Traffic In The Philippines

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study Traffic is a global problem and remains an enigma to government administrations. There is no clear solution to it up until now, and one fact is only known – it gets worse by the day. Traffic’s existence was first discovered when cars collided with horse-drawn wagons and the government had to establish laws for it. The acknowledgment of this problem started in New York, 1901, and every state followed suit until countries were doing the same. Sooner enough, the education of driving, cars and traffic was legalized, monitored and became prominent in the government. Traffic is mainly because of the moving vehicles on road or highway. This cluster happens every day, in a certain period of time. But

Based on an LTO Study (2015), “With the fast paced increase of car ownership in Metro Manila alone, peaking a max of 2,101,148 registered vehicles in recent years.” The study also states that “…add the citizen-noted inability of some drivers to follow rules, traffic congestion has been recognized to have worsened compared with previous years.” Furthermore, the news station CNN even reported that Metro Manila is one of the cities that has the “worst traffic on Earth” in 2015.
Moreover, Cervero (2013) stated that “Manila is one of the Asian megacities suffering from the many ills of excessive street traffic. In the last three decades, these cities have experienced an extraordinary increase in the number of vehicles plying their streets, while at the same time they have sprawled into adjacent areas forming vast megalopolises, with their skyline pushed upwards with the construction of many high-rises. The joint processes of globalization, outsourcing, and the relocalization of manufacturing activities have been accompanied by a rise in the purchasing powers of many people in developing Asian countries, which has allowed them to acquire motorized vehicles, motorbikes and automobiles, even if profound inequalities exist in regard to the capacity to acquire a vehicle”. For Boquet (2013) even mentioned in her study

According to Slaven (2014), “In addition to the assessment and time for studying, transport also affects pupils' absence from classes. The greatest problem will be for those pupils living further from school, particularly if they use public transport to get to school. No differences were observed among the sexes on this issue. A larger number of unjustified absences may lead to the passing of disciplinary measures against the pupil for the violation of their duties and non-fulfilment of their obligations. Pupils most often listed traffic congestion, crowds in the public transport vehicles and frequency of transport lines as the main reasons for being late for