OBJECTIVES

1. To identify problems that affects the traffic flow around Tacloban City.
2. To devise a plan
3. To provide a parking area in Tacloban City without adversely affecting the city’s road
network and business sector.

INTRODUCTION
A city in which it is a highly urbanized place where infrastructures grow, economic rises
and the population increases. It is also the most busiest and crowded place to stay in. In order to
be a sustainable city to stay with, it must have an ample space and parking areas to provide in
order to attain all vehicles access to move freely. From sidewalks down to pedestrians it must be
accessible to all the end users and even the PWDs. By these means, it will avoid the traffic
issues/problems especially in all the major roads.
Tacloban, or simply referred to as Tacloban City in Eastern Visayas and the capital of the
Province of Leyte. It’s the first highly urbanized City in the Philippines. Also it is the home of the
PINTADOS FIESTIVAL in the Philippines. It has a characteristics of being a city as to economic and
transportation. But in attaining good traffic flow of the road networks, they failed to meet the
expected output to have this. Traffic has become the major problem as to the past up until now
present.

BODY
Since Tacloban City is a highly urbanized city it is well expected to be the busiest and
crowded place to be as it is situated at the center of Eastern Visayas. Whereas the hard flow or
congestions of vehicular access that will use the road networks everyday around the city can be
observed. It must have the characteristics of being good, well situated and sustainable city
especially when it comes to road networks. This is the most basic requirement in Urban Planning
and must give value or attention by the Urban planner(s) not only in the present use but also to
the future use of the road networks.
In this case, Tacloban City failed to attain a sustainable city in which the road networks by
means of traffic flow and no parking spaces causing congestions, slow pace of vehicles in going.
It is caused by drivers who doesn’t understand signages, don’t know where to unload and load
passengers and for vehicular owners who don’t own parking spaces and doesn’t abide the
policies of the traffic law in all the major areas especially in the downtown area where the
commercial establishment, government establishment, and trade where located.
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- LOADING AND UNLOADING AREA THE PURPOSE OF THIS AREA HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO
PARKING INSTEAD AND CAUSING A TRAFFIC CONJESTION DURING RUSH HOURS.
- DIMENSION OF THE SIDEWALK WAS NOT BEING OBSERVED FORCING THE PEOPLE TO
WALK ALONG THE STREET INSTEAD OF THE SIDEWALKS.
- VENDORS OR STREET VENDORS ALONG THE SIDEWALK
- NO PROPER PARKING AREAS
- NO PROPER LOADING AND UNLOADING AREA
- TRAFFIC LIGHTS WERE NOT USED OR BROKEN
- PEDESTRIANS IN CONJESTED AREAS
IMELDA ST.
- NO PARKING AREAS FOR THE VECHICLES
- TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE BROKEN/MALFUNCTION
- DOUBLE LOADING AND UNLOADING OF THE MULTICABS/JEEP
- SIGNAGES
- NO AVAILABLE SPACE FOR PARKING

(NEAR LVD HIGH SCHOOL)

- PEDESTRIANS WERE USED AS A LOADING AND UNLOADING PORTION, NO SIGNAGES, NO
TRAFFIC LIGHTS INORDER TO MOVE PEOPLE FREELY.

(NEAR KUD’S)
- LOADING AND UNLOADING ISSUES.
- PEDESTRIAN LANE WERE NOT IN PROPER PLACE.
- SIGNAGES WERE EVERYWHERE CAUSING CONFUSION TO THE PASSERBYES AND DRIVERS

@PATERNO ST. NEAR GRANDSTAND EXTENSION

- MUST HAVE A TRAFFIC LIGHT IN ORDER TO MOVE FREELY TO ALL THE VEHICLES.
PATERNO ST.
- @ TBC PARKED VEHICLES CAN CAUSED TRAFFIC
- NO ENOUGH SPACE FOR PARKING
@ LNU AND LEYTE HIGH
- NO PROPER LOADING AND UNLOADING SECTION FOR MULTICABS/JEEPS ESPECIALLY ON
RUSH HOURS.
- AND SOMETIMES CONVERTED TO PARKING INSTEAD

@LEYTE HIGH
- NO PROPER LOADING AND UNLOADING
- TRAFFIC OCCURS ESPECIALLY DURING MORNING AND AFTERNOON
- INSTEAD OF FOOD STALLS FOR THE VENDORS IT SHOULD BE CONVERTED TO LOADING
AND UNLOADING AREA FOR THE PEOPLE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE STUDENT
THERE IN LEYTE HIGH.
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- LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONES WERE CONVERTED TO PARKING AREAS
- NO PROPER LOADING AND UNLOADING
@ZAMORA ST.
- ILLEGAL PARKING ISSUE/PROBLEMS THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A ONESIDE PARKING
- SREET VENDORS WERE OCCUPYING AND BLOCKING THE DRIVEWAY.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
- THE POLICIES ABOUT TRAFFIC FLOW SHOULD BE STRICTLY IMPLEMENTED
- ZAMORA ST. HAS A NARROW SPACE TO PROPOSE A VERTICAL PARKING

@PUBLIC MARKET PLACE

- IRRESPONSIBLE DRIVERS
- IILEGAL LOADING AND UNLOADING
- NO PROPER LOCATION FOR STREET VENDORS
- NO PARKING SPACES

@FISH PORT SECTION AREA

- SIGNAGES IS SUPPOSED OR INTENDED ONLY FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING BUT
IRRESPONSIBLE DRIVERS TEND TO PARK AT THE WRONG SIDE OF THE AREA.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
- LOADING AND UNLOADING SPACE
- PARKING SPACE
- THE WAITING AREA (BACK PART)
- PARKING MUST BE IMPROVE AND WIDEN A LITTLE BIT.

@TAGPURO(TACLOBAN)
- NO PROPER / NO PLAN FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONE
- PARKING ISSUE

POSSIBLE SOLUTION
- PLAN FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING
- WAITING AREA
- IMRPOVE PARKING POLICY/PARALLEL PARKING

@TARCELA ST. (PUBLIC MARKET)

- TRAFFIC ESPECIALLY MONDAYS-SATURDAYS(MORNING AND AFTERNOON) DUE TO PARKING
ISSUES
- SUPPOSED TO BE ONESIDED PARKING BUT SOME DRIVER TEND TO PARK AT THE OTHER SIDE.
- PUBLIC VENDORS/STREET
- IIRESPONSIBLE DRIVERS
- LOADING AND UNLOADING ZONE BECAUSE IT IS ACCURATELY OCCUPIED BY STREET VENDORS.