Tama dahil lumalaban din un mga squatters at un mga "supporters" ng mga pulitiko.

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Some of the ideas ive incorporated here are not new and some maybe are , anyway im starting to warm up to the idea of a new airport for Manila perhaps at Sangley if the northerners truelly insists on downgrading NAIA ( because DMIA apparently could not be viable otherwise ) .

Such a new airport should at the very least be at the same level and capacity as Nagoya and remain open to international flight's , but if demand is just that strong then a second parallel runway could be built on reclaimed land thereby increasing capacity .

This would free up the old NAIA grounds where in its stead we could have a brand new world class PNR Central Station + the transfer of the main inter city and inter regional central Bus station similar to that of Istanbuls central bus terminal .

Now its kindof vague but ive read in other threads plans to bring the railway lines to Fort Bonifacio , if so then such a line could simply be extended to cross the South super highway into the new terminal aswell as connecting to the existing north south rail lines , so in that sense it would be perfect for a new PNR hub , these lines could then be extended to the new Manila Sangley Point international airport which could also be connected to DMIA , of course from the airport the rail line could then be extended further into cavites coastline perhaps all the way to Batangas the long way round .

The old NAIA grounds could also then accomodate new major road arteries which can help to improve traffic in the metro , and if you look at it at the base of the airport bridge youve got the choices : alabang zapote rd , c5 , roxas blvd , aguinaldo highway to tagaytay and of course the airports already conveniently located in Cavite , so basically the airport would now become more centrally located than before , some of those roads would simply require major upgrades of course to cope with increased traffic .

Funny thing about downgrading NAIA is that its traffic volumes are increasing yr by yr , perhaps we should instead think of transfering the airport at Sangley to be an upgrade lol it might just be that Manila gets to keep the title of main "gateway" , not that i care if DMIA gets it as long as people in the center and south of the metro retain easy and convenient acces to their airport for international and domestic flight's .

Ohwell as the previous poster wrote one can dream :cheers:

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I found this on wiki supposed to be dmia master plan ...



A sangley idea





Given that traffic keeps on growing i hope people do start to warm to the idea of having two such airports in the region , and i for one am starting to come around to the idea of gradually shutting down NAIA in the long term , in exchange for a new airport at Sangley freeing up alot of land in NAIA's former grounds for much needed traffic infrastructure and other devlopments .

If Villar wins, for sure the plans for upgrading Sangley point Airbase to an International Airport will be revived.

PRA allots P16.7M for consultants in Sangley Point conversion08/01/2008 | 08:23 PM


MANILA, Philippines - The board of directors of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) has allocated P16.7 million for the hiring of a consultancy firm to prepare the master plan for the conversion of the Sangley Point in Cavite City into an international logistics hub.

Former Sen. Ramon Revilla, chair of the PRA board, said that the winning bidder for the consultancy is expected to determine the technical, economic and financial viability of the project including its social acceptability and environmental integrity.

The entire project is expected to cost P200 billion.

Revilla said the converted Sangley Point will have three major physical components - an international seaport and container terminal, a modern international airport and a reclamation component that will compliment the proposed developments in the area and provide expansion for export processing zones, industrial, commercial and tourism purposes.

“An inseparable part of each component is the construction of a causeway that will connect the Manila-Cavite coastal road to Cavite City," Revilla said.

In a statement sent by PRA media relations officer Jerry Panela, Revilla said the conversion of the Sangley Point into a modern seaport and airport will boost the country’s economy.

Revilla chairs the inter-agency executive committee while Cavite City Mayor Bernardo Paredes is his co-chairman.

“The project will give our economy the much needed boost through investments because this will ultimately attract and place the Philippines in the limelight of global trade and commerce. This will bring our country back into financial competitiveness and erase the demeaning tag of being Asia’s laggard," Revilla said.

Revilla said that the province of Cavite has been the main duty-free port and depository for trade and goods between Asia and Europe for more than 200 years since the 16th century in Philippine history.

He recalled that Spanish galleons made two round trips annually between Cavite and Acapulco in Mexico laden with Chinese silk and porcelain; perfumes, spices and cotton from India; precious stones and silver from Europe and South America.

Sangley Point was once used by the American military as a ship repair facility and berthing area before it was turned over to the Philippine government in 1971.

It is now being by units of the the Philippine Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard.

Revilla said that Executive Order (EO) 629 - signed by President Arroyo on June 21, 2007 - the PRA, along with the local government officials of the Cavite City and other government agencies, has been tasked to form an inter-agency executive committee to oversee the planning and implementation of the conversion of Sangley Point into an international logistics hub.

The other members of the Sangley Point Development project executive committee include the secretaries of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), Department of National Defense (DND), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Public
Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). - GMANews.TV


http://www.gmanews.tv/story/110929/PRA-allots-P167M-for-consultants-in-Sangley-Point-conversion



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If there will really be a massive conversion project or atleast, a modern int'l airport to be built at sangley, i think it's important to have the main runways facing north to south, or atleast pointing at bulacan, away from skyscrapers in manila.

But the idea is let them build DMIA first and finish it before converting sangley point, and then once finished, close NAIA and convert it into another high density commercial district with residential and industrial zonings. Those terminals in NAIA can be easily converted into new transportation hub for rail and bus transit systems, while others such the likes of T1 and T2 can be another national library or some colleges or university, and the huge philippine airline hangar may look good for a future aircraft museum.

oh sorry was that luftansa's now the former philippine airline hangar in NAIA?

before natuwa ako nung makakita ako ng pink footbridges

but really after seeing those light green over dark green footbridges

mukang mas malaki ang ganda ng bagong kulay

hehehe

kabado nman ako dun sa MRT Quezon Avenue Station

puting puti tapos royal blue sa ilalim

dun ako sa puti kabado eh

IMHO yep, the new color better fits the surroundings. But for existing footbridges, I think they should rather spend the money on other things if the footbridge's paint is still in good quality. :)

"'sa ikauunlad ng bayan, bisikleta ang kailangan.'

paanong bisekleta e may bus naman."

I think he was just quoting Ariel Ureta during Martial Law era who was later incarcerated at Camp Crame for his comment. :lol:

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Nagoya International Airport .

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Istanbul main inter city / regional bus station + a train station .

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^^Nice image, This infrastructure design is world class design, I hope the philippines make a structure like this:cheers:

I am glad that the footbridges and the bus stops are adequately lighted now. And they replaced some pink fences with better looking fences. :)

If I may put my two cents in, Metro Manila needs to develop other infrastructures first such as world class roads and highways, development of housing for informal settlers, building of flood ways, cleaning of our river systems, developing historical and tourist sites etc. before prioritizing the building of a new and world class airport that can accomodate thousands more visitors. Maybe we should fix the Metro first so that tourists can really enjoy their stay here and not be turned off by heavy and chaotic traffic, not-so-friendly transportation system, dirty rivers, shanties here and there, people begging in the streets, floods etc. Parallel runways would be useless if the tourists won't come anyway. Just my opinion. Thanks :)

I think Metro Manila should start with the basics first before even going to plan with big-ticket infrastructures. Heck, they cannot even complete the circumferential and radial roads, which BTW have existed for almost a century!

By basics I meant that simple infrastructure like wide sidewalks, bus stops, computerized control system, well-coordinated mass transit system (MRTs and buses), etc. These things have been in our metro for decades and we still can't make it good.

yep i agree. basics should also include the bus mass transit system, aside from beautification and cleanliness of the metro surroundings, proper and decent housing for poor and informal settlers, even sewerage system, excellent water and power supplies. from here they could project how much tourists they can afford to accomodate and this is where they can also base how many hotels, and how big an int'l airport they should build.

Guys, the Alabang viaduct pedestrian footbridge is now open. Thanks MMDA.

Anu kaya mas mahaba, ito o yung asa Bicutan? Parang mas mahaba tong sa Alabang.

Nakakalungkot lang, meh footbridge na nga, meron padin natawid sa kalsada. Anu ba yan.

In the midst of this seeming inadequacy, Metromanila was able to build first class CBDs, i.e., Ayala, Ortigas, Roxas Blvd frontage and there are several more projected CBDs to come.

^^That is correct. But we are not talking of building infrastructures merely to have several CBDs, exclusive subdivisions, and all the high-end amenities of a modern metropolis. Infrastructures such as streets, railways, mass transit, government offices and the like are built with the welfare of the citizens living in the metro as the top priority. Maybe that's the reason why Metro Manila is always called a place of extremes. Beneath the seemingly progressive metro, poverty, hunger, sickness, homelessness are all on the rise. All these don't spell good for our cities. And because of that, investments which create jobs would not grow as what we are experiencing now despite the growth in corporate incomes and properties. This sounds like a cliché, but it is what I have observed from our experience.

^^

name one intersection in the Metro that was planned and built correctly, with proper lanes, logical traffic signals, proper pedestrian lanes and correct pavement markings. There may be one or two or a couple more but how about the thousand others? Tourists may come but they'll go crazy driving in our streets. :nuts:

^^Even a resident like me still gets confused every now and then. MM is one helluva chaos! :nuts:

i thought i've seen some upgraded street signs with the name of the streets too, dito ko ngalang nakikita sa internet. dapat talaga lahat ng kalye ay may street name para walang maliligaw.

I think building the airport at sangley is important if you do want those other infrastructures because when you look at a map or google earth you will find that naia is a giant block that severs the east and west of the southern metro , removing naia there would free up space to build all these other transport infrastructures .

As ive pointed out we could then build a proper intermodal central station ( rail , lrt , mrt , bus ) and build new connecting highways and main roads and even have space for a new large public park .

Such developments would be necessary to alleviate poverty because without the infrastructure that stimulates business/industry and tourism , which in turn also creates new jobs and opportunities then there wont really be alot of capital to do social policies in the first place unless you want to rely on "foreign aid" .

In my opinion one of the main problems is the weak tax collection system which means that the governments at all levels are always short of change while alot of potential income is basically not collected , this isnt the whole problem of course but its one aspect of it .

Yes we need to copy Hong Kong and Singapore etc and have every city set aside some lands where they can build high rise social housing but again that's just one aspect , if we truelly want to deal with poverty and homelessness we would need a properly funded jobs and welfare agency that will be responsible for adult vocational and other schooling , job allocations and handing out social welfare unemployment funds , handle and operate the public housing units while at the same time following up with their inhabitants progress in reschooling/finding jobs and reinserting them into mainstream society .

So we cant just build social housing and give them away to people as free housing , social housing should simply be a temporary stop on peoples way up to mainstream society and for this we need the proper institutions , and alongside them the business and industry that creates jobs and opportunities the two basically goes hand in hand .

As Chinas former ruler Deng Xiao Ping once said more or less "in order to have socialism or to spread the wealth we first need to have the wealth" , in other words we need to press with development as we try to solve the big social issues and problems of the land .

kaya lang habang gumaganda at nadedeveloped ang metro manila, lalong dumadami yung mga taga probinsyang dumadayo at naninirahan sa metro, tapos magiging squatter lang. dapat talaga madeveloped narin ang ibang mga probinsyang malalayo para wag nang magsiksikan sa manila.... federalism din talaga ang kelangan, pagbabago sa sistema ng gobyerno otherwise mahihirapan talagang maeradicate ang mga squatters and homeless people jan.

Long Thanh International Airport- Vietnam

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will be constructed by the same company that did the Madrid Barajas Airport

agresibo ang Vietnam sa infrastructure projects nila diba mga Sir?

^^ Likas na tamad ang pinoy :lol:. Ganyan na ganyan din ang nanyari sa C5 Taguig, May footbridge na kaso tumatawid sila sa ILALIM ng footbridge :nuts:

Looks very impressive. It's a communist country, once they proposed something like that, most likely it will be done.

It does look quite impressive and they seem to be planning 3 other major intl airports , that Saigon masterplan is more impressive id say than DMIA which might just be outclassed , i think that we really need to move along with our own infrastructure projects i do support DMIA and wish it well but i hope that the Sangley idea gets some momentum in the near future aswell .

please. wag naman po sana nyo lalahatin. meron pa rin namang marunong sumunod sa kung ano ang tama at nararapat.

oo nga pasensya na dun sa mga matitinong pilipino sana dumami sila.

please. wag naman po sana nyo lalahatin. meron pa rin namang marunong sumunod sa kung ano ang tama at nararapat.

