Bumaba ng 8% ang trapiko sa EDSA dahil sa pagtaas ng presyo ng langis

MANILA — Dahil sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng langis, bumaba ng 8% ang dami ng trapiko sa EDSA, ayon sa Metro Manila Development Authority kahapon. Nag-isyu rin ang ahensya ng mga exemption sa truck ban at number coding para sa mga oil tanker at sasakyan ng mga basic commodities.

MANILA, Philippines — Nag-ulat ang Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) na bumaba ng lima hanggang 8% ang bilang ng mga sasakyan na dumadaan sa EDSA mula nang magsimula ang behavioral count noong nakaraang Lunes. Ayon kay MMDA general manager Nicolas Torre III sa panahon ng Metro Manila Council press conference, katumbas ito ng 20,000 hanggang 30,000 na sasakyan, na maaaring hindi gaanong maramdaman ng ibang motoristang gumagamit ng kalsada na ito pa rin dahil sa mataas na trapiko sa pangkalahatan. “We saw a reduction of five to eight percent since we started the behavioral count last Monday of the vehicles passing through EDSA,” ani Torre. Sinusuri pa ng MMDA ang datos upang malaman ang dahilan, habang hindi pa nalulutas ang salungatan sa Gitnang Silangan at may epekto ito sa supply chain ng gasolina. “We will review the data first why this happened,” dagdag niya. Bukod dito, nag-anunsyo ang MMDA ng mga exemption sa truck ban at number coding para sa mga oil tanker at sasakyang nagdadala ng mga basic commodities. “We understand the needs of our people and our situation right now is beyond normal. So, we are alleviating it through these directives,” pahayag ni Torre. Si MMDA chairman Don Artes naman ay nagsabi na sumasagot ito sa mga kahilingan mula sa Department of Energy at Department of Trade and Industry upang mapabilis ang transportasyon ng petrolyo at essential goods. “This would ensure the unimpeded movement of energy sources and ease the mobility of goods amid the rising price of fuel products,” ani Artes. Nakikipagtulungan ang MMDA sa DTI upang tukuyin ang mga essential goods na qualified para sa exemption. Epektibo na ito pagkatapos ng publication sa hindi bababa sa dalawang pahayagan.

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