Netizens’ single cry: driver-only car ban isn’t helping

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Netizens’ single cry: driver-only car ban isn’t helping
Singles feel the brunt of MMDA's bandaid solution to traffic congestion in EDSA during rush hour.

MANILA, Philippines – Traffic congestion during rush hour? MMDA’s solution: a driver-only car ban along EDSA.

Singles steered away from EDSA after Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) started its dry run of the driver-only car ban on August 15. The first day of the dry run sparked an outcry from netizens ranging from long rants on Twitter to humorous solutions to skirt the ban.

 

Some made the most out of their predicament.

 

On a serious note, netizens took to social media to express their frustration at the impracticality of the driver-only car ban along EDSA. While it may have decongested EDSA by a small margin, it also flared up the traffic situations in other routes.

 

Others also pointed out that the ban only moved the traffic elsewhere, and suggested the need to look for sustainable solutions that would improve public transportation.

 

Here’s what others had to say about the ban:

The ban comes concurrently with the implementation of a provincial bus ban along EDSA. MMDA hopes to do the full implementation of the driver-only car ban on August 23. However, the Senate is pushing for its suspension and is urging MMDA to “provide for real solutions to Metro Manila traffic congestion.” –Rappler.com

 

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