MMDA to put microchips on buses to improve traffic flow

**Stoner** · November 14th, 2007 01:44 PM

The project is quite ambitious, but knowing the average, cunning Filipino (matalino sa maling paraan), the scheme won't be as effective as they've envisioned it to be. I'd rather have an centralized, intelligent stoplight and traffic monitoring system in place than that.

But who knows? maybe this will be miraculously successful. Only Time can tell when I'm going to have to eat my words...

**trackers888** · November 14th, 2007 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by jedi

from inquirer.net

Hopefully with this technology makatulong ito para sa pagsolve ng heavy traffic.

Sana maging positive naman ang result

**meledson** · November 29th, 2007 06:42 PM

narinig ko over the AM radio kaning umaga sa interview kay bayani. Kasabay ng RF tags ay ang mga barriers. pag lumabas ang mga bus na may RF tags, may fine sila.

Ang mga walang tags ay mga colorum buses.

OT: di ba dati may mga nahuli na more than 3 buses having the same plate number. Photocopy lang ang franchise kaya nakakalusot. This time, di basta basta ma clone ang mga RF tags na ito.

Less busses sa EDSA, less traffic.

**A121** · November 29th, 2007 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Stoner

The project is quite ambitious, but knowing the average, cunning Filipino (matalino sa maling paraan), the scheme won't be as effective as they've envisioned it to be. I'd rather have an centralized, intelligent stoplight and traffic monitoring system in place than that.

But who knows? maybe this will be miraculously successful. Only Time can tell when I'm going to have to eat my words...

mahirap ata dayain ang RFID or such type of microchips, afaik.

**webmiester** · November 29th, 2007 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by Stoner

The project is quite ambitious, but knowing the average, cunning Filipino (matalino sa maling paraan), the scheme won't be as effective as they've envisioned it to be. I'd rather have an centralized, intelligent stoplight and traffic monitoring system in place than that.

But who knows? maybe this will be miraculously successful. Only Time can tell when I'm going to have to eat my words...

From what ABS-CBN used to say, we have the 2nd most advanced Stoplight and Traffic Monitoring System in Asia - 2nd only to Japan... the main problem really is that most people dont actually follow them properly!

**mbeige** · December 1st, 2007 02:45 PM

New ideas present new problems. Kung lalagyan ng microchips, saan nila ilalagay yung receivers? This means since the microchips will transmit signals to receivers around the metro, the receivers should be very reliable. Otherwise they're just wasting taxpayers' money.

Oh wait, they're already doing that last bit. Never mind.

**A121** · December 1st, 2007 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by mbeige

New ideas present new problems. Kung lalagyan ng microchips, saan nila ilalagay yung receivers? This means since the microchips will transmit signals to receivers around the metro, the receivers should be very reliable. Otherwise they're just wasting taxpayers' money.

Oh wait, they're already doing that last bit. Never mind.

It is best that they contact some local academic institution for research in these types of gadgets.

**Stoner** · December 1st, 2007 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by webmiester

From what ABS-CBN used to say, we have the 2nd most advanced Stoplight and Traffic Monitoring System in Asia - 2nd only to Japan... the main problem really is that most people dont actually follow them properly!

Hm... really? I didn't know that piece of news...

I honestly don't see how ABS-CBN could claim that we have the 2nd most advanced traffic management system in Asia, considering the traffic chokepoints caused by 'dumb' stoplights.

Well, not unles you count the stoplights tampered by local enforcement to feed their, hm... cravings. 'Advanced' nga kuno...

But yes, your point is well taken. Dami talagang pasaway sa daan kaya din traffic.

Anyway, regarding the scheme at hand, is it possible to find some way to block the signal emitted by the RFID's? Because that's the first thing I could think of the operators would do so that their vehicles won't be subjected to any form of control (which the idea will grow into eventually).

**Hero** · December 1st, 2007 07:01 PM

i really think the best way to discipline these bus driving pinheads is to link 5-6 buses together..so it would be very hard to swerve and overtake one another..all buses would occupy one lane.. parang train..di na kailangan ng rf kickback transmitter na yan...

**webmiester** · December 2nd, 2007 03:25 AM

Originally Posted by Stoner

Hm... really? I didn't know that piece of news...

I honestly don't see how ABS-CBN could claim that we have the 2nd most advanced traffic management system in Asia, considering the traffic chokepoints caused by 'dumb' stoplights.

Anyway, regarding the scheme at hand, is it possible to find some way to block the signal emitted by the RFID's? Because that's the first thing I could think of the operators would do so that their vehicles won't be subjected to any form of control (which the idea will grow into eventually).

Actually it was public concern message broadcasted by ABS-CBN panahon pa ni Ramos yata that had this, so baka hindi na tayo yung 2nd most advanced ngayon...

Im sure bus drivers can just cut the electrical wire leading to the RFID device, or transfer it to a location on the bus where it will be more beneficial to them... eto ngang mga taxi metered na digital and sealed napapakialam nga rin e...