Monday, April 28, 2008 Dad puts order to transpo problems
THREE resolutions aimed at putting an end to problems besetting transportation and traffic management in Bacolod City are passed recently.
To stop illegal franchising, unpredictable movements of small barangay registered pedicabs (trisikad), motor pedicabs (tricycles) and 'strikers,' Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. passed these resolutions in what he termed as "fixing the house in order."
Gamboa, who chairs the Bacolod City Council committee on transportation and traffic management, said these resolutions "is to list down all means of public transportation, legal and illegal."
"From here, I can assess whether to file a moratorium on the operation of more vehicles or not and to design a new set of traffic routes based on the actual number vehicles plying all streets of the City," he explained.
"If the total number of all kinds of passenger public vehicles can be counted, then my committee can act on what measures to do in managing congestion.
Eventually, owners and drivers alike can evaluate their profitability if they have the right information as to the total number of their competitors," Gamboa added.
He also noted in his resolutions the rise of new and massive infrastructure, which had changed the road networks and terrain of Bacolod City.
Gamboa, through one of the resolutions, requests the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to stop issuing new franchises to control the proliferation of illegal franchising and related operation.
Resolution 331 requests the 61 barangays of Bacolod City to list down the total number of operators of pedicabs, motored pedicabs and 'strikers,' with or without the proper permits or franchises.
Resolution 332 asks the LTFRB for a moratorium on the grant of new certificates of public conveyances to applicants in Bacolod. (Gil Alfredo Severino)
