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Mitigation of Lapu-Lapu City Congestion Problem-Solution Essay

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Mark N. Cahucom BS Economics 2 ECN 2202 MW 10:30-12:00 PM May 28, 2021

Mitigation of Lapu-Lapu City Congestion

Introduction

Traffic congestion has been one of Lapu-Lapu City’s biggest problems as of late, even more so in Cebu City. Although traffic has gone down since the start of the pandemic, that is not to say that the state of traffic will not go back to the way things were after the pandemic. Lapu- Lapu City consists of two bridges connecting to Cebu, namely, Osmeña Bridge and the Marcel Fernan Bridge; with the Osmeña Bridge being a truss bridge, and the Marcel Fernan Bridge being a cable-stayed bridge. Despite having two bridges, traffic still persists in the city which has greatly increased the length of travel time.

Aside from the increase of travel time, traffic has also posed negative effects in terms of one’s productivity, as well as their physical and mental health. As studies show, getting stuck in traffic greatly increases stress and anger levels, thus affecting one’s mental health. And prolonged exposure to air pollutants emitted by vehicles is detrimental to a human’s health. This emission contributes to health issues for the drivers and those who are living near the road where they are exposed to the pollution and it might bring them to morbidity and mortality (Zhang & Batterman, 2013).

In terms of productivity, bus drivers, taxi drivers, jeepney drivers, and tricycle drivers lose large revenues every time a traffic congestion occurs. This is prevalent in a research study conducted in Kumasi, a city in Ghana, which was shown to have a negative impact on productivity whenever there would be a congestion. This negative impact to productivity meant that there was a severe loss of productive hours in a day. The study concluded that both the informal and formal sectors were affected by the traffic congestion (Harriet et al., 2013). With that in mind, the same is happening with Lapu-Lapu City; both our informal and formal sectors are affected by traffic jams. Thus, lowering productivity and GDP growth for the country.

Although action is already being done by the government to address Lapu-Lapu City’s traffic congestion, said congestion could be diminished further with the implementation of technology and extensive planning with policymakers, researchers, and transportation experts to better traffic management.

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Lapu-Lapu City has one of, if not, one of the worst traffic managements in the Philippines. Such is the case because of poor management and the lack of technology to further assist them in managing said traffic. Another notable weak point is their response to recurring and most especially nonrecurring congestion. The occurrence of unpredictable variables that cause traffic have proved to be difficult to resolve.

Another problem born from traffic congestion is the increase of emotional distress; driver stress and driver aggression go into this category. This emotional distress may lead to what is known as “Road Rage” and may result in an increase in the number of road rage incidents causing to prolong congestion even further.

Lapu-Lapu City’s geographical location is also another problem to consider when trying to solve its congestion problem. The City of Lapu-Lapu is an island and is one of the cities that make up Metro Cebu in the Philippines. It is geographically located in the province of Cebu, administratively independent from the province, but grouped under the Cebu by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Lapu-Lapu City also has the second busiest airport in the Philippines, that being Mactan-Cebu International Airport. Being such a small island with an ever-increasing population, the number of vehicles also grow within time. Despite having two bridges that connect to Cebu mainland, traffic persists due to the ever-growing population and the increasing number of tourists that visit the city.

With regards to poor traffic management, the implementation of technology could serve to benefit Lapu-Lapu City, specifically with the use of A., better known as “Artificial Intelligence.” The use of A. could potentially be used to predict traffic congestion. Traffic flow is a complex amalgamation of heterogenous traffic fleet. Thus, traffic pattern prediction modelling could be an easy and efficient congestion prediction approach. However, depending on the data characteristics and quality, different classes of AI are applied in various studies (Akhtar and Mordipour, 2021). This study could serve as a potential project where traffic administrators and computer scientists could work together and improve traffic management.

In the matter of poor traffic response system, technology could also be applied. The application of probe vehicles can serve well in this regard. The general idea of probe vehicles is

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Mark N. Cahucom BS Economics 2 ECN 2202 MW 10:30-12:00 PM May 28, 2021
Mitigation of Lapu-Lapu City Congestion
Introduction
Traffic congestion has been one of Lapu-Lapu City’s biggest problems as of late, even
more so in Cebu City. Although traffic has gone down since the start of the pandemic, that is not
to say that the state of traffic will not go back to the way things were after the pandemic. Lapu-
Lapu City consists of two bridges connecting to Cebu, namely, Osmeña Bridge and the Marcel
Fernan Bridge; with the Osmeña Bridge being a truss bridge, and the Marcel Fernan Bridge being
a cable-stayed bridge. Despite having two bridges, traffic still persists in the city which has greatly
increased the length of travel time.
Aside from the increase of travel time, traffic has also posed negative effects in terms of
one’s productivity, as well as their physical and mental health. As studies show, getting stuck in
traffic greatly increases stress and anger levels, thus affecting one’s mental health. And prolonged
exposure to air pollutants emitted by vehicles is detrimental to a human’s health. This emission
contributes to health issues for the drivers and those who are living near the road where they are
exposed to the pollution and it might bring them to morbidity and mortality (Zhang & Batterman,
2013).
In terms of productivity, bus drivers, taxi drivers, jeepney drivers, and tricycle drivers lose
large revenues every time a traffic congestion occurs. This is prevalent in a research study
conducted in Kumasi, a city in Ghana, which was shown to have a negative impact on productivity
whenever there would be a congestion. This negative impact to productivity meant that there was
a severe loss of productive hours in a day. The study concluded that both the informal and formal
sectors were affected by the traffic congestion (Harriet et al., 2013). With that in mind, the same
is happening with Lapu-Lapu City; both our informal and formal sectors are affected by traffic
jams. Thus, lowering productivity and GDP growth for the country.
Although action is already being done by the government to address Lapu-Lapu City’s
traffic congestion, said congestion could be diminished further with the implementation of
technology and extensive planning with policymakers, researchers, and transportation experts to
better traffic management.

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