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Essay About Metro Manila

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As Mercurio (2016), cited Josh Forbes, senior advisor of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines who stated that “At the rate the traffic situation is getting worse, Metro Manila may become “uninhabitable” within four years.” The claim made by Mr. Forbes is something that is hard to oppose. As Filipinos can see traffic in Metro Manila worsens everyday. From numerous cases of death and unexpected childbirths on the middle of the road it is hard to argue that people in Metro Manila would still want to live in the area. The senior adviser also added “Metro Manila is at risk of becoming uninhabitable as annual new car growth increases to 500,000 by 2020,” Forbes said.
“While roads are being improved throughout the country, the National …show more content…

If the government can focus and pour in some funds to make the idea of improving the roads and transport systems in the country into a reality. According to Ilda (2105), Since trains can take the commuting public from point A to B faster than buses and private vehicles, it should be the government’s priority to fix the country’s rail transport system. This includes the Philippine National Railways (PNR), Light Rail Transit Authority (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit Corporation (MRT). Realizing that the Philippines has no longer much space to produce more roads and highways the best thing to do is to add more modes of transportation in the country. Gonzales (2015), cited Robert Siy, senior adviser of the Department of Transportation and Communications, who stated that “Traffic congestion is taking our lives away from us. “I think we all recognize that. Unless we have quality public transport that is reliable, we will have worsening traffic situation in Metro Manila,” Good examples of these are the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, the Monorail Tramway, and the Subway Trains. These public transports proved to be effective as it reduced traffic in different countries around the

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