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The article admits that walking is a viable option but neglects to mention that the traffic has no respect for pedestrians. When and if they fix the traffic problem I hope they make the city more pedestrian friendly. Lots of people walk and the city is small enough that lots more should be walking.
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Dave_Hounddriver, Jan 5, 2016

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Pretty much refuse to go to Dumaguete in the morning or afternoon because of it. Think it will only get worse here. Might start to look for somewhere else to move to in the near future.

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Rye83, Jan 5, 2016

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No. 6 was just to ring few bells, sick humor
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PatO, Apr 13, 2016

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Dear Governor, Mayor, LTO Chief, given it is election time, I will offer my suggestions for fixing the traffic congestion in the town and highway. You can go ahead and take credit for the solutions I offer. I imagine a few of my frustrated colleagues can add a few as well.
1. Establish fixed locations where Ceres buses, Jeepneys, Pedicabs, and idiots are allowed to stop and ENFORCE it.
2. Establish alternate days where pedicabs are allowed to operate in the city and ENFORCE it.
3. Replace the lazy useless traffic officers hiding in the shade with cute young chicks, train them and issue smart properly phones with music and ear phones so they can dance while working.
4. Take all the bikes, trikes, cars without working lights, mirrors, breaks, regulation mufflers and current registration off the road.
5. Give top priority and funding (without the money disappearing) to complete the Bacong-Sibulan bypass road.
6. Until the road complete, Keep the sugar cane trucks off the boulevard by routing them through Valencia - I'm sure the foreigners living there would take one for the team.
7. Keep the container haulers off the boulevard - find a way, that one's on you.
8. Turn Santa Catalina street into a Ceres bus, pedicab route and off the boulevard.
9. Run drug tests on all Van and Easyride drivers.
10. Others may have suggestions to guide you.
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Another suggestion don't go to town,send the wife as they seem to love the place if the wife insists I go I need atleast a weeks notice before hand and this usually solves any issues of me going anywhere near that hole!
I'm not keen on your no 6 either so best delete that one
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DavyL200, Apr 13, 2016

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Unfortunately that above mentality is pretty common in most government offices.

Sometimes they are no more than "script" readers without any capabilities of "thinking" outside or even inside the box
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Nutz2U2, Feb 10, 2016

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I think the only answer is a new capital city midway between Dumaguete and Bacolod and get a foreign city planner to start from scratch.
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KINGCOLE, Feb 6, 2016

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I saw a TMO with a ticket book today. He was actually filling out a ticket.
No I do not have a photo to prove this but it happened. Really!
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did you mean this TMO?
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culumbinus, Feb 1, 2016

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Those two alone should get rid of a large number of vehicles and drivers with improper licensing etc...
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And also lose a lot of votes for any politician who backed such an order. It simply won't happen until most of the people driving on the roads are doing so legally (or until Democracy goes away and votes no longer matter).
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Rye83, Jan 29, 2016

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SEEMS IT COULD BE WORSE IF THIS IS TRUE.
14 city roads eyed as 1-way on rush hour
January 24, 2016

Underscoring his belief that traffic congestion harms business, stunts tourism development and jeopardize the safety of motorists, Dumaguete City Councilor Danilo Teves-Leon has authored a proposed ordinance designating 14 streets as one-way during rush hour from 4:00PM- 7:00PM from Monday to Saturday.

However, Councilor Antonio “TonyRems” Remollo opined that the proposed solution is too little and too late since the main problem is the increasing volume of vehicles and people using the same city streets built in the ‘70s described as too narrow and small to accommodate both human and vehicle traffic.

Remollo said that the city administration needs to address first the chronic lack of space in the downtown area and initiate the development of commercial and industrial growth areas.

The proposed ordinance of Councilor Leon would designate the following streets or portions thereof as one-way traffic during rush hours: Cervantes Street to the South beginning Veterans Avenue up to Sta. Rosa Street; Real Street to the north, beginning corner Perdices Street and Romero Roads (Crossing Robinsons) up to Aldecoa Road (Crossing Brix Daro); Mabini Street to the North, beginning Luke Wright Street up to Lorenzo Teves Street; Sta. Catalina Street to the North, beginning Lower Luke Wright Street up to San Juan Street; Ma. Cristina Street to the North, beginning Bishop Surban Street up to Junction of Silliman Avenue; Hibbard Avenue to the South, beginning junction By-pass road continuing to Perdices Street up to Macias Road (Crossing Robinsons, South Road Highway); Sta. Rosa Street to the East, beginning Cervantes Street up to Sta. Catalina Street; Pinili Street to the East, beginning Corner Cervantes Street up to Rizal Boulevard; Lorenzo Teves Street (formerly Colon) to the west beginning Rizal Boulevard up to Real Street; Dr. V. Locsin Street to the East, beginning corner Real Street up to Rizal Blvd; San Jose Street to the west, beginning Rizal Blvd. up to Cervantes Street; San Juan Street to the east, beginning Cervantes Street up to Rizal Blvd. and Silliman Avenue to the west, beginning corner Rizal Blvd up to Cervantes street.

Leon said that the rush hour traffic scheme shall be applicable on special occasions and events similar to fiesta celebration, Christmas season. In the event that this one-way traffic scheme will work out and solve the traffic problem in the city, the TMO is given authority to implement it whole day if ever the need arises.
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kinda like trying to close the barn doors after the horses got loose. Maybe better to enforce the existing schemes and laws and prosecute those who break them and start confiscating improperly licensed vehicles and impounding them. Those two alone should get rid of a large number of vehicles and drivers with improper licensing etc...

Better yet how about the politicians grandstand on their soap boxes about how they will fix things until after the elections and then do nothing like always
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DaveD, Jan 28, 2016

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There are some routes less traveled to get from some points A to B in Dgte. Driving on the main roads isn't the best plan.
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Gabrielle_K, Jan 28, 2016

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