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Examples of Good Practices of EST in the Philippines

Examples of Good Practices of EST in the Philippines. presented by:. Karl B. N. Vergel Head & Affiliate Faculty, Transportation & Environment Group National Center for Transportation Studies (UP-NCTS) and Associate Professor, Institute of Civil Engineering

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Examples of Good Practices of EST in the Philippines

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  1. Examples of Good Practices of EST in the Philippines presented by: Karl B. N. Vergel Head & Affiliate Faculty, Transportation & Environment Group National Center for Transportation Studies (UP-NCTS) and Associate Professor, Institute of Civil Engineering University of the Philippines Diliman presented at the Luzon Regional Consultation on the Formulation of a National Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Strategy for the Philippines 11 June 2009, Hotel Elizabeth, Baguio City WEB SITE: http://www.ncts.upd.edu.ph/capacity/ Tel/Fax: (02)-928-8305

  2. EST Case Studies • Cebu City • Iligan City • Cagayan de Oro City • San Fernando City, La Union • Marikina City • Case studies were developed from the project “Capacity Building and Social Marketing for EST”

  3. Capacity Building and Social Marketing for EST 2007-2009 Implemented by: UP National Center for Transportation Studies (UP-NCTS) for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through the: Environment and Natural Resources Capacity and Operations Enhancement (ENR CORE) Programme under the GRP-UNDP Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) 2007

  4. Capacity Building and Social Marketing for EST 2007-2009 The objective of the project is to enhance the capacities of a network of enabled and committed transport-related institutions, at the national and local levels, that are able to effectively identify, promote and undertake Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) strategies and initiatives, in support of national progress and development.

  5. Case Studies

  6. Key Transport and Environment Issues/Problemsin Cities 6

  7. Problems in Cities – Motorization

  8. Problems in Cities – Sidewalk and Parking

  9. Problems in Cities – Lack of Discipline

  10. Problems in Cities – Public Transport

  11. Problems in Cities – Road and Traffic Facilities

  12. Problems in Cities – Other Problems

  13. Marikina • Marikina is basically a “bedroom community”- lower daytime population as a considerable number of people work outside the city • The city used to experience problems common to other middle-sized cities: • encroachment of sidewalks • traffic congestion • poor infrastructure • deteriorating urban environment • added burden due to encroachment of river easements • flooding

  14. EST CASE STUDY: CEBU CITY Karl Vergel Associate Professor Institute of Civil Engineering/NCTS University of the Philippines Diliman 14

  15. Key Transport and Environment Issues Annual Average Concentration of Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) in Cebu City and Other Cities in Metro Cebu, 1995-2006 Data Sources: 2002 and 2003-2004 National Air Quality Status Reports, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) and DENR-EMB Region VII 15

  16. MANAGEMENT CONTEXT • planning has been anchored on its city and • regional development planning and economy • transport infrastructure projects that followed after • the first cycle of development planning such as the • Metro Cebu Development Project (MCDP) that • started to operate in the 1990s were based on • plans and recommendations of the Metro Cebu • Land Use and Transport Study (MCLUTS) in 1981 • setting up of Mayor’s Management Team 16

  17. DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS • Metropolitan Planning and Development • Metro Cebu Land Use and Transport Study • (MCLUTS), 1978-1981 • first comprehensive planning for transport and land • use of the City established in 1978 by the then • MPWTC with technical assistance from the • Government of Australia 17

  18. Metropolitan Planning and Development The Metro Cebu Land Use and Transport Study (MCLUTS) Plan 1: Concentrated, Without Reclamation Plan 2: Concentrated, With Mainland Reclamation Plan 3: Linear Dispersed, With Mainland Reclamation Plan 4: Mactan Expansion, With Mainland and Mactan Reclamation 18

  19. Plan 2 was adopted by the Metro Cebu Council • It recommended the radial-circumferential road • network and new traffic signalization system 19

  20. Traffic Management Institutions • Cebu City Traffic Operations Management (CITOM), 1987 • created by City Ordinance No. 1264 • CITOM Board: membership of the committee were composed of 8 appointees of the City Mayor from the public and private sectors • functions: coordination and monitoring of traffic management plans, review of traffic engineering and management schemes and routing of public transport 20