Hinde ko naman nilalahat. Yes, meron din naman na matitino na pinoy kaso sobrang rare un ganong breed. Sana magpadami pa sila para mabawas bawasan un mga engot :nuts:

^^ Likas na tamad ang pinoy :lol:. Ganyan na ganyan din ang nanyari sa C5 Taguig, May footbridge na kaso tumatawid sila sa ILALIM ng footbridge :nuts:

Tamad ba o ignorante ang marami? Wala bang fence? Kawawa talaga diyan sa pinas dahil sa walang disiplina ang mga pinoy, kailangan pa talagang lagyan ng mga fence ang kalye para lang huwag tumawid ang mga tao. Siguro nga mga tamad din dahil kaunting lakad hindi pa magawa. Dapat talaga lagyan din ng fence sa mga kalye sa alabang na MAY KURYENTE :lol::lol::lol:

Guys, the Alabang viaduct pedestrian footbridge is now open. Thanks MMDA.

Anu kaya mas mahaba, ito o yung asa Bicutan? Parang mas mahaba tong sa Alabang.

Nakakalungkot lang, meh footbridge na nga, meron padin natawid sa kalsada. Anu ba yan.

Yep. this is really useful. Pero sana nilagyan nila ng bubong...

Tamad ba o ignorante ang marami? Wala bang fence? Kawawa talaga diyan sa pinas dahil sa walang disiplina ang mga pinoy, kailangan pa talagang lagyan ng mga fence ang kalye para lang huwag tumawid ang mga tao. Siguro nga mga tamad din dahil kaunting lakad hindi pa magawa. Dapat talaga lagyan din ng fence sa mga kalye sa alabang na MAY KURYENTE :lol::lol::lol:

Dapat ang ginawa nilang modelo ay ang Ayala Avenue. Wala talagang tumatawid sa kalye, kasi may metal fences...

Well, Nilagyan na ng MMDA ang C-5 Taguig Portion ng 10ft wiremesh fence ang center island at 5ft concrete wall sa shoulder lanes. Meron parin talagang mga engot na binubutas un pader at un wiremesh para lang makatawid :bash:

Dapat ang ginawa nilang modelo ay ang Ayala Avenue. Wala talagang tumatawid sa kalye, kasi may metal fences...

malamang por kilo ang labas ng metal fences na ilalagay mo dyan. Sa C5 Taguig nga lang eh imbes na tatawid sa overpass papahirapan pa ang sarili at magbubutas ng divider. hay naku! :bash:

Dapat ang ginawa nilang modelo ay ang Ayala Avenue. Wala talagang tumatawid sa kalye, kasi may metal fences...Kaya rin siguro walang tumatawid kung saan saan sa Makati kasi maraming pulis na nakakalat.

malamang por kilo ang labas ng metal fences na ilalagay mo dyan. Sa C5 Taguig nga lang eh imbes na tatawid sa overpass papahirapan pa ang sarili at magbubutas ng divider. hay naku! :bash:Naku, ang dami ko nang nakitang ganyan. Kahit sa EDSA talamak yan. Hindi ko pa rin maintindihan ang logic ng ibang tao na mas gugustuhin pa nilang wasakin yung mga pink fences kesa sa tumawid na lang dun sa tamang tawiran or sakayan.

do we have the same layout of the plan for DMIA? Maybe we can compare.

Looks very impressive. It's a communist country, once they proposed something like that, most likely it will be done.

They may be communist and get their jobs done, but they are much harsher than marcos' martial law...:ohno:
So many developments in Vietnam these days, sayang na tayo:ohno:... naiiwanan

They may be communist and get their jobs done, but they are much harsher than marcos' martial law...:ohno:
So many developments in Vietnam these days, sayang na tayo:ohno:... naiiwanan

are you a pinoy working in vietnam? So how's things there? are the citizens there happy with a communist govt?

C'mon guys there are lots of infrastructure developments happening around The Philippines and some of them are impressive.

Vietnam may be developing rapidly but it still has alot of catching up before it beats The Philippines. And I doubt Vietnam will beat The Philippines.

are you a pinoy working in vietnam? So how's things there? are the citizens there happy with a communist govt?

I study in vietnam for the moment. You can literally see constructions everywhere you look:nuts:. Fortunately, Ho chi minh city is no match for metro manila. Traffic in vietnam is horrendous, much worse than EDSA:bash:. Motorcycles are everywhere. TOO MUCH CENSORSHIP SA MEDIA:bash::bash:! NAKAKAINIS:bash::nuts:

We should be proud of Manila for the moment, since it has MRTs and LRTs, which Vietnam does not have. At the moment Metro Manila is still more advanced than ho chi minh city, by about 15 to 20 years ish.:):cheers:

BALI OASIS IN MARIKINA


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standard mid-rise condos should look like these beautiful condos
sana ganito lahat ng future mid-rise condos natin lalo na sa mga secondary roads..maganda rin yung one serendra sa THE FORT(BGC)
ganda siguro kung ganyan agad makikita ng mga turista habang nagta-travel papuntang Mall of Asia,Luneta,Intramuros,EDSA..etc
especially Pasay,Edsa area, really needs redevelopment(TO THE MAX)

wala kasing skwaters sa ayala avenue kaya wala ring tatawid ....
sa c5 meron ng fence pero sinisira pa kase puro skwaters...bakit kaya hindi mapaalis mga skwa don?

do we have the same layout of the plan for DMIA? Maybe we can compare.

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Well these are the two masterplans that i know of i made a hasty copy paste so they are not "exactly" on the same scale .

To be fair we can only see the outline of the DMIA terminal plan so maybe the structures themselves are a bit more stylish than the dark shade we see , but the Saigon design does seem better planned out .

and if the Kuwaitis will build this for us. hope to see something like Dubai's or Doha. Same thing with Incheon if it's from Korea. But honestly, I really don't care is the DMIA masterplan will look like NAIA Terminal 3 times 10 the size, as long as it will serve its purpose, better than Saigon's, or any other airports in that case.

EFFICIENCY is the word for that.

well.....the good thing is...maitayo muna.....

Marami yata sa mga informal settlers ay families ng mga sundalo. Nag-swell ang numbers kasi pati mga relatives at friends nakitira na rin. The government should address the needs of its employees in the AFP by building decent housing for them. But of course, it's election season and Taguig politicians won't move a finger to reduce a vote rich area. LOL :)

ganun ka miseducated ang mga pinoy.....sa daan na lang nakasakay na sa kotse na magagara...nagtatapon pa ng basura sa labas ng kotse....umunlad na ang buhay...eh ang ugaling iskwater dati pa rin...

ganun ka miseducated ang mga pinoy.....sa daan na lang nakasakay na sa kotse na magagara...nagtatapon pa ng basura sa labas ng kotse....umunlad na ang buhay...eh ang ugaling iskwater dati pa rin...

Sir, ano ang ibig mong sabihin sa "miseducated"? Para sa akin ang "miseducated" ay mali ang pagkakaturo. Ang ibig nyo po bang sabihin ay hindi dapat tinuro na magtapon ng basura sa labas ng kotse kapag umunlad na ang buhay at panitilihin ang ugaling iskawter? At kung ganon ang ibig mong sabihin, sino ang nagturo ng ganon?

Green na pala ang mga footbridges ngayon sa EDSA :)
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Green na pala ang mga footbridges ngayon sa EDSA :)

Hindi ko kz makita pic mo now gawa blocked :cry: Pero ito bang mga green footbridges na ito ay bagong kabit o repainted green?

Hindi ko kz makita pic mo now gawa blocked :cry: Pero ito bang mga green footbridges na ito ay bagong kabit o repainted green?

blocked by whom? mga dating footbridges na kulay pink ,ngayon green na.

^^ i have to admit, those green footbridges look better, but it may be mistaken for the colours of Gibo :nuts::lol:

^^ Our System Adminstrator...aka Big Brother :lol:

Ah, so these were repainted pala...so meron nadin ba na tarp na nagpapasalamt tayo keh PGMA sa mga footbridge na ito?

Though I prefer the green ones, sayang lang pera na narepaint pa yung mga fenk. Yung susunod na MMDA chair sigurado papaltan yan. Waste of taxpayer's money.

^^ wala namang tarp thanking GMA. I saw one in Commonwealth and in C5.

I also like the green one, better than pink. :)

^^ wala namang tarp thanking GMA. I saw one in Commonwealth and in C5.

I also like the green one, better than pink. :)

Yep, dun ko unang nakita sa Commonwealth yung mga TY tarps. Pero yung sa Alabang, wala ako nakita nung dumaan ako last Saturday.

Kainis lang kz na meh footbridge na nga, madami padin natawid sa kalsada. Tapos pag nabangga naman kasalanan pa ng nakabangga.

Manila's 5th Line (after PNR, LRT1, LRT2 and MRT3):banana:
Manila's MRT7:cheers:

San Miguel eyes major stake in MRT-7 project GMANews.TV - Friday, March 5

San Miguel Corp. has been offered a majority stake in the $1.24-billion Metro Rail Transit Line 7 project (MRT-7) and is negotiating with the consortium that won the contract for the project.

The beer giant, which has been diversifying into other sectors such as power, water and infrastructure, told the Philippine Stock Exchange on Thursday it had started due diligence on the MRT-7 project.

"The company is negotiating with the members of the consortium of the MRT-7 project the terms and conditions for the acquisition of such majority stake and has commenced due diligence work," San Miguel Corporate Information Officer Ferdinand K. Constantino said.

According to the Website of the Universal MRT Corp. — the consortium tasked to build the rail — the MRT-7 project consists of 45 kilometers of road and rail transportation from the Bocaue, Bulacan exit of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to the MRT-3 North Avenue-EDSA station in Quezon City.

The 22-km, six-lane asphalt road will connect the NLEX to the major transportation hub development in Tala, Caloocan City and the adjoining municipality of San Jose del Monte in Bulacan.

Meanwhile, the 23-km mostly elevated MRT starts from Tala and ends at the integrated MRT-3/MRT-7 station at EDSA.

The MRT-7 will run northeast from the MRT-3’s North Station in Quezon City to Tala in Caloocan City and the adjoining municipality of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. Source: Universal MRT Corp.Analyst Jose Mari B. Lacson of brokerage Campos, Lanuza & Co., Inc. said San Miguel’s diversification into infrastructure could create value for shareholders since the MRT-7 could be a profitable business.

"It’s good to see them investing in new areas that have theoretically better returns. Brewery earns them single digit returns, not even enough to pay the cost of capital… The question is whether the project they’re getting into carries the returns that they want," he said in an interview.

Lacson noted that while the mass transit project does not create a synergy for San Miguel, it addresses a critical need and would likely be patronized by Bulacan residents who work in the Ortigas and Makati business districts.

The construction period is expected to last three-and-a-half years. The proponent will operate and manage the system on behalf of the government for 25 years, while gradually transferring ownership of the system to the state in proportion to payments of annual capacity fees.

The MRT-7 consortium comprises Tranzen Corporation, La Costa Development Corporation, China Railway 18 Group, Universal LRT Corporation, Redford Assets Limited (SM Investments Corp./Banco de Oro/Penta), Yuchengco-led EEI Corporation, Penta Capital Management Corporation, Merlin Pacific Capital, Inc., TCGI Engineers and E. L. International Holdings Group.

Also on Thursday, San Miguel said it was in talks with the stockholders of Ausphil Tollways Corporation to acquire a 67-percent stake in the company.

"The terms and conditions of such contemplated acquisition are the subject of the final phase [of] negotiations between the parties," it told the bourse.

Ausphil is the lead proponent of the P10-billion North Luzon East Expressway (NLEE) project, which will link Metro Manila to Tuguegarao City in Cagayan Valley via a 480-kilometer expressway.

The first stage of the expressway — the first awarded unsolicited built-operate-transfer toll road project in the Philippines — will host a 35-megawatt hydroelectric component using the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System aqueduct as a conduit and the constructed roadways and wetlands as catchment to divert over 15.2 million cubic meters of floodwaters to the La Mesa Reservoir yearly as it initially serves 70,000 vehicles daily.

San Miguel said it would disclose information on the Ausphil and MRT-7 negotiations as soon as it closes the deals. — Norman P. Aquino, GMANews.TV

Link: http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/20100304/tbs-san-miguel-eyes-major-stake-in-mrt-7-1da90e5.html

^^^^^^:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

It will be a great news if San Miguel or any local company to find the whole Manila stretch of PNR as a lucrative investment. A joint venture can be entered between private firms and PNR to further increase the viablity and efficiency of the railway.

Agency drives out corn vendors near Ateneo, Miriam
Manila Standard Today - March 6-7, 2010

THE Metro Manila Development Authority yesterday cracked down on vendors of Japanese corn on Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City near the campuses of Ateneo de Manila and Miriam College, blaming them for the worsening C-5 road gridlock.

Assistant general manager for operations Emmanuel de Castro and general manager Robert Nacianceno said at least 25 ambulant peddlers were impeding vehicular movement on a stretch especially during rush hours when students arrive and leave after classes.

“These vendors on carts will flag down motorists to lure them to buy corn from them. They pose hazards to motorists,” De Castro told Standard Today. “They try to block the motorists’ way, slowing down traffic flow.”

