With Metro Manila plagued by traffic jams every day, it is time for the Senate to look into a proposal to modify the Uniform Vehicular Volume Reduction Program that keeps certain vehicles off the road one day a week.
Senator Ralph Recto has filed a resolution to have the Senate Comittee on Public Services hold an inquiry to “determine if such traffic management plan would actually ease congestion in major urban centers and speed up the safe and efficient movement of people and goods.”
In a press statement, Recto said the country lost P153 billion from wasted rescourcs and lost investments because of traffic, particularly in Metro Manila. “The traffic bottlenecks are becoming a travel bane that adversely impact on the economy and also on the general well-being of Filipinos,” he said.
Aside from looking into whether a proposal to expand the number-coding scheme to two days a week will work, the inquiry is also meant to draft and implement a comprehensive traffic management plan for Metro Manila.
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