Baguio Traffic Is Now A Crime: Suspects And Heroes

Baguio’s traffic problem isn’t going anywhere soon. The Panagbenga parades are set to own the streets this weekend and not everybody’s eager to join the stars parade down Session. It just means more Baguio traffic. The year-long commuter torture is only coming to a climax, but the end of it is farther than the horizon.

Baguio city has enough problems to deal with. Some of it are waste disposal, overpopulation, and image maintenance but here comes traffic to bring out the worst. Baguio traffic is a crime but who’s the real criminal here?

Baguio Traffic Lords

You, me, everybody. We are all Baguio traffic lords. This is not a pointing battle between the tourists and the people of Baguio. Take for example how respectable people “respectively” and literally cross lines that are forbidden to be crossed. Take for example how everywhere seems to be a loading and unloading zone. In Baguio city, motor traffic and human traffic cross paths like lovebirds mating. The offspring of this union is the worsening Baguio traffic. 

Everybody wants to rip apart the Baguio traffic problem, but I don’t think we are moving forward smartly. The city is stuck, dealing with new problems with old solutions. We keep solving the long-term Baguio traffic problem with short-term solutions. This Panagbenga, motorists are only depending on reroutes and knowing which roads are blocked. People also seem to keep forgetting that Baguio traffic is a community problem and it’s not just the local government’s responsibility. Instead of moving forward, we’re taking two steps backward.

However, there’s hope yet. There are those who try to make light of it like Cousin from Baguio. His witty jokes double as a reminder to help alleviate the problem and not contribute to it. There are also those who dedicate themselves to finding a solution for it once and for all. 

how to avoid traffic in baguio:

1. stay home
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6. ride a horse

— Cousin from Baguio (@iugtan) November 13, 2017

Sunstar reported that Teodoro Tan of the Traffic and Transportation Committee and Joseph Claridades, a private business analyst, have given the councilors of Baguio a proposal to solve the Baguio traffic. Tan proposed to create a committee that’s concentrated on the traffic problem of the city. He called the committee the Baguio City Parking and Traffic Office. On the other hand, Claridades made a proposal dubbed “Improving Baguio’s Traffic Flow: The Smart Way.”. It includes an improvement on both roads and transportation and a city center bus line.