Traffic Congestion

1. Traffic Congestion in Metro Manila

2. What is Traffic Congestion?
-when vehicles travel at slower speeds
because there are more vehicles than the road
can handle. This makes trip times longer. This
is also known as a traffic jam.

3. 10 Alarming Facts About
Traffic in Metro Manila:
1. In 2013, the Land Transportation Office (LTO)
listed a total of 2,101,148 motor vehicles
registered in NCR or 27% of the country's
7,690,038 total registered motor vehicles. In
2015, the total motor vehicles in Metro Manila
has already peaked at 2.5 million.

4. 10 Alarming Facts About
Traffic in Metro Manila:
2. Metro Manila has only 1,032 kilometers
of roads or 3.5% of the total 39,370
kilometers of roads nationwide. The
National Capital Region has only one
kilometer of road per 424 vehicles.

5. 10 Alarming Facts About
Traffic in Metro Manila:
3. The traffic demand in Metro Manila is
at 12.8 million trips. 69% of these total
trips are done using public transport yet
only 22% of the road space is occupied by
public vehicles. The other 78% of road
space is taken by private vehicles.

6. 10 Alarming Facts About
Traffic in Metro Manila:
4. A study by the National Center for
Transportation Studies says that the
heavy traffic in Metro Manila cost
the country 137.5 billion pesos in
2011.

7. 10 Alarming Facts About
Traffic in Metro Manila:
5. The total population of Metro Manila
as of 2010 is already at 11,855,975 which
is almost 12% of the total population of
the Philippines. The total land area of
Metro Manila (638 square kilometers) is
only 0.21% of the total land area of the
Philippines (300,000 square kilometers).

8. 10 Alarming Facts About
Traffic in Metro Manila:
6. Manila, Pateros and Caloocan are
the top 3 most densely populated
cities in the world. Manila has a
population density of 42,857 people
living per square kilometer.

9. 10 Alarming Facts About
Traffic in Metro Manila:
7. As of 2010, the number of informal
settler families in Metro Manila is already
more than half a million. This number is
already 20% of the total number of
household in Metro Manila. 41% of these
informal settlers are located in
government owned lands while 34% are
in privately owned lands.

10. 10 Alarming Facts About
Traffic in Metro Manila:
8. 20% of the total income of the poor in
Metro Manila is spent on transportation.
This percentage is more than what they
spend for rice (15% ), utilities (6.97% ),
health (2.99% ), clothing (2.96% ) and
education (3.37% ).

11. 10 Alarming Facts About
Traffic in Metro Manila:
9. 85% of air pollution in Metro
Manila comes from vehicles.

12. 10 Alarming Facts About
Traffic in Metro Manila:
10. According to a COA report, a P1.314-
billion allocation from the Disbursement
Acceleration Program for the rehabilitation
of Light Rail Transit 1 and 2 was released in
full by the Aquino’s administration in
January 2014. However, the rehabilitation
projects have not yet been implemented
due to several project revisions. In the same
month, the MMDA has launched a new
traffic signalling system worth P290 million.

13. 10 Alarming Facts About
Traffic in Metro Manila:

14. What Are The Causes of Traffic?

15. What Are The
Causes of Traffic?
1. Population Increase
2. High Employment
3. Discretionary Income
4. Flashy Lifestyle
5. Provincial Commuters
6. Illegal Parking
7. Vendors in the Side Walk
8. Cargo Truck
9. Low Infrastructure

16. What Are The
Causes of Traffic?
10. Substandard Vehicles
11. Colorum SUV's
12. Illegal Loading and Unloading Areas
13. Concrete Urban Planning
14. Undisciplines Drivers/Commuters
15. Road Infrastracture
16. Lack of Roads
17. Inefficient Services of Rail Transportation
18. Ineffective Traffic Control Management

17. Effects of Traffic:
1. Stress
2. Polution
3. Fatigue
4. Less Productive Work Force
5. Bronchitis, Asthma and Emphysema
6. Impacts corporate activities such as
shipping/receiving, logistics and
distribution, client meetings and other
business activities.

18. Solutions to Traffic
1. Number Coding
2. Car Pooling
3. Limited Volume of Cars in the street/ Regulating of the Issuance of
LTRB license
4. Phasing out of old vehicles (Maximum of 5 years)
5. Different Roads for trucks
6. Proper Loading and Unloading Areas/Additional of Street Signages

19. Solutions to Traffic
7. Alternative Routes
8. Anti-colorum Campaign
9. move terminals of provincial buses away from Edsa
10. Removal of unregistered buses from city roads
11. Subways
12. Building the north and south terminal
13. Japan is financing 2.4 million dollars 38-kilometer elevated rail line
connecting Manila to Bulacan