Metro Manila Development Authority chairman Tim Orbos on Sunday allayed fears of traffic gridlock crippling Metro Manila during the Christmas holidays, citing reforms and new methodologies his team has set in place to keep movement of people and cargo at normal pace.
Addressing North Luzon mediamen in Lingayen, Pangasinan, the brother of former Transportation Secretary Oscar Orbos and Fr. Jerry Orbos said it was “providential to introduce meaningful reforms and innovations under a courageous President Duterte.”
He said the Christmas rush was creating a similar traffic problem on provincial roads citing Metro Manila as a microcosm of the national situation.
It was during the term of his brother Oscar when the color coding and odd even number schemes were adopted, reducing traffic bottlenecks significantly.
However, he said the role of discipline and respect for law and traffic regulation is crucial, but expressed confidence the public feels the government’sseriousness in enforcing the rules and the law, which he said “is a significant factor in getting road movement to normal.”