He said Roadway/Sidewalk Clearing Operations Group has asked the vendors to use a suitable near Carlos P. Garcia Avenue corner Katipunan.

“I told the vendors to find a better place to sell their sweet corn,” said De Castro.

Ateneo administration had a corporate social responsibility drive, allowing poor family- beneficiaries to plant corn in vacant portions of the university but the program was phased out in 2000. Rio N. Araja

MMDA to recruit 200 for carpentry, electrical, road work (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20100307-257240/MMDA-to-recruit-200-for-carpentry-electrical-road-work)

By Miko L. Morelos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 19:45:00 03/07/2010

MANILA, Philippines -- Looking for a job? The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) shall recruit for its 200 vacancies in different departments.

MMDA General Manager Robert Nacianceno said on Sunday that applicants should go to the agency’s office on Orense Street at the corner of Edsa, Makati City, with their resumé so that they could check out the available jobs.

Nacianceno said the agency would provide free training so this should not deter unskilled workers from applying.

“We train our employees to do different tasks like electrical [work] and carpentry, among others,” he said, adding, “They should take advantage of the free training the MMDA [conducts].”

Among the vacancies were for kamineros (road workers) who should be aged 18 to 50 years old. No educational attainment would be required for these street jobs, although schooling would be required of those applying to become traffic enforcers, Nacianceno said.

To qualify as a traffic enforcer, applicants should have at least two years of college. College graduates, on the other hand, could be upgraded to traffic officers who are entitled to higher pay.

Skills and educational background aside, Nacianceno said there was one thing they required of all applicants.

“The applicant must have the willingness to work,” he told the Philippine Daily Inquirer over the phone. “In addition, they should also be physically capable of working.”

Workers could sign on to work with the agency on a three-month contract but Nacianceno said this would be renewed if the MMDA found the worker’s performance satisfactory, if not exemplary.

He added that they were continually looking for new workers because the agency was constantly weeding out the incompetent and corrupt from its ranks.

“We fire people because of incompetence and other illegal acts like extortion, as well as tardiness and inefficiency,” he said. “We do this regularly because we don’t tolerate these [kinds of offenses].”

Green na pala ang mga footbridges ngayon sa EDSA :)
http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1000284.jpg

http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1000289.jpg

^^

http://www.canadaprayerbreakfast.ca/files/npb/peace-tower-parliament-ottawa-canada.jpg

The colour reminds me of old buildings with copper roofs that have turned green.....

go gibo yan... :P

http://noypi-ako.com/noynoy-aquino-mar-roxas-will-sign-covenant-with-urban-poor-today/

Noynoy Aquino, Mar Roxas will sign covenant with urban poor today
by Daily Tribune

Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino and Mar Roxas will sign a covenant with the urban poor today, March 6, at the Del Pan Sports Complex, Tondo, Manila.

The covenant is the list of issues submitted to them by the urban poor and housing rights organizations, including Urban Poor Associates (UPA), Community Organizers Multiversity, Community Organization of the Philippine Enterprise Foundation and UP-All (Urban Poor Alliance).

The covenant includes a post-Ondoy rehabilitation program. (Typhoon “Ondoy” was a cause of the government demolitions of informal settlers living along esteros, coasts and riversides.) The rehabilitation program identifies remedies that do not require demolition and eviction as it searches for new ways to extend land tenure security to the poor, so they can live and work in the cities.

Part of the covenant is the appointment of reform-minded persons to head shelter government agencies. The urban poor believe that if the appointed persons in HUDCC or NHA have really a heart for the poor the agencies will be more responsive, efficient and effective in delivering housing services to the poor families.
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Kailangan talaga natin ng isang BAYANI para madisiplinahan ang mga iskawter/ No to Noynoy Mar. Yes to Fernando Gordon.

http://noypi-ako.com/noynoy-aquino-mar-roxas-will-sign-covenant-with-urban-poor-today/

Noynoy Aquino, Mar Roxas will sign covenant with urban poor today
by Daily Tribune

Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino and Mar Roxas will sign a covenant with the urban poor today, March 6, at the Del Pan Sports Complex, Tondo, Manila.

The covenant is the list of issues submitted to them by the urban poor and housing rights organizations, including Urban Poor Associates (UPA), Community Organizers Multiversity, Community Organization of the Philippine Enterprise Foundation and UP-All (Urban Poor Alliance).

The covenant includes a post-Ondoy rehabilitation program. (Typhoon “Ondoy” was a cause of the government demolitions of informal settlers living along esteros, coasts and riversides.) The rehabilitation program identifies remedies that do not require demolition and eviction as it searches for new ways to extend land tenure security to the poor, so they can live and work in the cities.

Part of the covenant is the appointment of reform-minded persons to head shelter government agencies. The urban poor believe that if the appointed persons in HUDCC or NHA have really a heart for the poor the agencies will be more responsive, efficient and effective in delivering housing services to the poor families.
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Kailangan talaga natin ng isang BAYANI para madisiplinahan ang mga iskawter/ No to Noynoy Mar. Yes to Fernando Gordon.

tsk tsk tsk.. this just means metro manila will get more squatters. :ohno:

noynoy is a very dangerous president. I see our railways and rivers going back to the most dirtiest state again. :ohno::bash:

f the covenant, we need more ondoy to clean the city. sorry

haaaay... kakainis ang election season... parang all law and order is put on hold.

asa news kanina ung bahay ni Money Villar sa Tondo pininturahan ng MMDA ng Green :D

^^ Haha! Napikon na ata ang MMDA kaka alis ng Villar ads sa mga pader kaya pinatulan na ng MMDA un tondo house nya :lol:

^^ Yun ang Political Will.. haha

^^ Haha! Napikon na ata ang MMDA kaka alis ng Villar ads sa mga pader kaya pinatulan na ng MMDA un tondo house nya :lol:

it says last year pa raw pininturahan daw ito na kulay green.

ganda rin pala tingnan ng green kesa pink....ngayon ko lang na realize....:lol: malamig sa mata...

MMDA: Wear any color but yellow in the meantime
by Miko L. Morelos



MANILA, Philippines—The boss of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is painting the town green—and that includes footbridges and urinals, the MMDA trucks and other vehicles, and even the uniforms of its personnel.

MMDA Chair Oscar Inocentes said the move was “nonpolitical,” but a number of employees claimed that the timing of the paint job was highly suspect, especially with the national elections coming up in a couple of months.

Inocentes announced the agency’s change in official color at the flag ceremony on March 8.

“Starting tomorrow, pink is not our official color anymore. You may not wear your pink uniforms to work, and instead you can use civilian clothes,” he told the gathering of employees.

No yellow

“You can wear [any color] you want, just not yellow,” he added, eliciting a few chuckles.

Loaded words, those, considering the colors that currently define the presidential and vice presidential candidates.

Green is the campaign color of the administration standard-bearer Gilbert Teodoro, and yellow, of the Liberal Party’s main man, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.

Pink is associated with Bayani Fernando, Inocentes’ predecessor at the MMDA and now the running mate of Bagumbayan standard-bearer Sen. Richard Gordon.

Fixers

While Inocentes’ announcement drew cheers from a number of MMDA personnel, others were not similarly enthused.

“Why does he have to impose such a directive?” a female employee asked.

“We’ve already solved the problem of fixers here with the implementation of a uniform for personnel,” the female employee said as her coworkers nodded in agreement.

“I’m certain that without the uniform, [the fixers] will be back because easy money can be made here,” she added.

The female employee and a handful of other MMDA workers spoke with the Inquirer on condition of anonymity, fearing reprisal from the top brass.

Another employee said that while she was not against the directive about the uniform, she was ticked off by Inocentes’ explicit instruction not to wear anything yellow at work.

“What does that have to do with our work? First, he bans the use of our pink uniform, and then he disallows anything yellow. I can’t help but think this is politically motivated,” she said, adding:

“He shouldn’t be identifying colors with politics. More so, he shouldn’t be relating our uniform and its color to politics.”

Yet another employee said her boss “should not impose” the color of the clothes they should wear.

In another department, a number of employees handling the transactions of the MMDA were observed wearing civilian clothes. A coworker said it made her feel that she was not “in an office anymore.”

Favoring a candidate

Uniforms provide a semblance of unity and formality because they are a government agency, she pointed out.

“Now it would also be hard to catch employees not at their work stations,” she added, referring to those who went elsewhere during working hours.

A male employee, on the other hand, said he found it hard not to relate Inocentes’ move to politics.

“It’s like he’s covering up the projects of BF (Bayani Fernando). One day, people might forget BF’s legacy,” the employee said. “It’s obvious that Inocentes is favoring one candidate.”

Last week, the MMDA came under fire for repainting the old house of Sen. Manuel Villar, the Nacionalista Party standard-bearer, in green. (Villar’s campaign color is orange.)

But agency officials said the project was implemented over a year ago, and that other houses in that area in Tondo had been repainted as well.

Official color

But Inocentes told the Inquirer that the change in the MMDA color was plain “coincidence.”

“You know, my house of over 50 years has long been painted green. It’s still green … Clearly, the changes are nonpolitical,” he said in an interview.

He said MMDA employees could wear any color they preferred, but reiterated that the agency’s “official color” was now green.

On the purported ban on the color yellow, Inocentes denied imposing it.

He said that when he was a fiscal decades back, he ardently supported the detained former Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., Aquino’s martyred father,

“I even offered to be part of the team of lawyers representing him,” Inocentes said. “When Cory (Aquino’s mother) parted ways with President Macapagal-Arroyo, I was left on the administration’s side.”

Flag ceremony

Asked to comment on a claim of some MMDA employees that he exhibited bias in inviting only members of the administration—like senatorial candidates Silvestre Bello III, Rey Langit and Raul Lambino and Quezon City mayoral candidate Annie Susano—to the agency’s flag ceremony, Inocentes said anyone could attend the Monday event.

“In fact, we have scheduled [the attendance of opposition vice presidential candidates] Mayor Jejomar Binay and former MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando,” he said.

it says last year pa raw pininturahan daw ito na kulay green.

Tanong ka lang? lahat ba ng mga over pass sa edsa ay color green na rin ang pintura?

Kasi pink parin ang nakikita ko e!

Pero mas ok ang green, mas malinis tingnan..:cheers:

ganda rin pala tingnan ng green kesa pink....ngayon ko lang na realize....:lol: malamig sa mata...

At least meron akong nakikitang berde kahit walang puno, hindi masakit tingnan:)

MMDA: Wear any color but yellow in the meantime
by Miko L. Morelos
“Why does he have to impose such a directive?” a female employee asked.

“We’ve already solved the problem of fixers here with the implementation of a uniform for personnel,” the female employee said as her coworkers nodded in agreement.

“I’m certain that without the uniform, [the fixers] will be back because easy money can be made here,” she added.

The female employee and a handful of other MMDA workers spoke with the Inquirer on condition of anonymity, fearing reprisal from the top brass.

Another employee said that while she was not against the directive about the uniform, she was ticked off by Inocentes’ explicit instruction not to wear anything yellow at work.

“What does that have to do with our work? First, he bans the use of our pink uniform, and then he disallows anything yellow. I can’t help but think this is politically motivated,” she said, adding:

“He shouldn’t be identifying colors with politics. More so, he shouldn’t be relating our uniform and its color to politics.”

Yet another employee said her boss “should not impose” the color of the clothes they should wear.

In another department, a number of employees handling the transactions of the MMDA were observed wearing civilian clothes. A coworker said it made her feel that she was not “in an office anymore.”

“You know, my house of over 50 years has long been painted green. It’s still green … Clearly, the changes are nonpolitical,” he said in an interview.Clearly, the employees are much more sensible than their boss, who BTW is a judge. HHHhhhm...:ohno:

His house is painted in green? Come on, could you give something less stupid and less insane excuse than that?!

Dang.. people in power are ridiculously stupid.

Lahat ng MMDA staff na tinuruan ni BF na gawin ang tama ay galit din kay innocentes. Halatang Namimiss ng mga MMDA staff at workers ang palakad ni BF...

Tama un sinabi nung isang worker, Halatang halata na tuta ni GIBO si innocentes...:bash:

^^ Grabe naman yun new MMDA chief, pati color na pink pinag-iinitan. I think its high time na rin yun MMDA become a spin-off agency outside Malacanang control. Mas maganda siguro yun MMDA chairmanship should be elected by people and not by appointee nang President para maging civil service career oriented yun mga employee under this agency.

^ in the first place. regarding Ignorante. Why does he have to focus and waste resources on changing the color of bridges and putting signboards? Is that all he can do?

It doesn't solve the traffic problems in metro manila.

What a lame and stupid, brainless jobs to change colors and put up "Salamat GMA" signboards.

