By Erika Tapalla
INQUIRER.net
Apart from the congested traffic during the daily rush hours, a normal sight along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City would be the colorful tricycles that quickly traverse down the streets against monstrous trucks, missing nearby vehicles by mere inches.
But the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has banned tricycles from the area, drawing complaints from transport operators, students and residents.
The MMDA has claimed that they only did this to ease traffic in the area.
In the video below, INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Izah Morales went to Katipunan to find out what people in the area think of this issue.
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August 27th, 2008 at 11:17 am
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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August 26th, 2008 at 11:40 am
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.
August 26th, 2008 at 6:54 am
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.
August 26th, 2008 at 6:41 am
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.
August 24th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
how about tricycle lane?