The Metro Rail Transit management has recently implemented a new crowd control scheme in the hopes of “improving” the passengers’ commute experience, as well as freeing up some space in the ever-crowded North Avenue station.
The management’s solution was to enforce a by-batch-entry system wherein 500 passengers will only be allowed to enter the station and wait to aboard a train, at any given time.
According to Al Vitangcol, the current GM of MRT, the new scheme will minimize the number of passengers who are flocking the North Avenue station to ride the train.
“Ang nangyayari kasi dati yung mga pasahero na galing sa ibang istasyon, sa kagustuhang makasakay ay pumupunta dito lahat sa North Avenue station. Kaya nagkakaipon-ipon dito,”
MRT management’s new crowd-control scheme may seem fine on paper (at least for them), but in reality it just forces the passengers to wait outside of the station, exposing them to the unforgiving heat of the sun and pollution.
So we’re left with the obvious question, is this newly implemented measure going to deliver on its promise of better commute experience or it’s just going to make matters worse? What do you guys think?
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Hiro says:
I don’t want to make it too long but previously I needed 1.5 hrs to get to work, this morning I was late for an hour. Because of this stupid scheme, which now extends the line up to Philam Homes/Paramount, I need another hour to get to work.
iconic says:
add more trains and make it efficient will solve the issue.
Sol says:
Only one solution to this…and have been the solution for the last who knows when…
and most people will agree to this…
ADD MORE TRAINS!
Senyora Santibañez says:
MRT ang sasakyan ng mga HAMPAS LUPA !!!!!
kamote says:
Bagong sistema yan eh, so what did you guys expect? Tska na kayo mag reklamo pag 3 linggo na ganun pa din.
angelo says:
Adding more trains will not solve the issue. Magkakatraffic lang lalo sa riles. Sa alam ko may time difference yung train bago pumunta sa bawat station.
Annoyed says:
It’s definitely worse! I took these photos from this morning. Grabe lang talaga.
https://www.facebook.com/maecacanindin/posts/649524668403484
Bopols says:
Dagdagan ang tren. Araw araw na lng may sirang tren
Zobel says:
Obviously the demand far outstrips supply. Increase the fare. Problem solved. Let the unwashed masses walk.
ayn says:
sobrang hassle nga nito para sa mga pumipila sa north ave, pero mukang beneficial rin naman sya esp to those sa ibang stations. at least kahit pano mas maluwag ung train na dadating sa kanila. >XD
michael says:
Philippines should build an MRT like here in Taipei! Underground-based, bigger, faster, more routes, and ridiculously CLEAN and ORDERLY!
Robby says:
Convenience has its price. Bakit kasi takot na takot itaas ang pamasahe sa MRT. Dapat ang gawin, itaas ang pamasahe sa MRT up to 25 pesos North Ave to Taft Ave. Tapos ipasa sa ordinary buses ang subsidy (or better include AC buses, too). MRT is the cheapest mode of transpo in EDSA, which is very ironic since train lines should be state-of-the-art. Subsidy are for the less fortunate. I’m not saying ordinary buses ang bagay sa kanila, pero those who can afford higher fare should be given the chance to take the train lines – para hindi na bumili na kotse kasi lalong mapupuno ang kalsada!
BenchBrat87 says:
Ways to improve the MRT Ride experience:
1. Huwag pasakayin ang mga tanga. Ang laki ng mga sign boards sa loob at labas ng train stations tulad ng “EXIT ONLY”, “THIS WAY TO PLATFORM” at yung mga arrows sa platform, hindi maintindihan ng mga tangang pasahero.
2. Huwag pasakayin ang mga maninira. Pasarado na ang pinto, pilit pa rin binubuksan. Kapag nasira, damay lahat ng train.
3. Huwag pasakayin ang mga bwakaw sa pwesto. Ang mga sumasakay sa Taft Ave station na ang baba ay sa North Ave pa, nakikipag-agawan pumuwesto sa may pinto. At pag nakiusap na makikiraan para sa gitna pumuwesto, sila pa ang galit.
4. Hindi ako sexist, pero huwag mag-expect ang mga babae na pauupuin sa mixed trains. Kaya nga nag-allot na ng separate na train para sa kanila, para di sila masyadong ma-harass.
5. Huwag magreklamo kung magtataas ng pasahe ng MRT. Nasubukan nyo na bang jumebs sa CR ng mga MRT stations? Uurong ang jebs nyo kung makikita nyo ang kadiring inidoro. Ang dagdag pasahe ay para sa maintenance ng buong linya. Kug may pondo, may magaganap na pagbabago sa MRT.