Ignorante should solve the problems in metro manila by putting up additional foot bridges and controlling the undisciplined pedestrians and motorists, not change stupid colors! :bash::ohno:

There are higher priorities in the job. And that's not to put up signboards and change footbridges to green. :bash:

^^ Grabe naman yun new MMDA chief, pati color na pink pinag-iinitan. I think its high time na rin yun MMDA become a spin-off agency outside Malacanang control. Mas maganda siguro yun MMDA chairmanship should be elected by people and not by appointee nang President para maging civil service career oriented yun mga employee under this agency.

pwede:okay: maaari natin itong isabay sa local election at buong Metro Manila lamang ang boboto (since Metro Manila lamang ang hawak nila).

vvv new C5 foot bridge [near Market Market] vvv

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj23/SNL_oRbz/C5footbridge.jpg?t=1268490858

I just saw that a few days ago...dalawa ang nakalagay dyan :bash:

ANG MAYOR LIM NG MMDA...

Mga Politicians talaga sa Pinas puro trapo...



MMDA: Wear any color but yellow in the meantime
by Miko L. Morelos



MANILA, Philippines—The boss of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is painting the town green—and that includes footbridges and urinals, the MMDA trucks and other vehicles, and even the uniforms of its personnel.

MMDA Chair Oscar Inocentes said the move was “nonpolitical,” but a number of employees claimed that the timing of the paint job was highly suspect, especially with the national elections coming up in a couple of months.

Inocentes announced the agency’s change in official color at the flag ceremony on March 8.

“Starting tomorrow, pink is not our official color anymore. You may not wear your pink uniforms to work, and instead you can use civilian clothes,” he told the gathering of employees.

No yellow

“You can wear [any color] you want, just not yellow,” he added, eliciting a few chuckles.

Loaded words, those, considering the colors that currently define the presidential and vice presidential candidates.

Green is the campaign color of the administration standard-bearer Gilbert Teodoro, and yellow, of the Liberal Party’s main man, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.

Pink is associated with Bayani Fernando, Inocentes’ predecessor at the MMDA and now the running mate of Bagumbayan standard-bearer Sen. Richard Gordon.

Fixers

While Inocentes’ announcement drew cheers from a number of MMDA personnel, others were not similarly enthused.

“Why does he have to impose such a directive?” a female employee asked.

“We’ve already solved the problem of fixers here with the implementation of a uniform for personnel,” the female employee said as her coworkers nodded in agreement.

“I’m certain that without the uniform, [the fixers] will be back because easy money can be made here,” she added.

The female employee and a handful of other MMDA workers spoke with the Inquirer on condition of anonymity, fearing reprisal from the top brass.

Another employee said that while she was not against the directive about the uniform, she was ticked off by Inocentes’ explicit instruction not to wear anything yellow at work.

“What does that have to do with our work? First, he bans the use of our pink uniform, and then he disallows anything yellow. I can’t help but think this is politically motivated,” she said, adding:

“He shouldn’t be identifying colors with politics. More so, he shouldn’t be relating our uniform and its color to politics.”

Yet another employee said her boss “should not impose” the color of the clothes they should wear.

In another department, a number of employees handling the transactions of the MMDA were observed wearing civilian clothes. A coworker said it made her feel that she was not “in an office anymore.”

Favoring a candidate

Uniforms provide a semblance of unity and formality because they are a government agency, she pointed out.

“Now it would also be hard to catch employees not at their work stations,” she added, referring to those who went elsewhere during working hours.

A male employee, on the other hand, said he found it hard not to relate Inocentes’ move to politics.

“It’s like he’s covering up the projects of BF (Bayani Fernando). One day, people might forget BF’s legacy,” the employee said. “It’s obvious that Inocentes is favoring one candidate.”

Last week, the MMDA came under fire for repainting the old house of Sen. Manuel Villar, the Nacionalista Party standard-bearer, in green. (Villar’s campaign color is orange.)

But agency officials said the project was implemented over a year ago, and that other houses in that area in Tondo had been repainted as well.

Official color

But Inocentes told the Inquirer that the change in the MMDA color was plain “coincidence.”

“You know, my house of over 50 years has long been painted green. It’s still green … Clearly, the changes are nonpolitical,” he said in an interview.

He said MMDA employees could wear any color they preferred, but reiterated that the agency’s “official color” was now green.

On the purported ban on the color yellow, Inocentes denied imposing it.

He said that when he was a fiscal decades back, he ardently supported the detained former Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., Aquino’s martyred father,

“I even offered to be part of the team of lawyers representing him,” Inocentes said. “When Cory (Aquino’s mother) parted ways with President Macapagal-Arroyo, I was left on the administration’s side.”

Flag ceremony

Asked to comment on a claim of some MMDA employees that he exhibited bias in inviting only members of the administration—like senatorial candidates Silvestre Bello III, Rey Langit and Raul Lambino and Quezon City mayoral candidate Annie Susano—to the agency’s flag ceremony, Inocentes said anyone could attend the Monday event.

“In fact, we have scheduled [the attendance of opposition vice presidential candidates] Mayor Jejomar Binay and former MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando,” he said.

Saw this in Pasong Tamo Ext. The ugly wires, the danger of electrocution. Kakainis!

http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1000359.jpg

^^ Anung ginagawa ng lalakeng yan? Mukang hindi naman sha Meralco o taga ibang utility company...

Sosyal naman kung magkakabit ng jumper at maganda hagdanan nya :lol:

Saw this in Pasong Tamo Ext. The ugly wires, the danger of electrocution. Kakainis!

http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1000359.jpg

Judging from the wires and the post.. di naman ata yan kawad ng kuryente.. Parang telephone, DSL and Cable TV wires ata yan...
AFAIK, di naman ata talaga malakas kuryente ng telepono..

yung mga ganyang poste, mga telephone and cable lines yan yung mga matatas ang mga kuryente.

^^ Kung telephone at cable yan, i'm sure PLDT can afford to put those wires underground. Ang pangit tingnan....

asa pa kayo.....na gagastos ang pldt sa pagpapaganda nyan...

ang daming mga bulok at nagpepeel na gusali na kailangang pinturahan, bakit yung matino pa ang pinipinturahan. aksaya talaga kaya walang asenso.

sinabi mo pa....walang logic ang mga kilos....miss ko tuloy bayani....anyway boto ko siya bilang reward for good work at mmda

kainis. sa bicutan footbridge, ang daming nagtitinda ng gulay, dbd, isda, alahas, ,tuyo.

eh ang sikip na nga, doon pa talaga nagtitinda. sinasadya ko nga minsan apakan paninda nila.

kainis. sa bicutan footbridge, ang daming nagtitinda ng gulay, dbd, isda, alahas, ,tuyo.

eh ang sikip na nga, doon pa talaga nagtitinda. sinasadya ko nga minsan apakan paninda nila.

:lol: pati isda at gulay sa footbridge na? Dapat bawal talaga to.

kainis. sa bicutan footbridge, ang daming nagtitinda ng gulay, dbd, isda, alahas, ,tuyo.

eh ang sikip na nga, doon pa talaga nagtitinda. sinasadya ko nga minsan apakan paninda nila.

tamang tama ka. Hirap tuloy dumaan. Pero pansin mo, meh ilaw na ulit yung footbridge? O baka election season lang kaya papogi si Bernabe?

Namimiss ko na si Bayani as MMDA chair :cry:

tamang tama ka. Hirap tuloy dumaan. Pero pansin mo, meh ilaw na ulit yung footbridge? O baka election season lang kaya papogi si Bernabe?

oo, nga eh, pero mas gusto ko walang ilaw, kokonti nagtitinda. hehehe. pansin mo yung nasa skyway may ilaw, ayun lagi may alahas doon. sarap ilaglag sa kalsada. hehehe


@Ronnie
oo, may gulay at isda na rin, dati mga laruan lang, ngayon isada, tuyo, kakanin, ice candy etc...



Bayani , sana, bumalik ka na lang sa MMDA.

oo, nga eh, pero mas gusto ko walang ilaw, kokonti nagtitinda. hehehe. pansin mo yung nasa skyway may ilaw, ayun lagi may alahas doon. sarap ilaglag sa kalsada. hehehe


@Ronnie
oo, may gulay at isda na rin, dati mga laruan lang, ngayon isada, tuyo, kakanin, ice candy etc...



Bayani , sana, bumalik ka na lang sa MMDA.

Yun sa meh Skyway area ang pinaka "coveted" selling spot :nuts: Hindi nga nawawalan ng mga tindera sa pwestong yun.

yung mga ganyang poste, mga telephone and cable lines yan yung mga matatas ang mga kuryente.

Agree ako jan.

Talagang nakakapangit ng view ang mga wires ng telephone along the roads, siguro dapat ayusin nila ito, at nag kakan dabuhol, kaya nananakaw ng mga pesteng IS.

Yun sa meh Skyway area ang pinaka "coveted" selling spot :nuts: Hindi nga nawawalan ng mga tindera sa pwestong yun.

Minsan akong naiwan ng DMU sa bicutan kasi nakakaa-bala ang mga vendors sa foot bridge.:nuts:

pink and blue is a much better motif for manila than green. oh i miss bf

pink and blue is a much better motif for manila than green. oh i miss bf

me too...don't like green...

IMO, Green is better than Pink and Blue combi but considering the pollution situation of our Metro this will surely catch much of the smog causing it to become unappealing in the future. Gray is the simplest and still the best.

^^ pero madadagdag ang kulay at environmental friendly ng M.M. kung green ang kulay nito??

kung dati pinagbabasihan ang kulay sa GENDER
ngayon at binabatay na sa environment...

^^ Kung telephone at cable yan, i'm sure PLDT can afford to put those wires underground. Ang pangit tingnan....

What the local government needs is to pass is an Aesthetics law prescribing the burying of cable, power, & comm lines. But the best is a Congressional Bill para covered lahat ng Major cities in a certain category... the bill should require a slow and steady pace of burying the cables in a certain span of years. :)

IMO, Green is better than Pink and Blue combi but considering the pollution situation of our Metro this will surely catch much of the smog causing it to become unappealing in the future. Gray is the simplest and still the best.

Green is super yucky compared to Pink and blue..Nagka sore eyes ako nung nakita ko un green footbridges :nuts:

^^ pero madadagdag ang kulay at environmental friendly ng M.M. kung green ang kulay nito??

kung dati pinagbabasihan ang kulay sa GENDER
ngayon at binabatay na sa environment...

Yup! ganoon nalang ang gawin, color green is the best color para bagay sa nature:)

Illegal parking at La Salle Greenhills scored
Manila Standard Today - March 22, 2010

THE Metro Manila Development Authority blamed illegal parking by students from La Salle Green Hills for the gridlock on Edsa-Ortigas Avenue in Mandaluyong City.

General manager Robert Nacianceno, during the agency’s weekly radio program, called on school authorities to help in easing traffic flow.

“The brothers of La Salle must ask their security (office) to make sure vehicles picking up the students do not (use) the additional lane MMDA has put up,” he said.

Nacianceno said clogging always occurred on northbound Edsa-Ortigas flyover going to La Salle, and on Edsa grade level left turn to Cubao.

He said the school administration must ban double parking to solve the road jam. Rio N. Araja

^^ that's great. grabe traffic because of that. it even extends to cubao. good work.

does anyone have a picture of ng estero dun sa may quirino na nilinis ng MMDA???

kasi di ako makpagpic doon baka mawala yung cam ko eh........ they did good job doon pa naman

Okay ang plan nila to have trees on the center islands, pero sana, wag na nilang i-repaint yung existing pink and blue colors to green, sayang lang ang pera.

Pink is out; MMDA going ‘Gibo’ green

By Niña Calleja
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:52:00 03/23/2010

MANILA, Philippines—“Green” and bear it, BF! Looks like Gibo’s color is taking over your formerly “rosy” turf.

Not only is the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) repainting various road structures from pink to green, but it is also putting up signs trumpeting its new choice of color.

Tarpaulins printed with slogans like “Green is Cool,” “Green Is Go,” Green Is Hope,” and “Green is Clean” would be mounted this week along major thoroughfares, especially along EDSA (Epifanio delos Santos Avenue), to formally launch the agency’s “Go Green Metro” program, MMDA Chair Oscar Inocentes said Monday.

“Green symbolizes environmental growth,” Inocentes said in a statement. “We would like the world to know that through the MMDA, Metro Manila is doing its share to conserve and protect our Earth, our environment.”

He sought the cooperation of the 17 Metro Manila mayors in promoting the agency’s “green ideology.”

The agency had initiated a metro-wide paint job on the pink street signs, foot bridges, sidewalk urinals and lane barriers installed during the term of then MMDA Chair Bayani “BF” Fernando, now an opposition vice presidential candidate.

