It's Not Just Your Imagination: Manila's Traffic Worsened In 2022

[arsenal1205]

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Cubao to Makati in 5 minutes? How about 27? That’s the time it took to travel approximately 10 kilometers in 2022 according to the annual TomTom Traffic Index.

Covering 389 cities across 56 countries on 6 continents, the TomTom Traffic Index measures cities around the world by their travel time, fuel costs, and CO2 emissions. The purpose of this report is to help drivers, city planners, auto makers, and policy makers tackle traffic-related challenges.

With pandemic-related restrictions easing up, Manila has appeared to have the 4th worst traffic in Asia-Pacific (9th in the world). The average travel time to traverse 10 kilometers—the Cubao to Makati route—is 27 minutes or an increase of 40 seconds over 2021. The average motorist spends 241 hours in rush hour—100 hours of them in congestion.

Manila’s ranking makes it worse than Jakarta (9th in Asia Pacific and 29th in the world), New Delhi (10th in Asia Pacific and 34th in the world), and Bangkok (15th in Asia Pacific and 57th in the world). Manila is just better than Bengaluru, India—the worst ranked city in Asia Pacific, followed by Sapporo in Japan, and Pune, India.

According to the TomTom Traffic Index, the worst time to be on the road last 2022 was Fridays between 5 PM to 6 PM where the average commute went up to 36 minutes and 30 seconds. The worst day last year? Friday, October 28, 2022. The travel time shot up to 36 minutes and 10 seconds for the same 10-kilometer route.

The study goes further and says that the average Manileño could have read 48 books while stuck in traffic. The annual CO2 emissions generated by the traffic was 1,047 kilograms which will require 105 trees to absorb if you’re driving a gasoline-engined car, or 997 kilograms (100 trees a year) if you’re driving a diesel-powered car. For EV users, they consumed 1,264 kWh of electricity, or 32 full charges worth.

Now, if only employers would allow for flexible working conditions like Work From Home (WFH) on a single day (Friday), the average motorist would have saved 50 hours of travel per year or a reduction of 209 kilograms of CO2. If they allowed remote work three times a week—Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays—that amount would have been 148 hours saved and 617 fewer kilograms of CO2 emitted.

Between morning and evening rush hour, evening rush hour is worse for motorists with an increase of 16 minutes more to travel 10 kilometers. Meanwhile, in the morning, that time is just an additional 11 minutes more on the average.

Now, here’s the real kicker. With an average speed of 29 km/h during morning rush hour and 34 km/h during evening rush hour, motorists would have saved time, even if a little, if they decide to travel via bicycle, electric scooter, or electric moped. Based on the study, a cyclist can do the same 10-kilometer commute between 25 to 35 minutes, while an electric scooter does it in 24 to 32 minutes. An electric moped? 15 to 27 minutes.

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And this made me

 

[xwx]

Ugh, Manila's traffic situation is such a nightmare! It's frustrating to know that it takes an average of 27 minutes to travel just 10 kilometers. And to make matters worse, the worst day last year was on a Friday where it took 36 minutes and 10 seconds to traverse the same route. It's high time for employers to allow flexible working conditions and for us to consider alternative modes of transportation to save time and reduce our carbon footprint.

 

[arsenal1205]

Ugh, Manila's traffic situation is such a nightmare! It's frustrating to know that it takes an average of 27 minutes to travel just 10 kilometers. And to make matters worse, the worst day last year was on a Friday where it took 36 minutes and 10 seconds to traverse the same route. It's high time for employers to allow flexible working conditions and for us to consider alternative modes of transportation to save time and reduce our carbon footprint.

Relate too. back when I was still a project hire from a bank in BGC, during the previous holidays last year it took me 3-4 hours from the workplace to my home, all of those consumed time was waiting for a jeepney to come.

What to blame: too much vehicles on the road plus unnecessary vehicles like cheap small EVs from chekwa country (etrikes) plus bad traffic management from SMC Infrastructure manning sucat and bicutan interchanges.

 

[8inchhotdog]

Un mga naka 4 wheels nagpapa trapik. Ilan lang sakay niyan eh. Dapat magmotor na lang din sila para bumaba din presyo ng gas.

 

[arsenal1205]

Un mga naka 4 wheels nagpapa trapik. Ilan lang sakay niyan eh. Dapat magmotor na lang din sila para bumaba din presyo ng gas.

ang dapat gawin eh mas pagandahin ang mass transport. or ito mas maganda, magtayo ng mga bagong business friendly cities sa probinsya at lumipat na lang ng probinsya para mabawasan ang tao sa NCR overcrowded na rin kasi ang NCR

 

[8inchhotdog]

ang dapat gawin eh mas pagandahin ang mass transport. or ito mas maganda, magtayo ng mga bagong business friendly cities sa probinsya at lumipat na lang ng probinsya para mabawasan ang tao sa NCR overcrowded na rin kasi ang NCR

Kaya nga umalis ako dyan sa NCR at dito na lang sa probinsya. Sobra dami tao dyan sa NCR. Tapos trapik ang tinde.

 

[RunAwayMuppet]

Long term plan ang kailangan, road widening, tapos huwag isiksik lahat ng infra sa iisang lugar, ganun din yung mga negosyo, dumadami mga sasakyan pero mas kumikitid ang kalsada, dagdag pa yung mga wala sa timing na mga repairs at mga pagawa.

 

[8inchhotdog]

Buti na lang nakaalis na ako dyan. Un 30mins na trip nagiging 3hrs dahil sa traffic. Dito sa province 15mins lang nakauwi na haha

 

[ZummerSoltice]

same here in cebu...good thing is...maliit lang ung city...pero everywhere in cebu is traffic...syempre lahat ng tao bumibili ng kotse at motor kasi easy access na sya...and population gets higher n higher due na din sa mga immigrants na ngwowork sa city

 

[Kaplok Kaplok]

Yan nangyayari pag nag road widening. Akala natin luluwag ang traffic, pero ung din mismong malalawak na kalsada dinudumog ng sasakyan kaya doon din nag tatrapik. Kung saan din ang mga bagong structures, doon din nagtatayo ng mga bagong mga tirahan. Kung sa NCR, malamang de-kotse pa ang mga magmimigrate doon dahil sila ung "may kaya".

This is called "induced demand".

Ang mali talaga kasi ung city design. Yung zoning ng mga office halimbawa. Pinagsasama lahat sa isang lugar. Ung residential sa ibang lugar. Ung commercial sa iba pa. So napipilitan mga tao mag travel ng malayo kesa walking or bike distance. Dapat mixed used lahat ng zone para ma-iliminate ung unnecessary use ng vehicles.

 

[jaypeetee]

kulang urban planning, wala kasing kita sa mga tren, subsidized pa ng gobyerno; unlike skyway na may toll

 

[8inchhotdog]

Masyado lang talaga madaming private vehicles na 4 wheels. Sila pampasikip. Sa picture pa lang kita na