6. Maging mabait sa lahat ng empleyado ng MRT. Subukan nyong maging guard, teller at taga-linis sa MRT. Tingnan natin kung di kayo ma-stress. Simpleng bati lanh, maligaya na sila. Maramdaman nilang sila ay pinapahalagahan, malaking bagay na sa kanila yun.
Marif says:
This is something that needed to be done. Letting in too many people beyond structural capacity onto the platform is dangerous. Better na mainitan ang mga tao naghihintay sa labas, rather than the structure collapsing and those people dying.
Michael Degeneracionis says:
There is no need for fare increase. Sa dami ng tao na pasahero nangangahulugan lang na di sila mauubusan ng kita.
Sa akin lang dapat noon pa nila ‘yan ginawan ng renovation. Nung panahon ni Erap di pa yan gaano sinasakyan ng mga tao. Kaya nga may free rides pa noon tuwing holidays.
Marahil dahil na rin sa mataas na pamasahe sa bus. At syempre di pa sanay ang pasahero na bumaba sa kanya-kanyang estasyon.
Ang kaso tumaaS ng doble ang pamasahe sa mga sumunod na taon gawa nga ng oil price hike. Kaya napilitan ang mga tao na magcommute sa MRT/LRT.
Ngayon triple na ang tinaas ng pamasahe sa lahat ng sasakyang pampubliko.
It left no choice for everyone to go entirely with public trains. So, dapat expected na ng management nila ‘yan noon pa. Kaso late reaction sila. Kaya ngayon alibi na lang nila ‘yung development kono sa sistema nila.
Pweee!
Kung magpapauto pa ulit tayo. Para na rin tayong naniwala na wala ng pag-asa ang bumaba pa ang produkto at presyo sa Pinas.
Some Alibis Made by the Government
1. Nagkakaubusan ng bigas (GMA admin) tumaas ang presyo ng commercial rice. Pilipino bumili ng NFA. Right after, balik sa normal pero di na bumaba pa ang bigas.
2. Same thing happened sa Aquino Administration.
3. Tumaas ang presyo ng kuryente, tubig, at langis.
– at sa mga di mabilang na pangyayari. Government claimed that they don’t have control over these hike.
tangalng says:
Itaas ang pamasahe para mbawasan ang sumasakay. Tangalin lhat ng kolorum at bulok na bus pra dun sumakay taongbayan. Pati jeep ipagbawal sa EDSA.
Dati MRT-LRT ako. Lupaypay nq pag uwi. Ngyn VAN-Jeep-Jeep, nakaupo pa aq. Trapik nga lng
Hanggang kailan pa kya tayo magtitiis? Tanong lang.
lee17 says:
Simple naka connect na yung lrt and mrt. ABNOY, BOY SISI! PIRMAHAN MO NA ANG KAILANGAN PIRMAHAN PARA MAKONEKTA NA ANG LRT SA MRT!!!.
Rick says:
They are just offering a band aid solution. As long as they dont add more trains this issue wont stop. Kaso lang.. their excuse is they dont have a budget to add trains, which is the reason why they want to increase the price.
valdo says:
its not fair to say na taasan ang pamasahe ng mrt dahil taga ncr or m.manila lang nakikinabang, why? because bulk and i mean huge chunk of these passengers ay nag babayad ng tax just like eveyone else and nag cocomplain ba kami pag nag gawa ng irrigation or bagong kalsada sa probinsiya? sabihin nating hindi nakikinabang dito ang taga batanes but then again pag may govt project sa batanes di din naman nakikinabang ang taga ncr plus ang taxes na binabayadan ng taga ncr ay how many folds compared sa liblib na probinsiya? dapat ba kami umangal pag nag bigay ng fertilizer sa probinsiya ? tsk tsk look at what happened to tacloban … di naman apektado taga manila if we follow your line of thought then theres no reason for us to help! madamot lang ang mag susuggest ng ganyan
opinyon lang ako! says:
more trains, additional 10 kung kaya, mababawasan ang waiting period dapat every 1 station lang may aalis n train agad and 1 minute lang kada station sure maluwag n un makakababa n ng mabilis un pasahero di na nya kailangan makipagbalyahan pr makalabas , tuwing rush hour lang nman gagamitin lahat ng train, during non peak hours pahinga sila, may time pa for maintenance, mababawi naman agad ang cost sa dami ng sasakay, at syempre itaas n ung pamasahe pag walang nangyare saka na magreklamo.
