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Motorists experience bumper-to-bumper traffic along the EDSA-Kamuning Flyover in Quezon City on December 15, 2023. The Department of Transportation (DOTr), through the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) ordered the 24/7 operation of free ride buses along the EDSA Busway throughout the month of December. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Rowegie Abanto

ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority on Wednesday rejected a business group&#x27;s suggestion to appoint a traffic czar to address the country&#x27;s perennial traffic woes.</p><p>Speaking on TeleRadyo Serbisyo, MMDA general manager Procopio Lipana said that there was &quot;no need&quot; to name a traffic czar, given the government&#x27;s continuous efforts to mitigate traffic problems. </p><p>&quot;Ang pangunahing problema &#x27;yung ating infrastructure sapagkat talagang may kakulangan tayo sa road network kung ihahambing sa dami ng sasakyan,&quot; Lipana said.</p><p>&quot;Massive naman ang infrastructure project ng gobyerno. Nandiyan ang Skyway, subway, rail system. &#x27;Yung MRT-7 malapit nang matapos… With those projects pag natapos ay malaking ginhawa niyan sa mga mananakay,&quot; he also said.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/09/23/marcos-sees-better-days-in-public-transport-with-subway-project" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcos sees &#x27;better days&#x27; in public transport with subway project</a></div><p>In a statement on Monday, the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) asserted that there was a traffic crisis in Metro Manila, which topped a transportation data specialist&#x27;s list of metro areas with the worst traffic in 2023.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/1/30/metro-manila-needs-traffic-czar-group-1154" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Metro Manila needs &#x27;traffic czar&#x27;: group</a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/19/24/metro-manila-tops-list-of-metro-areas-with-worst-traffic-study" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Metro Manila tops list of metro areas with worst traffic: study</a></div><p>MAP said the government should recognize that the traffic crisis is the result of a failure in traffic management.</p><p>It added that a traffic czar should be appointed by the president and given full powers to mobilize, direct, and deploy existing government resources to ease traffic in the metro.</p><p>The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) earlier reported that billions of pesos are lost from the economy daily due to Metro Manila&#x27;s traffic congestion.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JXlQnQrX-5w?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>MMDA rejected a business group's suggestion to appoint a traffic czar to address the country's perennial traffic woes. Here's their explanation.</p>

MMDA rejected a business group's suggestion to appoint a traffic czar to address the country's perennial traffic woes. Here's their explanation.

MMDA shuns traffic czar suggestion: 'No need to do that'

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MMDA shuns traffic czar suggestion: 'No need to do that'

Rowegie Abanto,

ABS-CBN News

Published January 31, 2024 11:15 AM PHT

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Updated January 31, 2024 07:01 PM PHT

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