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The solution to the Katipunan congestion problem is for Ateneo to implement a shuttle system for its rich students.

bawal ang tricycle pero pwede ang motorcycle.

katipunan is a major road. it’s just proper for those trikes to stay away. I know how unruly those trike drivers are. MMDA has just shown political will again and they get my nod.

The tricycles in Katipunan operated way before MMC, the forerunner of MMDA, was created by Pres. Marcos in the 70’s. To us without cars or jeeps, it was the vehicle of choice to reach Ateneo, Maryknoll or even UP from Aurora Boulevard. The jeepneys operated too and every morning, each coming jeepney was mobbed by passengers. Wala pa kasing pila noon.

What MMDA should do is allow the tricycles to cross Katipunan to reach Miriam or the Ateneo. But the crossing lanes have been shut down, all in the name of speed.

Well, by 2010 I hope this will change. Bayani will hopefully relinquish his obsession with his U-Turn slots and Pink and Blue paintings , and the gates and pink fences that says we are dogs and animals that need to be goaded whould also be gone from Philippine streets.

I don’t understand the question. Isn’t Katipunan a national road? Therefore tricycles are not allowed there. No ifs, no buts. Now if I’m mistaken, please educate me.

Pretty soon the traffic chaos in that area will be over and the unmotored trikes will lord over at the rate oil prices are going up. Smaller cars will also help.

Should Katipunan be tricycle-free?

It should be U-Turn Slot free. And all streets where Bayani’s u-turn slots are intolerable and causing more traffic insanity.

Yes katipunan is a national road and trike must be remove. But before doing this, they must built an pedrestrian overpass along aurora to cross the katipunan. NNDA must have more foresight of the problem before closing down U turn slots. Not close down then do the widenning. Very inefficient and poor judgement.

It’s a Main Road. Then tricyles should not be allowed. If they allow this, they should do the same with EDSA.

how about tricycle lane?

Tricycles are unsafe in national highways, they are exempted from using crash helmets too. The 2 OVERPASSes built by the government, almost exclusively for the two priviledged college and university Ateneo and Miriam, are supposed to make daily life for the students easier and safer. Laziness to use the expensive overpasses by the students, has given tricycles something to complain about, though how illegal they are.

Katipunan traffic is caused by too many cars of Ateneo students. The slow entrance of those cars to Ateneo gates due to their dumb security checkpoints there, IS THE MAIN CAUSE of the traffic during peak hours. In fact , a portion of the national highway (one short lane of Katipunan Ave,) has been alloted by MMda for the exclusive use of the Ateneo cars in one of their exit gates !
Why does Ateneo not contribute to solve the traffic problem at Katipunan, for a change? They are almost a TAX-FREE and very profitable institution anyway. The local and national government endlessly try to solve the problem caused by THEM, and its about time they do their share to the community and show their civility in our society.

I think it’s about time that the tricycles are banned in Katipunan, as it should be in all major roads in Metro Manila (I still see a lot in Commonwealth Ave.).

I studied my high school and college in Katipunan and I have very clear memories of walking, rain or shine. It taught me to be prompt as I had to allocate time for walking and acted as a form of exercise as well.

1) Public transportation via tricycle is a dying industry. We don’t need personal hubs to transport us by short distances. We have feet, for crying out loud.

2) We all complain about fuel prices but we all won’t do anything to curb our consumption.

3) It is in the interest of the local government to support VOTERS like tricycle drivers. Go figure.

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chi….that was during our time, when walking is the norm, and we carried our own bags too. now, spoiled students go to school via suv cars, their bags carried by yayas, but look at them now, Obese! and too lazy to use the overpass and WALK even!

ino….you are right, Ateneo should solve this problem.

Why do we allow a self-styled expert to carry out experiments with our road traffic? Crazy experiments that endanger the lives of every motorists in Manila?

Shutting down important intersections, rendering the traffic lights useless and opening up so-called U-Turn Slots. Did this lunatic expert ever test-drive each and every U-turn Slot at peak or rush hours? Methinks he just let a group of morons and affiliated contractors decide the number and locations of the U-turn Slots and start digging merrily every day of the year.