Fernando’s pink motif—sometimes with a touch of blue—also extended to the facade of some private homes that line major roads and to the MMDA building itself on EDSA in Makati City.

No political brushstroke
In an interview last December shortly after he took over, Inocentes justified the color change, saying in Filipino: “Green is easier on the eyes, while pink is a color associated with gays.”

The MMDA chair denied speculations that the change was a political brushstroke in support of Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro, standard-bearer of the administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD, whose campaign color also happened to be green.

He insisted that the similarity was just a “coincidence.”

A member of the ruling party, Inocentes earlier served as presidential assistant for political and judicial affairs with the rank of undersecretary under the Office of the President.

4,000 ficus trees

In the statement Monday, the MMDA chief said the agency would also plant at least 4,000 ficus trees on the center islands of primary and secondary roads all over the metropolis.

Ironically, the MMDA under Fernando considered trees planted on center islands and sidewalks as traffic hazards that obscure the view of motorists or hamper the movement of pedestrians.

Trees thus became a casualty of road-clearing and widening projects at the time.

Though his view had its own share of supporters, Fernando’s tree-cutting operations drew the ire of affected residents, environmental groups, and some lawmakers.

Green is super yucky compared to Pink and blue..Nagka sore eyes ako nung nakita ko un green footbridges :nuts:

^^Baka naman naka puwesto ka sa ilalim ng hagdan ng footbridge... :nuts::nuts::lol::lol:

Dapat lagyan ng elevator ang mga foot bridge sa EDSA na sobrang taas..

What the local government needs is to pass is an Aesthetics law prescribing the burying of cable, power, & comm lines. But the best is a Congressional Bill para covered lahat ng Major cities in a certain category... the bill should require a slow and steady pace of burying the cables in a certain span of years. :)

I really wish this is done.

Okay ang plan nila to have trees on the center islands, pero sana, wag na nilang i-repaint yung existing pink and blue colors to green, sayang lang ang pera.

Pink is out; MMDA going ‘Gibo’ green

By Niña Calleja
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:52:00 03/23/2010

MANILA, Philippines—“Green” and bear it, BF! Looks like Gibo’s color is taking over your formerly “rosy” turf.
4,000 ficus trees

[I]In the statement Monday, the MMDA chief said the agency would also plant at least 4,000 ficus trees on the center islands of primary and secondary roads all over the metropolis.



Ficus tree http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2639732643_95b0d4edca.jpg

Illegal parking at La Salle Greenhills scored
Manila Standard Today - March 22, 2010

THE Metro Manila Development Authority blamed illegal parking by students from La Salle Green Hills for the gridlock on Edsa-Ortigas Avenue in Mandaluyong City.

General manager Robert Nacianceno, during the agency’s weekly radio program, called on school authorities to help in easing traffic flow.

“The brothers of La Salle must ask their security (office) to make sure vehicles picking up the students do not (use) the additional lane MMDA has put up,” he said.

Nacianceno said clogging always occurred on northbound Edsa-Ortigas flyover going to La Salle, and on Edsa grade level left turn to Cubao.

He said the school administration must ban double parking to solve the road jam. Rio N. Araja

Minsan i find these christian brothers who operate ateneo and lasalle despicable. Sila usually ang nauuna pumuna sa govt when some officials commit corruption or what not. Pero pag sila nag violate ng law, nangangatiwran pa kahit mali. Take for ex lasalle GH. They know their student population uses private cars but theyre not doin anything or doin enuf in order not to make other commuters using ortigas ave life a little better. Eto namang ateneo, alam naman nilang major road ang katipuan and when mmda decided to take out all tricycles in the area, umaangal sila kahit magkatraffic traffic na. I find them hyporcites. Sorry sa mga lasallians and ateneans.

The posters of MMDA Green Metro campaign
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painting a gov't agency to green :)
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I think it was Bambi Harper who said Metro Manila needs a Department of Taste

ang jologs ng MMDA maglagay ng mga fixtures

Dapat lagyan ng elevator ang mga foot bridge sa EDSA na sobrang taas..

Lalagyan mo nga ng elevator, meh provision ka ba for maintenance costs nan? Wala pang isang buwan sira na o vandalized na mga yan.

i don't have any problem with green. its decent, its cool to the eyes. the pink and blue was also nice but overall I love any attempt to inject color in our drab roadways.

The only thing that troubles me is the planting of these ficus trees. they are so bushy - not really good for providing shade, and they take too long to mature. I would suggest a rethink of that and plant some other tree species.

Tanim nalang nila ay mga Acacia trees. Ang ganda tingnan ng C-5 Pasig area dahil sa tunnel effect ng Acacia trees sa center island nito....Not only that, pag lumaki to ay sobrang laki ng area na maisheshade nya..

^^acacia is not good either. It would easily tumble when there's a typhoon.

^^HIndi kaya masagwa ang kulay kung gagawin na puro green iyan:ohno:



Lalagyan mo nga ng elevator, meh provision ka ba for maintenance costs nan? Wala pang isang buwan sira na o vandalized na mga yan.

I think yung katulad sa mga MRT stations na may elevator kasi sobrang taas naman....

^^acacia is not good either. It would easily tumble when there's a typhoon.

The acacia trees in C5-Pasig area are still standing strong to this day kahit marami ng malalakas na bagyo ang dumaan.

Kahit un 100+ years old na acacia tree sa Sta. Ana Church in taguig city is still standing strong. It survived world war 2! :nuts:

I seriously doubt na madali patumbahin ang mga acacia trees.

^^ punta ka sa up diliman pag bumabagyo ng maexperience mo ang acacia hehe

^^ Ano klaseng experience un :naughty:? :lol:

^^ punta ka sa up diliman pag bumabagyo ng maexperience mo ang acacia hehe

^^ Ano klaseng experience un :naughty:? :lol:

Very dutty and nutty ha. :lol:

^^ punta ka sa up diliman pag bumabagyo ng maexperience mo ang acacia hehe


iba basa ko rito:D toinks

^^ wala po tayo sa isang Thread sa Samahan :D

iba basa ko rito:D toinks

^^Wahahaha! :lol:

^^ wala po tayo sa isang Thread sa Samahan :D

sorry, mali pala napasok ko, sige balik na ako doon:D

^^ Wala naman pong problema dun Sir (o Mam?) :D

^^ Wala naman pong problema dun Sir (o Mam?) :D

meron problema. masyado stressful dito sir/ma'am:D lalo na sa halaan thread:D tatanda agad ako rito, kaya balik na ako sa happy thread:lol::lol::lol:

gumagalang,
Sir.

Back to MMDA topic, napansin ko kanina ng sumakay ako ng bus from Ortigas to Balintawak na puspusan na talaga ang pagpapalit ng kulay ng MMDA sa lahat ng Pink objects nito sa EDSA: Mula sa mga pink fences, footbridges, waiting sheds at mga urinals. Ultimo maliliit na signage ng balete trees sa sidewalks ay hindi pinatawad ng MMDA.
IMO, mas pipiliin ko ang green kaysa pink and blue pero wag na sanang galawin pa ang mga pink na maayos naman ang pagkakapintura. Ang tigas ng ulo ni Chairman. Nagtatapon ng maraming pintura.

Back to MMDA topic, napansin ko kanina ng sumakay ako ng bus from Ortigas to Balintawak na puspusan na talaga ang pagpapalit ng kulay ng MMDA sa lahat ng Pink objects nito sa EDSA: Mula sa mga pink fences, footbridges, waiting sheds at mga urinals. Ultimo maliliit na signage ng balete trees sa sidewalks ay hindi pinatawad ng MMDA.
IMO, mas pipiliin ko ang green kaysa pink and blue pero wag na sanang galawin pa ang mga pink na maayos naman ang pagkakapintura. Ang tigas ng ulo ni Chairman. Nagtatapon ng maraming pintura.

tsk..tsk.. sayang ang pintura. Sana gamitin na lang ang pintura sa mga lugar na panget ang pintura. wag na galawin ang mga bago pa ang pintura.

Baka pag si noynoy ang nanalo e gawin namang yellow yan. :ohno:

tsk..tsk.. sayang ang pintura. Sana gamitin na lang ang pintura sa mga lugar na panget ang pintura. wag na galawin ang mga bago pa ang pintura.

Baka pag si noynoy ang nanalo e gawin namang yellow yan. :ohno:

Pag si Villar?:lol:

The acacia trees in C5-Pasig area are still standing strong to this day kahit marami ng malalakas na bagyo ang dumaan.

Kahit un 100+ years old na acacia tree sa Sta. Ana Church in taguig city is still standing strong. It survived world war 2! :nuts:

I seriously doubt na madali patumbahin ang mga acacia trees.Sige subukan mong tumambay sa UP Diliman kapag bagyo tingnan ko lang kung hindi ka bagsakan ng acacia.

^^ punta ka sa up diliman pag bumabagyo ng maexperience mo ang acacia heheExactly, that's what I've experienced. And I'm not only talking about 1 or 2 trees. Almost the whole of the acad oval of UP has fallen acacia trees.

^^ Bakit naman un mga puno sa C-5 ay nandun parin hanggang ngayon?

^^Malay ko. Bakit sigurado ka bang lahat dun ng nakatayo dati ay hindi natumba? Ako siguradong maraming natumba sa Diliman. Tsaka, hindi naman ganun karamia ang Acacia sa C5 iba-ibang puno naman yung andun. Anyway, kung gusto mo talaga ng Acacia eh di fine.

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/star/20100324/tph-fernando-critics-go-ahead-campaign-a-541dfb4.html

Fernando to critics: Go ahead, campaign against me
Philstar.com - Wednesday, March 24

MANILA, Philippines – Bagumbayan vice presidential bet Bayani Fernando welcomed the negative campaign being planned by some sidewalk vendors groups, saying it would put to rest the issue of peddling on pavements and sidewalks.

Speaking at a weekly media forum in Greenhills, San Juan City, Fernando said the public would be better educated about the use of sidewalks and its limitations.

"It is their (vendors' groups) right (to campaign against me). It would be better so the public would know their true stance on the issue. They should explain why they continue to clog the sidewalks," said Fernando, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority who had intensified the clearing of sidewalks in the metropolis.

He maintained that sidewalks have been designed for pedestrians to walk on and not for vendors to peddle their wares and merchandise on. - By Dennis Carcamo (Philstar News Service, www.philstar.com)

Tama yang sinabi mo BF! Sige kasuhan ka nila at baka sila pa ang masupalpal ng taong bayan sa pagiging sobrang kapal ng pagmukmukha nila :lol:!

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/star/20100324/tph-fernando-critics-go-ahead-campaign-a-541dfb4.html

Fernando to critics: Go ahead, campaign against me
Philstar.com - Wednesday, March 24

MANILA, Philippines – Bagumbayan vice presidential bet Bayani Fernando welcomed the negative campaign being planned by some sidewalk vendors groups, saying it would put to rest the issue of peddling on pavements and sidewalks.

Speaking at a weekly media forum in Greenhills, San Juan City, Fernando said the public would be better educated about the use of sidewalks and its limitations.

"It is their (vendors' groups) right (to campaign against me). It would be better so the public would know their true stance on the issue. They should explain why they continue to clog the sidewalks," said Fernando, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority who had intensified the clearing of sidewalks in the metropolis.

He maintained that sidewalks have been designed for pedestrians to walk on and not for vendors to peddle their wares and merchandise on. - By Dennis Carcamo (Philstar News Service, www.philstar.com)

^^You tell 'em BF!

MMDA and MMC to implement Uniform Ticketing System
MANILA, March 27 (PNA) -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Metro Manila Council (MMC) have agreed to come up with a Uniform Ticketing System (UTS) in an effort to consolidate traffic measures within the metropolis on Thursday.

It will be recalled that Chairman Oscar Inocentes ordered the creation of a TWG, composed of representatives from the local government units (LGUs) and the MMDA, to resolve various issues and problems concerning the proposed implementation of the UTS.

The members of the TWG, through a series of meetings attended by mayors and representatives, are one in agreement that there is a need to use a single ticket in Metro Manila, despite conflicts in some major areas of concern.

TWG’s initial undertaking is to come up with a common ticket to be used by the MMDA and all LGUs, based on a Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and MMDA signed in 1995 which states that “the Traffic Violation Receipt (TVR) of the MMDA shall be the single ticketing system for Metro Manila”.

But instead of TVR, the proposed new uniform ticket will be called Ordinance Violation Receipt (OVR) and will be printed by the MMDA.

“We will now be using a common ticket which shall contain the logo of the MMDA and the LGUs concerned,” Inocentes said.

Transport groups have been strongly pushing for the use of a common ticket as it will be beneficial for them. Once the UTS is implemented, drivers can no longer be cited for “failure to carry license” as the OVR will be recognized by all LGUs as a temporary license.

