MERGED: Metro Cebu Road Development: Flyovers or Road Widening?

[KE-25]

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Ahhh well. That is the sad reality. Sayang kaayo when one thinks about it. To think Cebu had a rail system running all the way from Argao to Danao. In fact, there are still parts of the railway in Carcar located behind houses and such. If we had maintained the rails, and somehow kept the engines instead of selling some of them off, then perhaps we'd still have a railway system today.

Then again, perhaps we're better off. Train systems are ridiculously expensive to run, mainly because of the infrastructure required. In Europe, a Eurostar ticket (European train service) costs more than a plane ticket.

Mao bai, I still see those old railway, its sad it can't be of any use , but your right infrastructure to rebuild and add on would cost a lot of money. As for cost of ticket, well I wouldn't think it would be like Europe since Cebu's distance isn't too far ...

Here's the thing, with mass transit aside, lets look at the obvious and common sense

Small roads (not a great City Plan) + a lot of cars + a lot of Taxi and Puj's + broken roads = ??

I'm sure everyone gets it ... no brainer

[Golden Thief Bug]

discipline the drivers especially the PUJ drivers.. bisan 6 lanes pa na ang dalan, ug mohunong lang kalit ang jeep sa imo atubangan na wala sa lugar maka cause gyapon nag traffic like commonly happened in front of SM. then road widening, clear those sidewalk vendors like those vendors from punta labangon, prohibit those tricycle, trisikads, kariton and the like to roam public streets. no need for color coding sa ato, gamay ra baya kaayo ang cebu hehe

[sandking]

imagina lang ninyo nga every year pila ka sakyanan ang madugang sa dalan. nya ang ato dalan dili ga dako... wlay expansion mo traffic jud ug samot. dapat mga daan nga sakyanan dili na padaganon.

[cesski]

again proper law enforcement (i.e no stopping, jeepney stops), better roads (no need for wider roads, just smoother surfaces aron ang mga tawo di magsige pili ug lane asa ang walay potholes), working traffic lights and educated drivers..

[norrissee]

oh btw, did you notice that they are now asphalting (patching) some areas of the Banilad-Talamban road... and they're doing it during rush hour this morning? ... ... I just don't get it sometimes...

[jonxzibit]

Things that Cebu Government Should really Do.

- Remove those Colorum vehicles.
- Stop issuing Jeepney Franchise
- Remove PUV/PUJ older than 1990
- remove older PUV/PUJ. (di na presentable tan-awon)
- Drivers with 2,000 Unpaid penalty, Drivers license should be confiscated.

My humble suggestions.

nahan ko ani na idea unta e adap ni sa goberno bahalag ma among ako multicab, huhuhu

[taga_ipil]

Centralized AutoShop
In NZ there are centralized shop, to issue a WOF [Warrant of Fitness]
bisan pa aha ka magpa-checkup ang record sa imo sakyanan kung unsay previous guba ma access ghapon. tho, dili nato ma compare since ang ilang population sa entire country is almost population sa Cebu, but we can adopt other countries system flow and implement it.

Cars who will not pass all diagnostic should not be allowed on the road, otherwise a penalty will be given to both drivers and the shop owners. [shop code will be on the sticker for identification]

Tampering
if proven that a paper/stickers vehicles are tampered, vehicles will automatically impounded and cannot be allowed to travel in 6mos to 1 year depending on the documents being tampered.

Violation/Violence
Problem sa Pinas kung ikaw Enforcer unya kusog ka manakop dumtan ka ug mga drivers.
one way to avoid this is a surveillance camera, let the camera take the photos and issue it on the following day this will be expensive but let those drivers suffers from it.


Drivers License
This is where it all started, drivers should earn it!

LTO should change the mindset of those drivers, that having a license is a privilege!

- Student Permit.
Online Exam or written exam followed by hands-on exam [mistake should not be allowed],
if failed, applicants should take it after 3 months.

- License Renewal
Exam should be retaken, if failed renewal will be after 3 mons.

Let them earn it!

Penalty
If the amount reaches to PHp2,000 License should be automatically confiscated, to re-aquire it, need to take an exam, if failed, renewal will be after 3 mons.

These 3 should be a CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Driving under the influence of illegal drugs
Driving under the influence of alcohol
Driving without license

Drivers should wear a presentable uniform.


Note: All Transactions will be computerized to avoid under the table.
[assuming a good work-flow will be followed to trap illegal transactions]


IMHO

[Hammer_and_Sickle]

siguro kung dili mag dungan ug sulod ang mga studyante (elementary ug high-school lang haf?) ug mga workers makuha-an ang trapik.
example:
ang mga studyante mo sud ug 6:00am nia mo dismiss ug 2:00pm
8 hours na
nai ang mga workers na'ay mo sud ug 8:00am out ug 5:00pm
uban ka'y 10:00am out ug 7:00pm
adjust2x lang buh, LOL

plus strict implementation of Laws + Infrastructure + Dili magpa-taka ug hatag ug driver's license (uban backer2x mn ang show mao wala'y alamag sa mga road signs ang uban driver) + divsion of roads (40% for mass transpo. 40% sa private road users and 10% para sa gobyerno [ambulansya,firetrucks etc.] 10% bike lanes nia multiply sa cooperation and discipline sa tanan tawo, happy ending na ang heavy traffic wala na anghit, singot etc. LOL

[KE-25]

Interesting Takes and opinions ....

[slakker]

strict implementation of traffic laws
higher penalties for traffic violations
self discipline