{"id":231297,"date":"2019-09-17T21:01:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T01:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=231297"},"modified":"2019-09-17T21:01:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T01:01:49","slug":"senate-leaders-reject-private-vehicle-ban-on-edsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/17\/senate-leaders-reject-private-vehicle-ban-on-edsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate leaders reject private vehicle ban on Edsa"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_142702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142702\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/02730jfLight_Mall_Residences_SMDC_EDSA_Boni_Pioneer_Woodlands_Mandaluyong_Cityfvf_05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142702\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/02730jfLight_Mall_Residences_SMDC_EDSA_Boni_Pioneer_Woodlands_Mandaluyong_Cityfvf_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/02730jfLight_Mall_Residences_SMDC_EDSA_Boni_Pioneer_Woodlands_Mandaluyong_Cityfvf_05.jpg 800w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/02730jfLight_Mall_Residences_SMDC_EDSA_Boni_Pioneer_Woodlands_Mandaluyong_Cityfvf_05-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Traffic jam on EDSA (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=53052787\">Photo By Judgefloro &#8211; Own work, CC0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; Some senators on Tuesday rejected the proposal to ban private vehicles on Edsa during rush hours to address the traffic problem in the metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal came from Caloocan City Rep. Edgar Erice, who suggested a private car ban from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Edsa to make room for buses and other public utility vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Senate President Vicente Sotto said the idea is not \u201cwell-thought-of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Erice) says<em>\u00a0dagdagan ang<\/em>\u00a0buses (to add buses) during that time, then where do you dump the thousands of buses that ply after 9 a.m.,\u201d Sotto said.<\/p>\n<p>Sotto said his original suggestion is still the \u201cbest\u201d, which is to declare all Metro Manila streets as \u201cno parking\u201d zones from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. so that private vehicles could take alternative routes instead of the metropolis\u2019 main thoroughfare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen cars need not pass Edsa,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, meanwhile, said banning private cars is a \u201ccrazy idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut people are free to suggest. I don\u2019t take those seriously. Private car owners pay a lot of taxes. Excise, vat, duties, road users\u2019 tax on vehicles and excise and vat on petroleum. Hundreds of billions a year,\u201d Recto said.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Joel Villanueva said while he is open to such proposal, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) should come up with a list of options and their corresponding consequences to solve the traffic crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Villanueva also noted that the MMDA should also start establishing more elevated walkways to unclog Edsa, considering that there is already an initial budget provided for the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8212; Some senators on Tuesday rejected the proposal to ban private vehicles on Edsa during rush hours to address the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":142702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231298,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231297\/revisions\/231298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}