Global standardization of Metro Manila

As the newly appointed Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chair, Danilo Lim vows to ease traffic in the capital by “going back to the basics”.

Danilo Lim is a Filipino retired Brigadier general, he was an ex-coup plotter and was charged with rebellion. Now he leads the MMDA as the new Chairman and unlike other newly appointed politician he described his plans in a plain manner without a dash of fantasies and out of this world promises, to quote, “At this time, I will not be introducing any fancy traffic scheme. By going back to basics, I meant strict adherence to our existing laws, practicing a culture of discipline, road courtesy, and changing the habits of the people,”.

In layman’s terms, this guy promises no agendas but rather implement stricter rules. so, where does this “Global standardization enters?. well, global standardization is too general and vague, if you ask me what is global standardization my answer is it’s a change that follows what is standard or what is required globally or if that’s too good to be true, in certain countries. so what change does Danilo Lim imply in this Global standardization when he says that he won’t be introducing any scheme or plans but a rather stricter implementation of rules? that is a question that can be answered when he once again speaks up about the issue. maybe his idea of global standardization is the making the current rules flawless, maybe by reshuffling MMDA staffs, fixing corruption in their ranks and fixing traffic.

I am no master or an all knowing when it comes to road management but if I will tackle this in a point of view as one of the public, id say that fixing traffic must be their first priority, especially when it’s a rainy season or just a rainy day, roads get figuratively narrow in a just a simple pour of rain and vehicular traffic gets as long as the horizon covers.  this is not a new issue, in fact, this has been an issue over and over again, and why is that? well, we people cannot just rely and depend on the MMDA when it comes to solving this issue, it also needs the public’s cooperation. the public must also be responsible, smart and relieve themselves of stubbornness, sometimes we ourselves cause traffic and no one else.

 

 

photos are retrieved from

http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/dont-blame-traffic-on-traffic/

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/842422/mmda-to-do-its-best-to-live-up-to-edsa-challenge