Paolo says:
Here in SG, kapag rush hour, 1 minute gap lang between trains. Madaming trains kapag rush hour. Any other time, it’s about a 4 minute gap between trains.
Only solutions really is to add more trains.
Else, mag-bus ka nalang.
applefanboy says:
this Al Vitangcol should resign his post!!! Siya din gumawa ng walang ka-kwenta-kwentang MRT bus project noon na hindi pinagisipan!
incompetent to.
kahit anong gawin nilang crowd control dyan talagang madaming tao… nalate lang lahat eh, ginulo nila yung schedule ng tao. mga boploks talga.
Jherwynne says:
Hindi lang naman ang MRT ang means ng transportation. May bus, fx at taxi…kaso kailangan maaga ka pumasok.
Dapat hindi nababakantehan ng train. Napapansin ko iba-iba ang interval ng pagdating ng train. I remember one time, pa-rush hour na nun sa may Shaw Blvd Station, 4:30PM. Almost 20 mins ako naghintay bago dumating yung train going to Taft Ave. Dun naman sa kabila, 3 na yung nakabalik.
joe says:
I think the proposal is of lesser evil in nature. Its good to limit the number of people per station so as to prevent those who are surprised that upon going in,its a sardine experience after all. At least, non entry will afford them an informed option to either wait outside or take a bus.
Buses (non-AC in particular), if one is to observed is not usually filled even during rush hours. My 2 cents here – price hike so those who are sensitive about it will take the bus instead. And give incentive to early birds.
Here in SG, fare’s free if you tap out before 7:45am. So somehow it decongests the rush hour
Dodjie says:
Tuwing rush hours dapat may SCHEDULE ang train.
Survey ang mga tao kung saan sila gagaling at papatungo.
Sa resulta maba-base ang schedule.
example
6 AM NORTH AVE to AYALA ONLY bubukas sa north ave at bubukas lang ulit sa AYALA station.
Hindi ito bubukas ng Shaw/Cubao or ibang station.
Masosolusyonan iyan kung pinagaaralan nila ng mabuti. Market research nga diba
jujuju says:
Mga ka-yuga, marahil ay tama lang naman siguro na magtaas ng pamasahe kahit 5pesos, ang sagot ng gobyerno kada taon sa mrt pa lamang ay nasa 7-9 na bilyon na, hndi naman siguro mabigat ang 5 piso basta sa ikagaganda ang serbisyo, kung makapagyosi nga ang madaming tinatawag na “mahirap” wagas anu ba naman yung 5 piso lang.
Shines says:
Ang solusyon ay mag dagdag ng mga tren. lalu lang nilang papahirapan mga tao sa gagawin nilang yan.. dagdag tren ang kailangan.
kennz says:
Adding trains will not resolve the issue. We need more infrastructure in parallel to the current MRT3 and LRT1. And once the proposed MRT linking North and Bulacan is done it will become worst.
Troy says:
Mag dagdag na kasi ng pamasahe. Kahit 15 pesos papatulan ko yan basta ba naman mabilis ang byahe
MRT Commuter says:
One GOOD SOLUTION. Put trains with 4 loader like sa LRT. Kasi diba ang loader ng MRT trains is tatlo lang. It will help a lot.
Babble says:
It’s sad that all of us our babbling how and what is the best thing to do. But the truth is, these words and letter don’t do a damn thing. We are still slaves by damn politicians and greedy businessmen. We middle class people do 90% of their work and get 10% of the produce and we fight over that 10% pinching every as much pennies as we can. You just do the math for the other side of the coin. Just. Sad.
naisipkolang says:
sa tingin ko, panahon na para taasan ang fare sa mrt at ang fare matrix dapat i discourage ung malalapit lng na sumakay. ilipat ang ibang subsidy sa bus para bumaba ang presyo. para naman mabawasan ang travel time sa edsa dapat may bus terminal sa trinoma sa umaga ng biyaheng direct to cubao, ortigas at makati. bawal magdrop at magpickup sa daan. gamitin ang mga flyover at underpass. kung gusto mo ng subsidy medyo tyaga ka ng kunting oras sa tagal ng biyahe sa bus at kung gusto mo mabilis eh dapat naman may kaakibat na dagdag bayad sa mrt fair naman cguro un, d ba mga ka-yuga?
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