Group 1 Set 2
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (TRAFFIC
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION,
MONITORING, EVALUATION AND
REPORTING)
REPORTERS:
CAÑAS, FEL JAN KENNY N.
CADANGDANG, DENNIS B.
CASAGDA, CAMILLUS JHON E.
BAYACAG, FEMAR ROSE V.
BETARMOS, FIDEL JOHN D.
Traffic:
The movement of persons, goods, or
vehicles, either powered by combustion
system or animal-drawn, from one place
to another for travel.
Management:
Skillful and judicious use of means or
resources to accomplishment a goal or
an objective.
Traffic Management:
Is an exclusive function such as planning,
organizing, directing, supervising, coordinating,
operating, recording and budgeting traffic affairs.
It refers to activities undertaken by a highway
transportation agency to improve:
1. Roadway safety,
2. Efficiency, and
3. Effectiveness of both providers and
consumers of transportation services.
Traffic Management:
Also refers to all agencies having
responsibilities for ascertaining traffic flow
requirements, such as planning, approving,
funding, construction, and/ or maintaining public
facilities for such movement.
Also refers to all agencies responsible for
licensing, approving, restricting, stooping,
prohibiting, or controlling the use of these
facilities.
Agencies involved in Traffic
Management:
• Department of Transportation and
Communication
• Land Transportation Office
• Land Transportation Franchising and
Regulatory Board
• Department of Public Works and
Highways
• Philippine National Police
• City Municipal Engineer’s Office
What are the agencies involved with
traffic management?
• Legislative Bodies
• Public Information Office
Provides the necessary updated
information to the public by creating
traffic safety campaigns and other
activities relating traffic.
• Citizens Support Group
Private institutions or organizations also help in the
prevention of traffic congestion by assisting government offices
in various activities or during special occasions and holidays.
• Barangay Peace Keeping Actions Team (BPAT)
Members
The Barangay Tanod of barangay security forces are the
usual traffic control officers in their respective localities during
times of emergencies.
• Tri-Media (Including the internet social media)
Government and privately owned publications and radio
and television broadcasting companies provide necessary and
updated traffic related information to the public through their
respective programs.
The Road Users:
1.Pedestrian
2.Cyclist
3.Drivers
4.Passengers
Traffic signs:
1. Regulatory signs
2. Warning signs
3. Guiding signs
The Traffic light:
Red, Amber, Green
Goals of Traffic
Management:
Speedy Comfortable,
and safe movement of
traffic.
What are the objectives of
traffic management?
A. Reduce Congestion
B. Increase throughput
C Reduce Travel time
D. Increase safety
Effect of Traffic
mismanagement:
1. Collapsing of economy
& delay in the delivery of
public services.
2. Disruption of social life.
Transport & Traffic Management
(MMDA)
• Formulation, coordination and
monitoring
• Promotion of safe and convenient
movement
• Provision of the mass transport system
and the institution of regulations
• Administration and implementation of all
traffic enforcement operations,
engineering services and education
programs, including the institution of a
single ticketing system.
Why do we need management?
Prevent and/ or reduce:
1. Recurrence of previous
problems
2. Existing problems
3. Future problems
4. Adverse effects of problems
What are included in the
traffic management
system?
1. Road users
2. Road or Traffic system
3. Enforcement System
Types of Traffic Management
1. Traditional traffic
engineering tools or simple
devices to regulate and control
traffic.
2. Advanced technology through
Intelligent Transport Systems.
Academic Institutions and
Driving Schools
Schools both public and private
are responsible for traffic education
by integrating respective programs
and curriculum subjects or topics
on traffic safety.
• Traffic Engineering
Professional practice of planning, deciding, and operating
traffic system and road design.
• Traffic Education
Giving training to travel and practice in the actual application of
traffic safety knowledge.
• Traffic Enforcement
Deals on the implementation and enforcement of traffic laws,
rules, and regulations.
• Traffic Environment
Study of potentially disastrous population explosion, changes
in urban environment, air and water pollution and transport
congestion which result therein.
• Traffic Economics
Deals with the benefits and adverse effects of traffic to our
economy.
Where Traffic management is
applied?
Highway, Trafficway or Roads,
Roadway Intersections.
Highways:
Every public thoroughfare, public boulevard, driveway,
avenue, park, alley and Callejon, but shall not include
roadway upon grounds owned by private persons, colleges,
universities, or other similar institutions (R.A. 4136).
Roadway:
Part of the traffic way over which motor vehicles pass.
A.k.a. Carriageway (UN-VCRT, 1968).
Traffic way:
The entire width between boundary lines of every way or
place of which any part is open to the use of the public for
purposes of vehicular traffic as a matter of right or custom.
Synonymous to public way. (Moriyama, 1943)
Traffic way a.k.a road, entire surface of any street open to
public traffic (UN-VCRT, 1968), It includes shoulder and
sidewalk (DPWH, 2012)
Arterial Highways/Roads:
These are high-capacity urban roads that
direct traffic from collector roads to
expressway or freeways; also refers to a
highway that is used primarily through traffic.
Collector Highway:
Also known as collector road or distributor
road which connects low to moderate
highways or roads to arterial highways such as
those entering residential properties.
