Introduction

Magsaysay Boulevard is originally named President Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard

which is named after the seventh president of the Philippines but the road formerly called as

Santa Mesa Boulevard and was the principal artery of Santa Mesa in Manila. The road

construction was the first “flyover” in the late 1930’s, which until now serves as a home to a

busy open-air market or “talipapa” underneath it which sometimes causes a bit of chaos and

traffic jam in this part of the road.

The Magsaysay Boulevard is divided into eight-lane roadway that travels east-west from

Gregorio Araneta Avenue near the city's border with Quezon City and San Juan to Lacson

Avenue and the Nagtahan Interchange, close to the district of San Miguel. The entire length of

the boulevard is 2.2 km which serves as the boundary between Sampaloc in the north and

Santa Mesa in the south with the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2 running along its

median. East of Gregorio Araneta, the road continues as Aurora Boulevard while west of

Lacson, it extends as Legarda Street via a flyover into San Miguel and Quiapo. The LRT Line 2

which is one of mass transportation found within the boulevard follows wholly the length of the

road, with two stations built above namely the namely Pureza and V. Mapa.

As time goes by this is one of the few pre-war infrastructures in the city that managed to

stay largely intact. This is the reason why the level of service or the volume-capacity of the road

is important to identify to help improve and propose some rehabilitation of the road for it to

survive for more years.

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 Methodology

 Sketch:

 Weather: 31̊ Mostly Cloudy

 Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
 Day: Friday
 Location of the Project: R. Magsaysay Boulevard, Sta. Mesa, Manila Cubao,

Quezon City bound near Pureza Street

 Data Gathered: (4:00 PM – 5:00 PM)

Vehicle Types No. of Vehicles

Cars 1041
Jeepney, FX, UV 411
Bus 20
Tricycle, Pedicab 48
Bike, Motorcycle 1297
Truck 85
Truck (L300) 107

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 Sketch:

 Weather: 30° Sunny

 Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 Day: Friday
 Location of the Project: R. Magsaysay Boulevard, Sta. Mesa, Manila Cubao,

Quezon City bound near Pureza Street

 Data Gathered: (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM)

Vehicle Types No. of Vehicles

Cars 934
Jeepney, FX, UV 449
Bus 17
Tricycle, Pedicab 80
Bike, Motorcycle 1342
Truck 52