The common objectionable observations on the present traffic conditions are:

1. The U-turn Slots occupies almost two lanes on each side of a boulevard, thereby narrowing that section of the road for through traffic, creating a bottle-neck in an otherwise smooth flowing thoroughfare. The effective width of the boulevard is reduced by almost four lanes ( two lanes per side).

2. Unlike when crossing an intersection or making a left-turn, U-turns can only be executed at the lowest speed. Therefore, at busy thoroughfares and rush hours, it is usual to see long queues jamming the U-Turn Slots and traffic spilling over to the adjacent lanes.

3. It is absolutely impossible for two vehicles to simultaneously make the U-turn when one of them is a bus or a long vehicle.

4. When an accident occurs at a U-Turn Slot, the traffic jam that it creates is beyond imagination.

5. With the absence of traffic lights at intersections, the pedestrians find it impossible to cross the streets with the non-stopping traffic flow.

6. The pedestrians are also confused by the absence of traffic lights or malfunctioning traffic lights. The end result is every pedestrian crosses at his own risk, nobody cares whether that crazy traffic light is PINK or BLUE.

7. It is also common to see jeepneys stopping at the exit of a U-turn Slot waiting to cut across to the right opposite curb for passenger pick-ups. This not only obstructs the U-turn traffic flow but poses a danger to the oncoming vehicles.

8. Those dirty concrete pylons that divide the U-turn Slots or shut off the intersections do not have early warning signs; they are deadly hazards to motorists during night driving.

9. Assuming that the waiting time at an intersection and an U-turn Slot are equal, the time and fuel consumed in crossing the intersection is definitely less than making a series of right turns and a slow U-turn. We must remember that instead of making a simple left-turn, we must now make a right-turn followed by an u-turn. Instead of crossing an intersection, we have to make a right-turn, an u-turn and then another right-turn; and this ignoramus is telling us that more fuel is saved by U-turn Slots.

10. The uneven wearing out of the left and right tires, including the steering linkages in U-turns is extremely severe. All these will show up in your motor vehicle maintenance costs.

For many years, the MMDA head thought that he could easily discipline the unruly drivers of jeepneys, buses and FXs; but now, he realized his miserable failure and is resorting to methods used in cattle and animal control, i.e., the use of fences, railings, concrete dividers and all kinds of crazy obstacles painted in crazy colors. If only God permits, he may even resort to setting up electrified fences to electrocute the commuters that try to stray into the middle of the roads.

This not the right way to educate or discipline the public and the utility motor drivers. Only wise men know how to educate the masses; fools use brute force..

Our only consolation is that Manila will be known internationally as the city where vehicular traffic is controlled solely by U-turn Slots.

yes, tricycles should be banned in the Katipunan. they overcharge.

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After living along Katipunan for many years, my 2 cent worth comments

1. The tricyles overchraged and was never regulated. They complained about high prices of fuel. But do the math! If they have 4-stroke engines compare to 2-stokes, they will save a lot. How many kilometers can one liter of gasoline can go for a trycyle for them to charge that much, Php 16.00 (minimum charge). Lastly, If Php 16.00 is the minimum charge for 3km, how far is Mini-stop to Upper Abada and Php 25.oo to Ateneo Campus? tsk..tsk.. What can we do, they never pass their basic arithmetic.

2. Tricyles in katipunan should be banned. They are notorious and it is very dangerous when you are along the highway and two 18-wheeler trucks on your both sides. Who among the tricylce driver/operators had their tricylce insured? Can they even afford your hospital bills if something bad happens?

3. Lastly, I think tricyle associations are handled by big politicians who are after their ***king votes. They don’t have discipline and why would they always blackmail us with their poverty stories? They should be happy they are not paying any taxes and yet rip the fruits of public services. But, the greatest problem is: people from my beloved school in Ateneo and our good neighbor Mirriam and UP tolerate this misguided attitudes of these so called “poor” but undisciplined tricyle drivers.