Catbalogan City Case Study

Nowadays, people in this changing community and the developing world are dependent on transportation that it becomes part of their daily lives. Through it, one can go from place to place in a fast, easy and convenient way. Moreover, transportation is one of the most basic human needs, it is a significant aspect of life and society. Therefore, it is indeed very important for multiple reasons that include travel, economic activity, and mobility, because of the growing economy the streets of Catbalogan became congested and it caused a traffic congestion and traffic jam, to ease the traffic, the municipality implemented the one-way traffic rule in order to reduce the traffic in Catbalogan City.

Catbalogan, is the capital of Samar, formerly known as Western Samar, is a province in the Philippines located on Samar Island in Eastern Visayas. It is one of the growing and fasts developing City that caters the use of transportation. Due to the great support of people, these land transport vehicles increased in number that the streets of Catbalogan become congested that leads to traffic or system problems that become a major issue.

In a nutshell, it isolates people from their various activities such as business, recreation, and family time. Originally, traffic is a severe economic issue that does not only affect the commuters but also the potentially fatal mistake of traffic jams. According to a research titled “Employer Views on Traffic Congestion” (Policy Brief 115 of the Reason Foundation, February 2014), traffic congestion is a problem not just for individual commuters but for businesses as well. While commuters are greatly concerned over rush hour traffic, businesses are also concerned with the off-peak hour (non-rush hour) delivery of goods because of these the municipality implemented a one-way traffic rule to lessen the traffic in Catbalogan