that we still have alternate routes

01:10aside from the one we're passing through now on the Skyway from Quezon Ave or C5

01:17plus this one from EDSA.

01:18For now, some trips to Bicol and Visayas are fully booked

01:22even though the walk-in service is still available.

01:24Some bus companies were forced to prepare

01:27to ensure the safety of the passengers.

01:29There was a drug testing,

01:31a random drug testing for the employees.

01:34The buses that we're using,

01:37we have to check them before we let them run.

01:39At the moment, there are 464,000 vehicles in EDSA

01:44and it is expected that the holiday season will increase.

01:47While the average speed of the vehicles is 18 kilometers per hour

01:51and it is expected that the traffic will decrease.

01:53Meanwhile, the Special Action and Intelligence Committee for Transportation or SAIC

01:58identified 16 vehicles that illegally passed through EDSA Busway Santolan.

02:02Bernard Ferrer for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

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