In the past, transport groups and organizations have called the attention of the MMDA on situation when a driver is apprehended and his license confiscated through the LGUs OVR and whenever the same driver is apprehended by an MMDA enforcer, he would then be cited for “failure to carry license” because the agency only recognizes the TVR as a temporary driver’s license.

However, the TWG has yet to come up with a final proposal on matters of fines and penalties, manner of apprehension and payment, and deputation of traffic enforcers.

“The MMDA is amenable to the proposed 30 percent revenue sharing to cover only the cost of printing and administrative expenses,” the MMDA chief said.

Angelito Vergel De Dios, executive director of the Traffic and Transport Management Office, said that existing TVRs shall still be used by the MMDA.

“Our enforcers will still be issuing the TVR so it will not go to waste, pending the approval of a resolution on the UTS by the MMC,” De Dios said.(PNA) http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Main_News_1/MMDA_and_MMC_to_implement_Uniform_Ticketing_System.shtml

MMDA to suspend 'number coding' starting Tuesday

abs-cbnNEWS.com | 03/29/2010 11:53 AM

MANILA, Philippines - The Metro Manila Development Authority on Monday said it will suspend the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or number coding scheme starting Tuesday in anticipation of the Holy Week exodus.

MMDA Chairman Oscar Inocentes said the early lifting of the number coding scheme is implemented to give way to the expected mass exodus of vehicles, both public utility and private, to the provinces as the country celebrates the Lenten season. The MMDA uses the number coding scheme to regulate private vehicles on certain days of the week, based on the last digit registered on their license plates.

“The suspension of the UVVRP is our way of ensuring the convenience of the public. This way, they can travel without any delay, and there will be enough public utility vehicles to ferry passengers all day long,” he said in a statement.

He said the agency will also take part in the yearly Lakbay Alalay under the Oplan Semana Santa spearheaded by the Department of Transportation and Communications.

The MMDA Traffic and Transport Management Office (TTMO) will deploy more than 1,000 traffic enforcers to man the major thoroughfares, particularly Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (Edsa) and the other exit points of Metro Manila.

According to Inocentes, majority of the traffic personnel will be assigned to roads leading to provincial bus terminals and other vital installations to guarantee the safety of thousands of commuters and even pedestrians.

The operations of the TTMO, in close coordination with the local government units, will concentrate on crucial areas and traffic choke points such as Balintawak, McArthur Highway, Ortigas Avenue Extension, Sumulong Highway, Marcos Highway, Coastal Road, Roxas Boulevard, Alabang, Pasay, and Cubao.

The agency’s Roadside Emergency Group will also be on standby to provide roadside emergency service and assistance to the public.

as of 03/29/2010 11:53 AM

Guys, meh nakita akong small "Green" tarps sa Skyway at-grade section from Magallanes to Dela Rosa. Akala ko nung una keh Gibo, yun pala sa MMDA "Green" campaign nila. Meh mga "quotes" dun sa mga tarps. (Tarps nga ba :lol:)

So, shouldn't this thread be renamed to "MMDA Thread" since the current chairman obviously isn't going to continue Metro Gwapo anymore?

^^May point ka dyan...

Guys, meh nakita akong small "Green" tarps sa Skyway at-grade section from Magallanes to Dela Rosa. Akala ko nung una keh Gibo, yun pala sa MMDA "Green" campaign nila. Meh mga "quotes" dun sa mga tarps. (Tarps nga ba :lol:)

yup meron din sa ilalim ng flyover sa kamuning....nice way to campaign for gibo...go green team....

^^ Which is illegal. The MMDA is supposed to be apolitical.

Inocentes thinks he can fool people by saying that the color choice is just a coincidence. :bash:

^^
:lol:
pero mas ok naman ung bagong kulay ng MMDA ngayon, I.M.O.

Akala yata ni Inocentes lahat tayo engot at walang pakialam!

ok naman yung green ah...nagkataon lang yun....para sa mga madumi nag isipan wala na kailangan explanation.....:lol:

Sali po ako:
^^ maganda nga po ung kulay green eh... para maisip naman ng mga taga-ibang bansa na nakikisabay tayo sa pagsagip sa ating kalikasan...

Unless they apply eco-friendly solutions to their operations, green paint will just be green paint.

^^ If Oscar Inocentes really wanted to do a repainting of everything, he could have gone with a politically neutral color (not yellow, orange, green, red, blue or pink), or he could have waited until after the election, so it does not look blatantly obvious that the MMDA is purportedly supporting Gibo's candidacy.

well ang problema mahirap patunayan yan.....mas marunong pa ba tayo sa taong nagisip nyan?.....hayaan nayan.....i don't think that it matters much....si noynoy abnoy nga pati mga kaluluwa isinasama sa kampanya.....such a loser yaya....pagnatalo yan....bibigay yan sa sobrang depression....mauulol yan..

Wala pa ngang ilang linggo eh nagtutuklapan na yung mga green paint sa EDSA, kita na yung mga pink. What the f*ck?!? Nagsasayang lang talaga sa pera. Sa pagmamadali ng pagpapalit hindi na naayos ang pagpipintura, basta mapalitan na lang. Wala talagang kuwenta ang mga taga-gobyerno. BOBO to the max. :ohno:

^^ Hindi po lahat ng asa gobyerno walang kwenta at BOBO.

^^Sige na nga. Marami sa kanila.

majority sa palagay ko...:lol:

ang panget pa nung pagka-green, parang tae ng kalabaw green. yucky

P3.5-billion MMDA budget gets mayors’ nod
By ANNA LIZA VILLAS - The Manila Bulletin
April 3, 2010,

The 17 mayors of Metro Manila comprising the Metro Manila Council (MMC) have approved the proposed P3.5 billion budget of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for 2010, which will now be submitted to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for review and approval.

The appropriated funds will be used for the operation of the MMDA in 2010, said MMDA Chairman Oscar Inocentes during the recent meeting of mayors and representatives of the MMC, the policy-making and governing body of the MMDA.

The agency’s Solid Waste Management Office (SWMO) and Traffic and Transport Management Office (TTMO) will get the biggest shares in the proposed budget, with P1.2 billion and P1.1 billion, respectively.

SWMO manages garbage disposal facilities of the MMDA while TTMO is the agency’s central traffic management arm.

Inocentes said personnel services, maintenance and other operating expenses of all the MMDA departments had been carefully studied by the Committee on Appropriation of the MMC.

“To accelerate the socio-economic growth of Metro Manila, we need to properly tap all available sources of revenue and that funding support shall be given to our priority programs and projects,” Inocentes said.

Moreover, the MMC also formally approved the immediate construction of the housing project of the MMDA in Cavite. The MMC unanimously approved MMDA Resolution No. 10-03 Series of 2010 empowering the agency to use its funds for the construction of the PGMA-MMDA Village in Sitio Paligawan Matanda in Carmona, Cavite.

“This is good news for our beloved employees. With the support of the council, we can now begin construction work and hand out land titles to qualified employees,” Inocentes said.

The MMC, Inocentes said, recognized the need to provide affordable housing units to low-salaried MMDA employees, majority of whom have no house of their own.

The PGMA-MMDA Village is to be constructed at a 65.9-hectare property of the agency in Carmona, which used to be a sanitary landfill.

The MMDA has submitted the required landfill closure plan to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the issuance of the Environmental Compliance Certificate.

^^Sige na nga. Marami sa kanila.

:lol:

sana man lang, less priority na yung pintura. sana, binantayan pa rin mga sidewalk vendor sa Bicutan footbridge na dumadami na, nakaharang sa mga taong dumadaan

:lol:

sana man lang, less priority na yung pintura. sana, binantayan pa rin mga sidewalk vendor sa Bicutan footbridge na dumadami na, nakaharang sa mga taong dumadaan

Nararamdaman mo ba minsan na parang "nagssway" yung footbridge? (lalo na dun sa meh intersection sa may RR crossing)

Nararamdaman mo ba minsan na parang "nagssway" yung footbridge? (lalo na dun sa meh intersection sa may RR crossing)

sway sa sideways ba?

hindi namn sideways, kakatakot yun kung ganon,
oo, normal lang yun, kasi bakal eh:D at medyo malayo ang distance ng haligi sa area na yun. sinasadya ko nga mag tatalon pag daan ko sa area na yun. hehehe meron kasi takot na takot dumaan doon. kapit sa hawakan:D

^^ Yep pa side eh...Nung napadaan nga ako dun napakapit ako eh :D

MMDA revs up antipollution drive
By Miko Morelos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:14:00 04/07/2010

WARNING TO DRIVERS: KEEP YOUR VEHICLES well-maintained if you don’t want to run afoul of the law.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Wednesday announced that effectively immediately, its traffic enforcers would start flagging down smoke-belching vehicles and charge their drivers with violating environmental laws even without conducting an emissions test.

In a statement, MMDA Chair Oscar Inocentes justified the move, saying it would help the agency rid Metro Manila of smoke belchers.

“Just the sight of a vehicle emitting black smoke means it’s polluting the air and the vehicle’s injection pump is not being cleaned regularly,” he said.

Meanwhile, MMDA General Manager Robert Nacianceno asked the public to help out the agency in its antipollution campaign by taking pictures of vehicles emitting black smoke.

According to Nacianceno, the pictures can be sent through MMS to the MMDA’s cell phone number 0917-5618709.

“As soon as we get these MMS, we will scour our databank and we will be able to identify the culprits, then we will send them summons,” Nacianceno said.

He added that the picture should include the following details: The vehicle’s license plate and the date, time and place it was spotted. For passenger buses, the photo should include the name of the company which owns the vehicle, Nacianceno said.

The MMDA revived its antismoke belching last month as a component of its Go Green campaign which is aimed at “greening” Metro Manila.

The Land Transportation Office also recently reinstated the MMDA’s authority to apprehend vehicles polluting the environment.

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Whoa, is that sign for real?

i think its real.. and mas ok na yan kesa sa "walang tawiran nakamamatay" sign straight to the point ung message nung sign... :D well just my opinion....

dapat ginawa na lang nilang "mamamatay ka kapag tumawid ka dito" :lol:

^^O kaya yung may 'bad-words' pang nakalagay sa sign, gaya ng nakapost dito ilang pages na ang nakaraan.

That will be a moral problem though. Imagine the flood of criticism they'll get if they implement that.

Whoa, is that sign for real?

i think its real.. and mas ok na yan kesa sa "walang tawiran nakamamatay" sign straight to the point ung message nung sign... :D well just my opinion....

Yup, the signage is real. Meh nakita akong ganan sa Ortigas Ave (malapit sa Medical City).

dapat ginawa na lang nilang "mamamatay ka kapag tumawid ka dito" :lol:

^^O kaya yung may 'bad-words' pang nakalagay sa sign, gaya ng nakapost dito ilang pages na ang nakaraan.

I like! :lol:

Ganda ng mga MMDA overpasses at urinals ngaun even the bus stops. kulay green at apple green na... lalo na sa commonwealth pag napadaan ka sa tanghali. ang sarap sa mata hindi mukhang dumihin dahil the color blends with the trees.

me too...don't like green...

well ok namna green bro..PRO BAYani ako pero approve ako sa pagpapalit ng pink to green. Kaya lang kasi xmpre panahon ng election today kaya mjo nagkakadouble meaning ang mga colors. pero overall. malinis sya tingnan.

PERO nagtataka ba kayo bakit blue amg suot ni bayani at hinde pink? ganun sya ka honourable...

PERO nagtataka ba kayo bakit blue amg suot ni bayani at hinde pink? ganun sya ka honourable...

Simple lang yan..Kaya blue ang suot nya ay yan ang favorite colour nya. Kaya lang may pink sa metro gwapo ni BF ay favorite ni Marides (asawa ni BF) ang pink. Pinagsama lang nya ang colour nya at ng asawa nya :banana:

to reward bayani for his good work...in mmda boto ko sya vp.......

^^ He wouldn't have done it without inspiration from his mentor, Dick Gordon! ;)

Let's have the perfect tandem for true national progress. So far, they're the most cohesive tandem out there!

GORDON-BAYANI IN 2010! :okay:

to reward bayani for his good work...in mmda boto ko sya vp.......

yeah:cheers:

whoever repaved / asphalted mckinley road and the southbound EDSA from magallanes to taft..MARAMING SALAMAT......and amazingly we dont know who gets the credit because there are no tarpaulins advertising who did it....i want to vote for you mister anonymous.

whoever repaved / asphalted mckinley road and the southbound EDSA from magallanes to taft..MARAMING SALAMAT......and amazingly we dont know who gets the credit because there are no tarpaulins advertising who did it....i want to vote for you mister anonymous.

nice ayus na pala ang sinumpang part na ito.

whoever repaved / asphalted mckinley road and the southbound EDSA from magallanes to taft..MARAMING SALAMAT......and amazingly we dont know who gets the credit because there are no tarpaulins advertising who did it....i want to vote for you mister anonymous.

