EDSA

On the other hand, according to Gakenheimer as cited by Dimitriou, a railway system is a transport mode used to accommodate large volumes of passengers and it serves as a traffic corridor which means that it is constructed to manage the road traffic that lessens the commuters riding the buses and decreases the number of private vehicles in highways that are heavily affects the flow of traffic. Traffic corridors make the road usable in its best way and it is a means that can reduce the traffic congestion with many benefits to commuters (Ganiron 11). In EDSA, the MRT line three was constructed for the benefit of the citizens that provide transportation to passengers faster than any other road transport modes and better, does not contribute heavy

ALMEC Corporation states that the Mega Manila subway system will connect Dasmarińas, Cavite and San Jose del Monte, Bulacan for it to be beneficial to Filipinos who want to travel from the north to the south with no traffic interruptions and a shorter travel time (5). It is also a traffic corridor that contributes to traffic management in EDSA since it will be the major transportation in Manila and commuters will prefer to take this transportation rather than riding on their car or motorcycles or buses. Therefore, everybody will benefit since the city will have a cleaner air and will lessen the congestion due to an organized traffic management implemented in EDSA and reduction in the volume of private cars due to a new transport system that is faster than their own vehicles. Also, it is better than any other existing railway network in the metropolis including the Metro Rail Transit, Light Rail Transit, and Philippine National Railways because it is much faster and longer with a low cost for commuters. Since it is a huge infrastructure project in Manila, the government should consider a long-term solution for reducing the traffic jam in EDSA in a short period of time because if the worsening of traffic continues, over time, the Philippine economy and Filipino citizens will suffer since the

These alternate routes are important to have other routes for individuals who needs faster travel time when going to work. As a result, the number of cars travelling along EDSA have decreased a little but it is not enough since the alternate routes they introduced were narrow that is why congestion still happens, like in EDSA. The travel time of going along EDSA is almost the same when a person uses an alternate route. In order to have effective alternate routes, the government should make alternate routes much wider to ease the congestion since there are many tricycles, bicycles and pedestrians on alternate routes that cause the slow movement of vehicles. Street roads where alternate routes were introduced must follow the general plan to make it more effective and successful. The roads should be wider by up to two lanes per direction to accommodate the expected volume of vehicles who may use these roads (Abbey 25). Also, as said earlier, footways must be wide enough to separate the pedestrians and bicycles to improve the traffic flow. Since alternate routes are also essential infrastructures for the solution of the traffic jam in EDSA, then government sectors such as the MMDA, PNP-HPG, and DPWH must cooperate with each other to improve the alternate routes to decongest roads as well as the EDSA road itself for the development of its traffic