infinix flip
yugatech choice awards 2024
Home » MMDA launches Traffic Signalization System

MMDA launches Traffic Signalization System

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has launched its newest initiative to ease traffic situation in the Metro – the Traffic Signalization System.

The Traffic Signalization System (TSS), is MMDA’s new traffic management network that is capable of monitoring 400 intersections in Metro Manila using state-of-the-art equipment and software.

MMDA TSS_photo bureau_rappler
Image credit: Malacañang Photo Bureau

The system, which is housed inside MMDA’s new Command and Control Center in Makati City, will utilize upgraded traffic signal facilities in 85 priority intersections, 25 high-definition CCTV cameras, 36 units of 45-inch displays, and its own system management software. “It can analyze and consolidate information for faster mobility, improved road safety, optimized vehicle flow and pedestrian movement, and reduced travel times,” said MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino.

President Benigno Aquino III, who was present at the launch, gave an example on how the TSS will tackle heavy traffic. “Kung nakita sa CCTV camera na puno ng sasakyan sa isang kalsada, at maluwag naman sa kabila, maaaring kontrolin mula sa Command and Control Center ang tagal o bilis ng pag-ilaw ng green at red lights sa mga intersection, upang mapaluwag ang mga daan dahil magiging mas-efficient ang pagdaloy ng trapiko.”

The Traffic Signalization System (TSS) is currently at Phase 1 and costs more than Php295USD 5INR 426EUR 5CNY 37 million. The President is expecting the project to reach its final phase (Phase 3) in 2016.

{via: Rappler, Interaksyon} {source}

Diangson Louie
Diangson Louie
This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.
  1. Nasa disiplina parin ng mga drivers yan, at mga matitinong traffic enforcers.

  2. Manila was inferiorly planned. I say nuke it and start over.

  3. 295 milyones! Tapos mababalewala dahil override din ng mga enforcers yung traffic light.

  4. High technology(?) + Old dogs who cannot operate it well = EPIC FAIL

    Also, please show us at least an inventory of what PHP295M has provided you. Are there any proof on this: “It can analyze and consolidate information for faster mobility, improved road safety, optimized vehicle flow and pedestrian movement, and reduced travel times”?

    Are there high-speed computers involved in these operations? Or merely a bunch of LED TV’s in-place? Is TSS all about computers doing the analysis or merely MMDA’s themselves doing the watch?

    I hope MMDA will educate us more on how the whole system will operate and function. :)

  5. This is just a part of the solution to the ever worsening traffic in Metro Manila. Number 1 solution for me is still motorists education and discipline.

    There are a lot of motorists in Metro Manila who should not had been issued with a Driver’s License in the first place. A lot still thinks that the traffic lights are just suggestions and it’s optional if you’re to follow.

  6. Dag-dag nyo din dyan yung mga pulis at mmda mismo na mahilig mag break ng trafic rules

  7. “Kung nakita sa CCTV camera na puno ng sasakyan sa isang kalsada, at maluwag naman sa kabila, maaaring kontrolin mula sa Command and Control Center ang tagal o bilis ng pag-ilaw ng green at red lights sa mga intersection, upang mapaluwag ang mga daan dahil magiging mas-efficient ang pagdaloy ng trapiko.”
    – so dapat makikita rin nila kung ano ang cause ng traffic (public utility vehicles, traffic enforcers.)

  8. We shouldn’t be too negative. The only way we can improve our lives is through innovation. Let’s just embrace it because at the end of the day, we will benfit from it. What if given a chance you become a president, lower your pride a bit, we’re not even capable of running the country, and he is.

  9. Weird. 85 intersections pero 25 lang ang CCTV? Im not sure pero di ba dapat at least 1:1 ang CCTV every intersection? ahh, baka may existing CCTVs na yung ibang intersection? :|

  10. Finally! May ganyan na din ang MMDA, I was disappointed and at the same time proud dahil kahit sa Makati ay wala pa ganitong technology kasi medyo matagal na sa Davao City ang ito which is paterned in the US (including our Centrall 911 emergency reponse team) and part of the 1B project ng city to prepare the city in the future :)

  11. ah o nga pla, sorry naalala ko na. nabalita pla sa TV yun last year lang yata 2013 pero sa Davao ilang years ng active yun. Same technology sa CCTV nila and yung command center kasi nakita ko sinabi sa balita tapos yun nga…matagal na sa Davao may ganun.

  12. wow, I thought Manila had this system already. So Davao had this earlier? :p

  13. Mas inuna kasing pinturahan ng kulay pink ang buong MM.

  14. Artificial intelligence should be in control of the traffic lights not a human being.

    An algorithm of some sort should be developed to detect car flow and change lights when needed. It should not rely on a countdown timer but a well written algorithm with the appropriate hardware.

    After all, a human controller is not an efficient machine.

Leave a Reply

MMDA launches Traffic Signalization System » YugaTech | Philippines Tech News & Reviews

Yearly Device Database

Smartphone pricelist Philippines 2024

Smartphone pricelist Philippines 2023

Smartphone pricelist Philippines 2022

Smartphone pricelist Philippines 2021

Smartphone pricelist Philippines 2020

Popular Topics

What We Do

YugaTech | Philippines Tech News & Reviews
© 2024. All Rights Reserved.