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Table 13. Transport and Traffic Management in Metro Manila
Governance National Metro Local Others
_Activity
Policy OP MMDA LGUs
Formulation DOTC (Traffic
(Central, LTO, LTFRB) Management
DPWI-I
Units,
(Central, DPWH-NCR) Local Traffic
DILG (PNP)
Ordinances)
TRAFFIM
Transport DOTC MMDA LGUs DeveLopers
Planning (Central, LTFRB, LRTA, BCDA (Fort and
PNR) Bonifacio) Operators
PEA (Manila of busi.ness
Bay Area) complexes
Transport
Services
Rail
DOTC
(PNR, LRTA)
Bus DOTC (L'ITRB) Private
MMTC
Companies
Jeepneys DOTC (Office of
Transport Cooperatives,
LTFRB)
Tricycles
and
Pedicabs
LGUs
Shuttle
Services
Private
Companies
with MMA or within the member agencies of the MMLTCC. For
instance, the construction by DPWH of a fly-over along a section of
Circumferential Road 4 (C-4) that favors private vehicles conflicted
with the DOTC's long-term plan to construct a public-oriented rail
• transit system within the same corridor, The presence of the fly-over
led to complications in the construction of the ongoing Metro Rail
Transit thereby increasing construction and engineering cost,
prolonging" the construction, and further aggravating traffic
congestion in the area.
In the initial phase of the MRT project, there has been a serious
clamor from private citizens and the business sector to address the
traffic problem in the metropolis that has already reached a crisis
stage. Then President Ramos issued Administrative Order No. 351 in