Traffic Congestion in Metro Manila

What is Traffic Congestion?

-when vehicles travel at slower speeds because there are more vehicles than the road can handle. This makes trip times longer. This is also known as a traffic jam.

10 Alarming Facts About Traffic in Metro Manila:

1. In 2013, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) listed a total of 2,101,148 motor vehicles registered in NCR or 27% of the country's 7,690,038 total registered motor vehicles. In 2015, the total motor vehicles in Metro Manila has already peaked at 2.5 million.


2. Metro Manila has only 1,032 kilometers of roads or 3.5% of the total 39,370 kilometers of roads nationwide. The National Capital Region has only one kilometer of road per 424 vehicles.


3. The traffic demand in Metro Manila is at 12.8 million trips. 69% of these total trips are done using public transport yet only 22% of the road space is occupied by public vehicles. The other 78% of road space is taken by private vehicles.


4. A study by the National Center for Transportation Studies says that the heavy traffic in Metro Manila cost the country 137.5 billion pesos in 2011.


5. The total population of Metro Manila as of 2010 is already at 11,855,975 which is almost 12% of the total population of the Philippines. The total land area of Metro Manila (638 square kilometers) is only 0.21% of the total land area of the Philippines (300,000 square kilometers).


6. Manila, Pateros and Caloocan are the top 3 most densely populated cities in the world. Manila has a population density of 42,857 people living per square kilometer.


7. As of 2010, the number of informal settler families in Metro Manila is already more than half a million. This number is already 20% of the total number of household in Metro Manila. 41% of these informal settlers are located in government owned lands while 34% are in privately owned lands.


8. 20% of the total income of the poor in Metro Manila is spent on transportation. This percentage is more than what they spend for rice (15% ), utilities (6.97% ), health (2.99% ), clothing (2.96% ) and education (3.37% ).


9. 85% of air pollution in Metro Manila comes from vehicles.


10. According to a COA report, a P1.314-billion allocation from the Disbursement Acceleration Program for the rehabilitation of Light Rail Transit 1 and 2 was released in full by the Aquino’s administration in January 2014. However, the rehabilitation projects have not yet been implemented due to several project revisions. In the same month, the MMDA has launched a new traffic signalling system worth P290 million.

What Are The Causes of Traffic?


1. Population Increase2. High Employment3. Discretionary Income4. Flashy Lifestyle5. Provincial Commuters6. Illegal Parking7. Vendors in the Side Walk8. Cargo Truck9. Low Infrastructure


10. Substandard Vehicles11. Colorum SUV's 12. Illegal Loading and Unloading Areas13. Concrete Urban Planning14. Undisciplines Drivers/Commuters15. Road Infrastracture16. Lack of Roads 17. Inefficient Services of Rail Transportation18. Ineffective Traffic Control Management

Effects of Traffic:1. Stress 2. Polution3. Fatigue4. Less Productive Work Force5. Bronchitis, Asthma and Emphysema6. Impacts corporate activities such as shipping/receiving, logistics and distribution, client meetings and other business activities.

Solutions to Traffic1. Number Coding2. Car Pooling3. Limited Volume of Cars in the street/ Regulating of the Issuance of LTRB license4. Phasing out of old vehicles (Maximum of 5 years)5. Different Roads for trucks6. Proper Loading and Unloading Areas/Additional of Street Signages

Solutions to Traffic7. Alternative Routes8. Anti-colorum Campaign 9. move terminals of provincial buses away from Edsa10. Removal of unregistered buses from city roads 11. Subways12. Building the north and south terminal 13. Japan is financing 2.4 million dollars 38-kilometer elevated rail line connecting Manila to Bulacan

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