It's DPWH....

aurora blvd.,cubao badly needs an asphalt overlay too!!!They've already asphalted the Edsa-Greenhills area

The entire stretch of EDSA needs an asphalt overlay....

whoever repaved / asphalted mckinley road and the southbound EDSA from magallanes to taft..MARAMING SALAMAT......and amazingly we dont know who gets the credit because there are no tarpaulins advertising who did it....i want to vote for you mister anonymous.

It's DPWH....



Nakikipagcoordinate ba ang DPWH sa mga LGU's???

May napapansin kasi ako na minsan ang ayus ayus naman ng kalsada at ang ganda ng pagkakasemento/pavement(hindi espaltado), at wala pa sa tamang panahon para ayusin ito, pero hayun todo espalto ang DPWH?
Kadalasan ginagawa o tinitira ang mga ganitong maaayos at magagandang kalsada sa madaling araw. :ohno:

Ang galing galing talaga ng DPWH? :nuts:

The entire stretch of EDSA needs an asphalt overlay....
This is a sore point.....the ADB wanted to completely fund the total repaving of EDSA in asphalt....DPWH wanted it concrete saying it would last 25 years....ADB said no. As a result we do small scale re-blocking as we see....and in other parts we see asphalt...i do not understand why asphalt is good south of EDSA and concrete north of Cubao.


as an aside, one of the main reasons why the autobahn is so well preserved is that the concrete laid is about 30-45 cm thick.(need to check exactly)...US and other first world is about half that thick and developing countries even less.

What makes our concrete lousy is that when there is a crack we use tar and asphalt to fill in the gaps and leave it uneven....

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:lol:

^^ Talagang T Rex na tumapos sa kanya ah. :D

^^ Hahaha :lol:

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:lol:

^^Kamuhka ni Bossing! GMA Dinosaur ba yan? :lol:

whoever repaved / asphalted mckinley road and the southbound EDSA from magallanes to taft..MARAMING SALAMAT......and amazingly we dont know who gets the credit because there are no tarpaulins advertising who did it....i want to vote for you mister anonymous.

not only magallanes, but they also asphalted from ayala. pero why do they have to leave magallanes interchange still in a very bad state!!

i hope things get better in the philippines infrastructure wise....

still, i applaud the great effort

Because that interchange was built by marcos....

Because that interchange was built by marcos....
there is a major problem with all our interchanges..they all seem to be disowned and therefore have no maintenance and no lights...kalayaan from buendia to fort, the worlds first tangential arc flyover on pres osmena over buendia(the engineer FFCRUZ couldnt calculate a smooth arc), magallanes. sampaguita bridge at Taguig fort....

http://i40.tinypic.com/sy11k5.jpg

Is that red or dark pink? Red also catches attention like pink and evokes a sense of gravity at the same time. It's way better than green or pink. :lol:

Meron yan sa C5-Fort area. Dark red sya at abit smaller than BF's pink sign..

The irony of it all is, nung nakita ko un sign na yan sa C-5. Meron tao sa tabi nito at sabay tawid sa C-5 :nuts:

^^ Sayang wala yung dinosaur :nuts:

^^What C5 (AS well as other major roads) needs is more Footbridges and not merely re-painting of existing infrastructures.

Meron yan sa C5-Fort area. Dark red sya at abit smaller than BF's pink sign..

The irony of it all is, nung nakita ko un sign na yan sa C-5. Meron tao sa tabi nito at sabay tawid sa C-5 :nuts:

Pabayaan mo silang tumawid. Pag may naaksidente, at least may warning na nakakamatay doon. :lol:

Charitable institutions beneficiaries of seized goods – MMDA
By ELLSON A. QUISMORIO
April 18, 2010, 3:59pm

Following its tightened policy against illegal vendors, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) disclosed that it is donating the confiscated items to charitable institutions to put them to good use.

MMDA Chairman Oscar Inocentes said the seized goods, particularly perishable items, will be given to charities such as orphanages like Hospicio de San Jose and homes for elderly people like Golden Acres.

“We will make sure that seized items from illegal vendors especially perishable goods like fruits and other food would go straight to these charities,” he announced.

This new policy of giving seized goods to charities is included on the new guidelines for sidewalk clearing, which currently being finalized.

MMDA is cracking down on illegal and sidewalk vendors as part of its mandate to clear sidewalks and roads of illegal structures or any impediments, which, recently, have mushroomed, to the restore normal flow of traffic.

On the part of the vendors, Inocentes urged them to refrain from returning to sidewalks and other public walkways where they have been shooed away from by the agency’s Sidewalk Clearing Operations Group (SCOG), otherwise, their wares will be confiscated, the MMDA chief warned.

Inocentes pointed out that “maximum tolerance” will be observed.

He assured that his men would neither initiate any fisticuffs nor accept challenges from illegal vendors once emotions run high during sidewalk clearing.

“The agency will not use force in confiscating your goods. Maximum tolerance will be implemented,” he stressed.

In pursuit of this mandate, Inocentes said MMDA will be beefing up its SCOG, increasing the composition of the task force 40 percent to 700 from the current 500.

Also, the number of security escorts would also be increased to aid in the group’s operations, he added.

The strengthening of SCOG’s workforce is expected to enhance MMDA’s quest to rid the sidewalks in the metropolis of ambulant and illegal vendors that have, actually contributed to the traffic jam.
http://www.mb.com.ph/node/253328/c

Bus radio tagging scrapped
April 19, 2010 - Manila Standard Today

THE Metro Manila Development Authority is not pushing through with its radio frequency identification project.

Executive Director Angelito Vergel de Dios said the agency would instead stick to its Organized Bus Route on Edsa and other major roads.

De Dios made the announcement while achoring MMDA’s radio program on Sunday.

“There was a problem somewhere along the line. The RFID was too sophisticated,” he said in an interview.

De Dios said the manual system would do “until we have perfected the new system.”

In July, radio tagging was piloted at bus terminals in Baclaran, Parañaque City; Alabang, Muntinlupa City; Malabon City, and Fairview, Quezon City.

Each terminal had a radio tag reader to track down electronic chips that were placed in 2,600 buses.

De Dios’ colleague, Undersecretary Cesar Lacuna said electronic tagging was designed to automate the fielding of buses based on ridership demand to avoid cut-throat competition among drivers and operators while getting rid of out-of-line buses.

Part of the system is the use of surveillance cameras to go after traffic violators under the no-contact apprehension policy under former Chairman Bayani Fernando.

Madelene Guillermo, president of the Metro Manila Operators and Drivers Association Inc., said Chairman Oscar Inocentes found the measure improper.

“We raised the legality of the electronic OBR to him and before Congress,” she said. Rio N. Araja

^^ So ibig sabihin, walang silbi yung mga RFID na asa mga city buses ngayon? Susmaryosep naman talaga oh.

Green na halos lahat nang pedestrian overpasses sa EDSA. Pati steel railings, may napinturahan na ring green.
http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1000495.jpg

For me, white is the best color for all the stuff in Metro Manila, since it looks clean :lol: It also brightens up the darkest places :nuts:

Bicutan footbridge is now being painted green.

^^In BF's City, the footbridges along Marcos Highway have already been painted green. However, in a bus waiting shed in front of Megamall, I saw a sticker stating: 'Salamat, Bayani Fernando sa pagmamlasakit nyo sa Metro Manila...' I can't recall the exact words but that's the context of that pink sticker.

^ Humble sticker. But true. Not like the SCREAMING tarps along the footbridges thanking someone who wasn't the one who actually began those projects.

For me, white is the best color for all the stuff in Metro Manila, since it looks clean :lol: It also brightens up the darkest places :nuts:


i disagree. it is total waste of taxpaper money. white turns to black very quickly in manila, like 2 or 3 weeks. the efforts of mmda and other govt agencies painting the sidewalks with zebra black/white paint is laudable but unnecessary...

^^ So ibig sabihin, walang silbi yung mga RFID na asa mga city buses ngayon? Susmaryosep naman talaga oh.

sayang na naman...:ohno:

The RFIDs and the proposed OBR could have gone a long way in improving transit along EDSA. Sumuko ba MMDA sa mga bus operators? Wasted opportunity nga.

For me, white is the best color for all the stuff in Metro Manila, since it looks clean :lol: It also brightens up the darkest places :nuts:

It doesn't apply in MM. It will turn gray in 2 to 3 days. Maybe gray is better color. :lol:

http://i40.tinypic.com/sy11k5.jpg
Is that red or dark pink? Red also catches attention like pink and evokes a sense of gravity at the same time. It's way better than green or pink. :lol:


^^ Sayang wala yung dinosaur :nuts:

Ibig sabihin nyan kapag nakatawid ka pa o nakalusot sa pagtawid, ipagdasal na lang ang mga namatay.

Ganyan ang mga Pinoy mahilig makalusot :)

Ipagtirik na lang ng candles :hahaha: ang mga namatay

Green na halos lahat nang pedestrian overpasses sa EDSA. Pati steel railings, may napinturahan na ring green.
http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1000495.jpg

Really? Well sa roxas Boulivard all green na rin ang mga foot bridge..

^^ yes...

For me, white is the best color for all the stuff in Metro Manila, since it looks clean :lol: It also brightens up the darkest places :nuts:

white? serious? :) Green is better. Di masakit sa mata.

ma-alikabok sa manila. di pwede white. Its better na green na lang than white, or than blue & pink. Manila needs to have more trees para buffer sa pollution. Alikabok ang pangit sa metro manila e, isipin mo pag pinagpapawisan ka, didikit sa pawis mo ung alikabok....same din sa mga buildings and structures....pag basa ng ulan tapos maalikabok, magiging dumi diba...

is it hard to figure out instead of wasting money on repainting annually, to nip the culprit and go after the smokebelchers. anyway the agencies have a lot of money to waste so it's no big deal.

I hope MMDA will continue their drive against vagrants in metropolis :cheers:
http://www.mmda.gov.ph/badjao2.jpg
http://www.mmda.gov.ph/main.html

So many cameras (100+) now in Metro Manila's streets installed by MMDA and PNP mainly to monitor traffic flow and crime.

http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1000568.jpg

http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1000544.jpg




Guys, is this true??? hehehehe, no more corrupt MMDA traffic enforcers?

Bribing MMDA Traffic Enforcers Will Land You In Jail

Bribing traffic enforcers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will land you in jail.

MMDA Chairman Oscar Inocentes made this warning to motorists today as he ordered the prosecution of over 150 drivers who had tried to free themselves from traffic violations by offering bribe money to the apprehending traffic enforcers.

Inocentes directed the MMDA-Legal Service to purse the charges in court to deter motorists from further corrupting the MMDA traffic personnel.

“Offering bribes to our traffic enforcers is a serious criminal act and is penalized under the Revised Penal Code. Your P10 or P20 bribe will cause you even more serious trouble and inconvenience than dutifully settling your traffic fines in the proper payment centers,” the MMDA chief, a retired trial court judge, said.

The MMDA-Legal Service has charged 155 motorists with violations of Article 212 or Corruption of Public Officials in various prosecutors office in Metro Manila. The crime is punishable with six years imprisonment, the same penalty imposed on any public officer who would accept bribes in the performance of his or her official duties.

The charges were filed between the months of November and December as the MMDA launched its campaign to educate the public about the grave consequences of bribing MMDA traffic enforcers.

“Walang mangongotong kung walang magbibigay. We can never progress in our anti-corruption drive if we ourselves are the ones who offer bribes,” he stressed.

Legal Service chief Rochelle Macapali said they have collated the evidence against these erring motorists and will submit it in court during the preliminary hearings.

The evidence include the bribe money given by the respondent-motorists, some of whom had offered as low as P20 to as much as P200, she said.

The traffic enforcers who had been bribed have acted as complainants and are assisted by the MMDA’s lawyers. (back to top)

heavy traffic at Lawton Avenue, Taguig, going to Pasong Tamo Extension and Fort Bonifacio.

MMDA needs to install traffic lights at this intersection.
Heavy traffic
http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1000543.jpg

^^ may naisip akong project sa NAIA eh.. expansion ng T1 , T2 and T3..
ung Domestic Airport ngayon demolish tapos lahat ng Domestic Flights lilipat sa T3..
ang magandang naisip ko naman sa T1 at T2.. paghihiwalayin ang Arrival at Departure Flights.. ang Arrival ay sa T1 ang Departure naman ay sa T2.. ngaun tungkol naman sa mga hangar, cargo at iba pang facilities.. ililipat sa dating kinalalagyan ng Nayong Pilipino kasi ang laking lugar nun eh.. daming facilities na mailalagay dun.. maaring gamitin din ang lupang un sa future purposes tulad ng expansion at etc... bayaan nyo gagawa ako ng pictures para mas lalo nyong maunawaan...