  21. Traffic Management Institutions • Adaptive Traffic Control System, 1993 • Phase I: 68 intersections (65 in Cebu City and 3 in Mandaue City) and operation with the Traffic Control Center commenced in 1993 • made use of the system called SCATS (Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System) which was the first in the country • The area-wide traffic control system is adaptive wherein traffic signal timings dynamically respond to detected traffic volumes 21

  22. Public Transport Improvement and Promotion • Establishment of Public Transport Terminals • Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT), 1992 • Cebu North Bus Terminal, 1994 • Ordinance on Designation of Travel Lines for Public Transport Vehicles • enactment of local ordinances on “travel lines” for public utility vehicles traveling in Cebu City. 22

  23. Anti-Smoke Belching (ASB) Ordinance • After the Clean Air Action Plan was passed in Cebu City Council in February 2006 • City Ordinance 2111 - Cebu City’s Vehicle Emissions Control Ordinance was enacted in March 2007 • Recent activities of the ASB program are supported by USAID-ECAP partnering city and national governments with civil society and academe and business sector 23

  24. Public Transport Improvement and Promotion Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiatives Example of BRT in Quito, Ecuador 24

  25. But how did the Cebu City Initiative for the Bus Rapid Transit start? What steps were undertaken and how did it come to a point where it is now? (3 technical studies to start next month) What were the challenges along the way? source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project

  26. The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiative • It started with Curitiba, Brazil. • In 1996, Mayor Tomas Osmeña went to visit Curitiba with city traffic managers to see their bus system which was gaining worldwide popularity • This was after he was mayor of Cebu City from 1988 – 1995. source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project Cebu City BRT – how it started ...

  27. The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiative When they came back, they shared what they learned to the then city leadership. Specifically, through it’s political leader, Mayor Osmeña (a private citizen then), the city started to slowly move to two very important governance policy changes reflective of the transport and environment strategies of Curituba. source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project Cebu City BRT – how it started ...

  28. The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiative The two policy directions are: • “Land use planning and transport planning cannot be separated: Osmeña preferred drawing out the transport corridors first, before laying the land use along it;” • “Public Transport comes first, before Private Transport“ . . . both policies run counter to conventional wisdom source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project Cebu City BRT – how it started ...

  29. The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiative • Between 1996 and 2001, not much was done on the strengthening of these two policies and the establishment of a bus system similar to that of Curitiba, Brazil. • CITOM continued to identify corridors and probable bus stations. Different LRT studies between 1992 and the present provided much information on these. source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project Cebu City BRT – how it started ...

  30. Light Rail Transit (LRT) Initiatives for Metro Cebu • 1992 – Pre-Feasibility Study for a Mass Transport System for Metro Cebu. • 1996 – Technical Study for a Metro Cebu LRT submitted to DOTC • 1999 – Feasibility Study for Mega-Cebu LRT/Rail Service • 2005 – Unsolicited BOT Proposal submitted by AMA Group (still pending) source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project It is significant to note that in all these initiatives, the Cebu City has opposed their approval

  31. The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiative • In 2001, Mayor Osmeña got re-elected as mayor and revived his vision for an efficient bus system in Cebu City. • CITOM attempted to steer to a new and less difficult strategy – The Stairless Jeepney concept. After a few technical studies, it was concluded that it won’t work as efficiently as desired. source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project Cebu City BRT – how it started ...

  32. The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiative • In 2007, Cebu City officials attended a forum with Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogota, Columbia. • At about the same time, Cebu City started to discuss the BRT proposal with the DOTC, World Bank, JBIC, and ADB. • Cebu City also joined in the EST consultations with DOTC and UP-NCTS. source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project Cebu City BRT – how it started ...

  33. The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiative • In 2008, Cebu City solicited the help of partner agencies for the promotion of a BRT system in Cebu – DOTC, UP-NCTS, USAID-ECAP and CAI-Asia. • In April of 2008, Cebu City submitted a request for assistance from PPIAF for a BRT demonstration corridor study for Cebu City through the World Bank source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project Cebu City BRT – how it started ...

