A4 l, ruroruonv sEPTEMBER 16,2019

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Solving EDSA
a slmchronized manner at the MRT
stations so they are basically an ex-
tension of the MRL Solving...
Sarmiento said that with his pro- fron t{
posal, there will be no traffic along there. the city buses will traverse to
EDSAas the entire inner lane from the south still using rhe outermost
FINALLY we have an EDSA pro- Taft Avenue to North Avenue and iane until it reaches tie Paraflaque In-
posal based on a study and not vice-versa will be enclosed and ex- .esrated Bus Terminal.
merely on a simple guessing game. clusive to the express bus lane.
-Sarmiento
clarified, however, that
Last Friday, true to his promise he Sarmiento said that the three his nrooosal can still be subject to
made last month at a media forum. lanes at the middle of EDSA will imoioviments and adjusffnents by the
House Transportation Committee be dedicated for al1t1pes of private OjTr and the MMDA which is will
chairman and Samar Congressman vehicles subject to the existing ve- the frontline implemeniing agencies.
Edgar Mary Samiento bared the hicle reduction programs like the Aside from the carousel-type bus
blueprint of his proposed cenfalized number coding scheme. Private svstem in EDSA, it is proposed that
and q,nchronized bus dispatch sys- cars will be only allowed to use the I another carousel-tlTe bus system be
tem which he said, could um ED- outer lane when turning into an in- I operational in other major thorough-
SA's rowdy and chaotic city buses tersection. I fares of MetroisManila.
into a fast,'efficient and predictable The outer lane of EDSA or tll.e ] Now, that one serious situation.proposal
mass transport system. yellow lane will be used as a dedi- I to address EDSAs traffic
cated city bus lane which will _ -:
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W, also adopt centralized -6
t, synchronized dispatch system. zates whg, ref$ted]f proposed the
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Any sound proposal Dedicated bus stops wi! bqeg- construction or,an
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walkway
shOuli be bACkled by tablished one kil,ometer apirt. along the length of EDSA to enable

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mented on these bus stops' been suggesting all along to reduce
Sarmiento said that while the the numbir of 6us stops;hich I be_
ln his proposal, Saxmiento, 3 sivil express bus lane will cater to pas-
lieve contribute to traffic build-up-
engineer, said that the irurermost sengers who also use the MRT, ..tlTTtf,:-1ry-",oosal
is,good only
up to
lane of EDSA will serve as an ""*- the lity bus lane operation will
a kilomeler of walking at the
most' not for
press bus lane" that can be accessed extend;up to the Paiafraque Inte-
and the whole 16-kilo-
thmugh stations used by the ivtr(T- grated B;s Terminal in ihe south
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-a -,. -to help solve
lt she really wants
Like carousel, the "ixpress 6gs ind the Valenzuela Integrated
start doing some
Iane" witl just circle around 3p54. srt Terminal in the nort-h and :t-:* :T^:*td-
she could
duplicadnstherouteolfteMRr. vice-versa. :::T..':::.1"-t"5f::.
oy. u'i-C uarruento' or even
Sarmiento said that if this is ad- It is suggesGd that city buses usq :lT,
opted, people who use the MI{T the outermost lane on EDSA or
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tbrmer traffic czar' Retired General
Florencio Fianza'
can now have the option 1s 69 yellow lan.' in u sirl
"u.oor"l-type
the bus which will be also oper- tem until they reach the Valenzu-
ated like carousel as the buses will ela Integrated Bus Terminal. From \ foAO.*= _ Atf fl
only loadand unload passengers in tumtoAt ' '\te ^{-1