^^ dapat gumawa na ng strategic plan ang Metro Manila para mapaalis na ang mga squatters...ung Stangley part ng Cavite ung mala letter-C na hugis ung baba nun kung maari gawing reclaimed land para sa paglilipatan ng mga squatters.. kasi mahigit 20 percent ng Metro Manila... puro squatters.. kung mawawala silang lahat maaring magtayo tayo ng mga malalaking infrastructures.. at para mawala din ung negative comments ng mga dayuhan pagdating nila sa Maynila.. nasa himpapawid pa lang makikita na nila puro squatters.. diba??

at ung mga naiisip nating proyekto na maaring ikaganda ng bansa natin.. hindi lahat yan mangyayari kung hindi tayo magiging DISIPLINADO, NAGKAKAISA at MAGTUTULUNGAN para sa ikakaunlad ng ating bayan...

paghihiwalayin ang Arrival at Departure Flights.. ang Arrival ay sa T1 ang Departure naman ay sa T2..

This would be unacceptable to airlines as it would increase complexity , costs and turn around times , to my knowledge this isnt done in any airport in the world .

i must admit the green color is nice... i don't mind "wasting" money on repainting everything green in the metro...

i must admit the green color is nice... i don't mind "wasting" money on repainting everything green in the metro...

Yup! that's correct, kaya lang baka gamitin itong dahilan ng MMDA para pahiramin sila ng Pera for repaint.

talagang ang mentality ng iba sa atin...ay na brain wash na ng media na wala ng nakitang maganda sa pinas......kakalungkot na pangitain sa future ng bansa kung puro kapangitan lang ang nakikita ng mga mata.....

^^ ok... e kung pag dikit na lang kaya ung Terminal 1 and T2 ung para mas malaki ung area ng airport... bale expansion...

talagang ang mentality ng iba sa atin...ay na brain wash na ng media na wala ng nakitang maganda sa pinas......kakalungkot na pangitain sa future ng bansa kung puro kapangitan lang ang nakikita ng mga mata.....

losers tawag sa kanila:D
malamng kahit sa personal na buhay losers din sila:D

e paano ka ba naman matutuwa, araw-araw at gabi gabi ako dumadaan sa may terminal 3 trapik lagi.
Yan ang welcom to the Philippines natin.
mga pedicab, tricycle, jeepney at mga enforcer na pasaway na pasaway.
as in pedicab, tricycle nag counter flow kahit na may enforcer na makapal ang mukha.
Dun sa may kabilang side ng Petron laging may naka terminal na jeep kahit may MMDA at Pasay enforcer.
Kapal talaga ng mukha, dapat barilin sa luneta ang mga walang silbi na yan.
Sila pa ang cause ng trapik dahil sa pangugnunsinte.

^^ kasi nga hindi tayo uunlad kasi may mga taong hindi sumunod sa batas, kahit nga mga officials natin eh hindi nasunod... tama sabi ni Villar... (hindi ako sumusuporta ah) napagiiwanan na tayo...

Well, that repainting gig is practically done. I guess the public should just be more vigilant and assertive if and when there is another attempt to waste funds on repainting foot bridges and the like. Would it be far-fetched to speculate that a Noynoy administration will make these infra yellow or that a Villar appointed MMDA Chair orders orange to celebrate his/her patron assumption to the top post? Or, should BF win, repaint these with Pink?

^^^^ Kaya si Gibo na iboto natin para wala na problema sa kulay GReen..lol

tama:D

I live in Dubai right now, leaving for the Philippines in 2-3 weeks. BTW, this is how the train stations look like here; it resembles Suvarnabhumi Airport and Dubai Int'l Airport T3 designs.
http://esfacade.com/slides/p_0059.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/i/welcometometrobits.gif/

Platforms
http://www.platformscreendoors.com/media/pictures/teaserimages/Dubai_doors.JPG

Their train
http://i28.tinypic.com/iwrpev.jpg

I like their designs, Manila's MRT and LRT should adapt like those kinds of designs and BTW sabi daw ni papa ko most of the Dubai Metro employees come from Manila's LRT and MRT staff, it's kind of amusing most of the employees in the Train station are Filipinos and the way they handle the passengers is smooth and quick. :] They also have information booklets for passengers about fines, schedules etc.

Their trains too have WiFi connectivity, cold A/C and they have music just like inside airplanes; boarding music etc. LCD screens are also found inside with announcements. Their trains just like their stations, are like airplanes, trains are divided into Gold Class, Economy class blah.

agree....go green team.....

Self-cleaning paint ba yung ginamit ng MMDA sa mga flyovers at ibang parts ng MRT stations along EDSA? Kasi napansin ko medyo matagal na siyang painted na off-white pero relatively malinis pa rin siya. Hindi masyado nangitim over time.

Self-cleaning paint ba yung ginamit ng MMDA sa mga flyovers at ibang parts ng MRT stations along EDSA? Kasi napansin ko medyo matagal na siyang painted na off-white pero relatively malinis pa rin siya. Hindi masyado nangitim over time.

Yan din ang napapansin ko, lahat ng bagong pinutra ng MMDA ay hinde nangingitim.

Either self cleaning nga un paint (which i really doubt :lol:) or it's a tiny sign that the air quality of metro manila is actually improving. Nababawasan un smoke belchers na nagpapaitim ng mga pintura :nuts:...

EDIT: Oh yeah, I remember seeing a MMDA crew ages ago on magallaness. They're scrubbing the newly painted skyway piers...

di ba gna gumamit sila nung paint na may capable of filtering air pollutants.

Boysen paint nga yata yun. naipost na dito yon.

^^ The repainting of Guadalupe station with Boysen NOX2 paint was not a project of either the MMDA or the MRTC. It was merely Boysen's experiment to prove a point so people can buy their paint.

gumagana ba talaga ung paint na un?? wala lang kc parang d nakakapaniwala na ang isang paint kaya mag filter ng CO2... pero given the technology we have now possible naman dba?? :D hehehe

^^ yan ang maganda

Proven na yan sa Japan If i remember correctly..

Dapat puro NOX2 na ang mga pintura ng bahay sa metro manila para malinis ang hangin :nuts:

^^ The repainting of Guadalupe station with Boysen NOX2 paint was not a project of either the MMDA or the MRTC. It was merely Boysen's experiment to prove a point so people can buy their paint.

Wow sana nakipag-tie up sila sa MRTC para buong MRT from North EDSA to Taft pininturahan nila ng ganun. Media mileage na nakuha ng Boysen, malinis pa tingnan ang mga MRT stations. :)

Guys, I passed by EDSA yesterday at ngayon ko lang napansin, wala na yung mga MMDA Art at quotable quotes ni BF. Yung MMDA art repainted white, yung "quotes" tinanggal talaga. Pati pala yun hindi pinalagpas ni Chairman Inocentes.
Taken near Magallanes bus stop

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/4738/dsc03211z.jpg

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1074/dsc03212g.jpg

Pansin ko din yan sa C-5, lahat ng MMDA art ay pinagbubura..

parang yung ginawa ni lim sa mga gawa ni aitienza. btw san nakakahingi ng helmet ni bf

C5 could be opened to public buses

Manila Standard
April 29, 2010

THE Metro Manila Development Authority plans to open a bus route on Circumferential Road 5 going to Ayala Avenue in Makati City, and to the Southern Luzon Expressway, starting May to rid perennially clogged Epifanio delos Santos Avenue of around 600,000 commuters, its top official said Wednesday.

Agency Chairman Oscar Inocentes said he had coordinated with Transport Department officials and met with Metro Manila’s mayors to propose the idea, and that Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. had asked him to give him more time to study it.

He said the proposed 19-kilometer route would start from Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City, pass through C-5 Road, Pasig City, Makati City, and Taguig City before proceeding to the Southern Luzon Expressway.

The route would benefit the students of Ateneo de Manila University, Miriam College and University of the Philippines, and at the same time remove 20 percent of the commuters on Edsa, said Neomi Recio, head of the MMDA’s Traffic Engineering Center.

The travel time to the Southern Luzon Expressway from Katipunan would take only 35 minutes, she said.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board was tasked to choose a bus operator that would serve the route, “But we want air-conditioned buses in the area,” Recio said.

The buses would not pass through any subdivisions or private areas, so public consultations were not needed.

“Besides, C5 Road is a national road owned by the government,” Recio said.

She said Taguig Mayor Freddie Tinga suggested opening a bus route on C5 Road early last year. Rio N. Araja

I live in Dubai right now, leaving for the Philippines in 2-3 weeks. BTW, this is how the train stations look like here; it resembles Suvarnabhumi Airport and Dubai Int'l Airport T3 designs.
http://esfacade.com/slides/p_0059.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/i/welcometometrobits.gif/

Platforms
http://www.platformscreendoors.com/media/pictures/teaserimages/Dubai_doors.JPG

Their train
http://i28.tinypic.com/iwrpev.jpg

I like their designs, Manila's MRT and LRT should adapt like those kinds of designs and BTW sabi daw ni papa ko most of the Dubai Metro employees come from Manila's LRT and MRT staff, it's kind of amusing most of the employees in the Train station are Filipinos and the way they handle the passengers is smooth and quick. :] They also have information booklets for passengers about fines, schedules etc.

Their trains too have WiFi connectivity, cold A/C and they have music just like inside airplanes; boarding music etc. LCD screens are also found inside with announcements. Their trains just like their stations, are like airplanes, trains are divided into Gold Class, Economy class blah.


if someday magkaroon tayo ng magaling na lider na papaangatin ang economy,kalidad, at asenso sa bansa, sana ung mga OFW na gumaling sa ibang bansa sana bumalik kayo dito at dito nyo ishare mga natutunan nyo doon.

Lang ya.. may pa photoshoot pa smantala lahat yan eh gawa ni BF , pininturahan lang salamat GMA na kaagad. Pasipsip bagong MMDA chairman, malamang papabura pa lahat ng pink line sa sidewalk niyan

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m303/kaelthas18/v001.jpg

Philippine star/Metro section April 28,2010 wednesday newspaper

Guys, I passed by EDSA yesterday at ngayon ko lang napansin, wala na yung mga MMDA Art at quotable quotes ni BF. Yung MMDA art repainted white, yung "quotes" tinanggal talaga. Pati pala yun hindi pinalagpas ni Chairman Inocentes.
Taken near Magallanes bus stop


Wala na nga.

Eto Green Metro na...on a positive note, maganda ang green. :) new center island plants in EDSA
http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1000656.jpg

Green na rin ang flyover sa EDSA Taft.
http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd350/RonnieR_2008/P1000653.jpg

Wala na nga.

Eto Green Metro na...on a positive note, maganda ang green. :) new center island plants in EDSA

Kinakatakot ko lang, baka naman sa July 1 eh yang kabago bagong green makeover ni Inocentes eh mapaltan agad ng kung sino uupo sa MMDA.

Classic Pinoy crab mentality and uber waste of taxpayer's money.

^^Wag naman sana. Let's cross our fingers that whoever sits in Malacañang come June30, He'll appoint a responsible MMDA chair who will never make the agency a milking cow for political advances.

I agree with @RonnieR's remarks. Green is better. I do also like the bamboo planted on boxes. Very Asian and cool indeed.

Hindi lang siguro operation green ang gagawin sa mga overpass, sana ayusin din nila yung mga overpass sa EDSA na maikli ang mga Steps, nalaglag ako sa may hagdanan:ohno:

Hindi lang siguro operation green ang gagawin sa mga overpass, sana ayusin din nila yung mga overpass sa EDSA na maikli ang mga Steps, nalaglag ako sa may hagdanan:ohno:

Bakit nga pa puro steps ang ginagamit, sana may mga ramp style para kung my pedal bike ka, puede mo iakyat duon, yuong nga lang may mga tatanga tanga na sakyan pa siguro ang bike and maka-bangga or aksidente ng ibang pedestrians, pero kung malapad naman siguro medyo okay.

Mukhang maganda nga yang green theme para sa metro manila. Sana bukod sa asian bamboo plants, yuong mga palm trees na gaya sa Hawaii o sa dubai something ang itanim sa paligid para naman hindi naman mag mukhang gubat kasi hindi na-trim ang mga puno pag "wild" na ang paglaki nito. Yuon nga lang baka mas mahal ang palm trees. Meron naman na variety sa Filipinas na palm trees siguro ano? Hindi Coconut tree ha??LOL Kase mas maganda kung exotic looking ang mga puno sa paligid tapos may mga bermuda grass ma ever green at low maintenance. Hindi ba? Maganda anti pollutant din naman ang mga green grass na yan at malinis pang tignan.