  34. The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiative • Sept. 4-5, 2008, with the help of our partners, 4 sessions of seminars were held for different sectors in Cebu City – urban poor, politicians, transport groups, and academe. • In September also, ADB-CDIA started a T/A study for the South Reclamation Proj. Which included a BRT system. source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project Cebu City BRT – how it started ...

  35. The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiative • Nov. 10-11, 2008, through the aid of CAI-Asia and ADB-CDIA, we invited Mayor Peñalosa to speak in Cebu City in relation to the BRT implementation in Bogota, Columbia. • The visit of Mayor Peñalosa has stirred much interest in Cebu for the realization of it’s desired BRT system. source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project Cebu City BRT – how it started ...

  36. The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiative • September 2008, DOTC has committed to finance the Public Transport Strategic Plan for Metro Cebu. • January 2009 – World Bank announced the approval of the PPIAF study; • Today, there are three (3) studies about to start for the Cebu City – BRT. source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project Cebu City BRT – how it started ...

  37. The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiative of course this helps  Cebu City BRT – how it started ... source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project

  38. The Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Initiative OR THIS!  Cebu City BRT – how it started ... source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project

  39. Probable Metro Cebu Public Transportation/ BRT Corridors source:Paul Villarete (2009) The Cebu City BRT Project

  40. LESSONS LEARNED • need for the establishment of a metropolitan authority • road capacity and network expansion alone is not the ultimate solution • greater participation of the local government in public transport network development 40

  41. EST Case Study: Iligan City Dr. Noriel Christopher C. Tiglao Associate Professor, UP-NCPAG/ NCTS

  42. TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT CONTEXT • Traffic Management Code of Iligan City has been in place since 1972 • Banning of tricycles at an early stage • Enabling role of development assistance (ADB, AusAid) • One of the beneficiary cities under the Philippine Regional Municipal Development Project (PRMDP) 42

  43. TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT CONTEXT (cont.) • Philippine Regional Municipal Development Project (PRMDP) • Objectives include the provision of basic infrastructure, strengthening of the cities’ capability and capacity to provide and operate, manage, and maintain infrastructure and essential municipal services • Projects were implemented a few years after the enactment of the 1991 Local Government Code 43

  44. TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT CONTEXT (cont.) • Project design under PRMDP were based on: 1) dispersing growth through the development of important provincial cities; 2) decentralizing authority; 3) devolving responsibilities for local development to local government units (LGU); and 4) improving local governance 44

  45. SPECIFIC PROGRAMS • Road Widening and Construction of Integrated Bus and Jeepney Public Transport Terminals • Total costs of infrastructure projects totaled US$ 3.386 million • Strategically located with complete amenities 45

  46. SPECIFIC PROGRAMS (cont.) • New Traffic Code (2002) • Provides the creation of the Iligan City Traffic Management and Engineering Board (ICTMEB) tasked to monitor, evaluate, review and approve all traffic and engineering management schemes • Provisions are improperly implemented due to lack of manpower and logistical resources • Needs some amendments to include entities/agencies with mandates relevant to its operations 46

  47. SUCCESSES ACHIEVED • The two newly constructed north and south bound bus and jeepney terminals are already fully operational • Financial sustainability of terminals is supported by user fees • Expected to accommodate buses and jeepneys en route outside Iligan City until 2015 • Has contributed to improvement of traffic circulation 47

  48. SUCCESSES ACHIEVED (cont.) Courtesy of: Prof. Metodia M. Trinidad, MSU-IIT • High level of research and development capability of local academic institutions • Vehicle parking watch device developed by MSU-IIT 48

  49. LESSONS LEARNED • Interventions have somewhat focused on additional infrastructure • Need to pursue Transport Systems Management (TSM) approach (e.g. parking facility, roadside traffic management schemes, etc.) • Need to establish cooperation/ partnerships among local stakeholders • Local government unit • National government agency • Academic institutions 49

  50. CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: BRIDGING THE GREAT DIVIDE Dr. Ma. Sheilah G. Napalang University Extension Specialist UP-NCTS

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