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Final RMA-4B-Caralipio-and-Pascua
Final RMA-4B-Caralipio-and-Pascua
Increasing demand in vehicular traffic is inevitable in any growing urban cities all over
the world. Traffic jams or Traffic Congestions exist everywhere and no matter where you go, you
will have to experience them at some point. It is bound “to get worse” as time passes by. Hence,
it has an immense effect in the social, economic, health, infrastructure, and environmental state
of the community.
Philippines is ranked as 5th among the countries with worst traffic on earth. One of the
primary causes of this is the lack of quality of current urban transportation infrastructures. These
unmanaged interactions make life in the cities more miserable and cause deterioration of health
Traffic Congestions result a traffic mess cost that is extremely high. According to Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) 2018, the economic cost of transportation in the
Philippines has risen to 3.5 billion pesos a day, and the situation can get worse to 5.4 billion a
day if interventions will not be made. These problems cause billions of loses in man hours and
1. What are the current problems affecting Urban Design in Tarlac City in terms of
Tarlac City
To determine the causes and effects of traffic congestion in the specified area.
Traffic congestion is one of the major problem in tarlac city , by providing terminal for
public utility jeepney and tricyle
1. Drivers - This will help them provide fast and better earnings on their livelihood.
2. Passengers - This will enable them to have an accessible and safe transportation in going to
their destination.
3. Businessmen - This will help them to do their business easily within the area without
worrying the delay on business trips and travels.
4. Land Transportation Office/Traffic Enforcers - This will provide them a solution to easily
enforce their regulations.
5. City Government - This will help them increase the economic growth of the city.
Scope and Delimitation of the Study
1. The traffic congestion observed is particularly in the area of Zamora Street and Romulo
Boulevard Intersection at Tarlac City
2. The data gathered is during the peak hour of the day between seven (7) to eight (8)
in the morning and four(4) to seven(6) in the afternoon.
3. The traffic count conducted is a 2-hour traffic observation with a 15-minute time
interval.
4. The traffic flow parameters concerned are traffic flow rate, traffic concentration and
vehicle speed.