Category: MMDA

MMDA Asks Netizens to Tweet/Viber Parking Violators

Daniel Morial Leave a comment

Since the holiday rush from the previous year, Mabuhay Lanes have been a talk of the town. Not because it was new, but because of the discovery of that it was beeing blocked by illegally parked vehicles and also, private obstructions.

And, with the use of social media and instant messaging, government institutions have been actively communicating with its citizens, or netizens to be specific. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority  or MMDA is now asking active online users to help them monitor and catch violators with the help of Twitter and Viber.

Here’s how to help as posted from MMDA Twitter account:

mmda-mabuhaynetizen-twitter

Via Twitter:

Tweet @MMDA with the following details using the hashtag, #NetizensWatch:
– Picture of the parked vehicle/road works/obstruction
– Time and location of the picture taken

mmda-mabuhaynetizen-viber

Via Viber:

Viber using the following details at 0906 147 6975:
– Picture of the parked vehicle/road works/obstruction
– Time and location of the picture taken

After reporting, MMDA should then acknowledge your report and forward it to its task force. You will also get updates of your report.

With the active participation of MMDA through Twitter, we hope this small help from netizens will make them effective in keeping the Mabuhay Lanes passable and free from any obstruction.

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MMDA Asks Netizens to Tweet/Viber Parking Violators

Daniel Morial Leave a comment

Since the holiday rush from the previous year, Mabuhay Lanes have been a talk of the town. Not because it was new, but because of the discovery of that it was beeing blocked by illegally parked vehicles and also, private obstructions.

And, with the use of social media and instant messaging, government institutions have been actively communicating with its citizens, or netizens to be specific. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority  or MMDA is now asking active online users to help them monitor and catch violators with the help of Twitter and Viber.

Here’s how to help as posted from MMDA Twitter account:

mmda-mabuhaynetizen-twitter

Via Twitter:

Tweet @MMDA with the following details using the hashtag, #NetizensWatch:
– Picture of the parked vehicle/road works/obstruction
– Time and location of the picture taken

mmda-mabuhaynetizen-viber

Via Viber:

Viber using the following details at 0906 147 6975:
– Picture of the parked vehicle/road works/obstruction
– Time and location of the picture taken

After reporting, MMDA should then acknowledge your report and forward it to its task force. You will also get updates of your report.

With the active participation of MMDA through Twitter, we hope this small help from netizens will make them effective in keeping the Mabuhay Lanes passable and free from any obstruction.

Source

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MMDA Asks Netizens to Tweet/Viber Parking Violators

Daniel Morial Leave a comment

Since the holiday rush from the previous year, Mabuhay Lanes have been a talk of the town. Not because it was new, but because of the discovery of that it was beeing blocked by illegally parked vehicles and also, private obstructions.

And, with the use of social media and instant messaging, government institutions have been actively communicating with its citizens, or netizens to be specific. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority  or MMDA is now asking active online users to help them monitor and catch violators with the help of Twitter and Viber.

Here’s how to help as posted from MMDA Twitter account:

mmda-mabuhaynetizen-twitter

Via Twitter:

Tweet @MMDA with the following details using the hashtag, #NetizensWatch:
– Picture of the parked vehicle/road works/obstruction
– Time and location of the picture taken

mmda-mabuhaynetizen-viber

Via Viber:

Viber using the following details at 0906 147 6975:
– Picture of the parked vehicle/road works/obstruction
– Time and location of the picture taken

After reporting, MMDA should then acknowledge your report and forward it to its task force. You will also get updates of your report.

With the active participation of MMDA through Twitter, we hope this small help from netizens will make them effective in keeping the Mabuhay Lanes passable and free from any obstruction.

Source

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Metro Manila — one of the worst cities for drivers around the world

Daniel Morial Leave a comment

It’s no surprise that traffic in Metro Manila and neighboring cities is getting worse day by day and statistics from Waze is a proof of a driver’s pain on the road.

edsa-traffic

The Philippines rank differently on each. It varies being one of the worst, and also one of the best. Interestingly, our country managed to grab a top spot.

Here are the factors Waze used to rank Global Driver Satisfaction Index:

    Traffic – Density and driving conditions
    Safety – Risk of driving
    Driver Services – Car services (e.g. gas stations, parking)
    Road Quality – Infrastructure
    Socio-economic – Access to cars and gas price impact (data by World Bank)
    Wazeyness – helpfulness within the Waze community

Higher score is better.

Index FactorScoreRank
Most Satisfied3.99th of the Worst
Traffic0.4The Worst
Safety9.34th of the Best
Driver Services10.0The Best
Road Quality5.813th of the Worst
Socio-Economic0.0The Worst
Wazeyness3.46th of the Worst

As for the Ranked list of satisfaction for our largest metros by population – a score of
3.9 for Manila, Quezon City , Makati, Dasmariñas, Bacoor, Taguig, Valenzuela, San Jose del Monte.

Overall, the Philippines ranked 9th of the Worst with a score of 3.9.

The safety and services ranking may raise a few eyebrows. While services of sprawling gas stations and their competitive offerings are great, parking services are still not worthy to be the best. And ranking 4th best in terms of safety? We would like to know more about that.

On a city level, Manila reported the worst traffic, with Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Jakarta not far behind.

MetroTrafficIndex

Here are the indexes in PDF:
Index by Metro
Index by Big Metro
Index by Country

Data from 50 million users in 32 countries and 167 metro areas are used to complete this index. To know more, head over to the Waze Blog.

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The government has a brilliant idea to reduce traffic by half…

Abe Olandres Leave a comment

It is obvious that the current Number Coding Scheme by the MMDA is no longer working as heavy traffic has become a daily routine for millions of commuters in Metro Manila.

A number of solutions have been implemented by MMDA to remedy the incessant problems — MRT Bus, Zipper Line, MRT Beeps Cards, exclusive roads for trucks, as well as expanding the Number Coding Scheme. All that has not been very effective or almost insignificant if at all.

The latest idea, suggested by no other than Pres. Aquino, is to implement the Odd-Even Scheme.

Ang akin po: Ang pinakaradikal dito ay hatiin ang bilang ng bumibiyaheng sasakyan — salitan ang pagbabaybay ng odd at even na plaka sa ating mga kalsada kada linggo. Pihadong luluwang ang trapik dahil kalahati ng sasakyan ang mawawala (The way I see this, the most radical solution would be t implement an odd-even scheme based on the license plate numbers of vehicles. Traffic flow will surely ease up, because half of the vehicles would vanish from the streets). – Pres. Aquino

We believe there is a more efficient way to de-congest EDSA but what the government is looking is an immediate and clear-cut execution that has an effect, regardless if it is palatable to the driving public.

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