Group I's 50 Ideas for Green Innovation - Traffic

Hi Sir Jorge,

Please see below our group's 50 Ideas for Green Innovation for Traffic.

Group 1 Members:

Caiga, Shelle

Miralles, Bless

Regis, Boni

Tionloc, Carmina

Thank you,

Carmina Tionloc

Members:                                                                                                                     ENTREP

Caiga, Shelle                                                                                                        Mr. Saguinsin

Miralles, Bless

Regis, Boni

Tionloc, Carmina

50 IDEAS FOR THE GREEN INNOVATION PROJECT

Topic: Traffic

1.     Use bicycles

2.     Double-decker Buses

3.     Inter-connected buildings (example: Ayala Walkways)

4.     Shuttles within business districts

5.     Bus stops with time of arrival and departure

6.     No more vendors along sidewalks or passage way for people

7.     More MRT / LRT routes (example: Ayala - Parañaque, Pampanga – Ayala)

8.     More flyovers

9.     More boats to utilize waterways in Manila (Pasig River, Marikina River, etc.)

10. Underground Railways / Subways

11. Mall-to-Mall cable cars

12. Highways that can connect Quezon City and Parañaque

13. Walkalators (like in airports)

14. NO more motorcycles (or have a designated lane for them that is separated from all vehicles)

15. More overpass/underpass (just like the ones we have in Ayala) for people so that traffic would not be disrupted for their crossings

16. NO more pedicabs or tricycles in major thoroughfares

17. Give real exam before issuing a driver's license - -be strict in issuing driver's license.

18. Aside from number coding for all vehicles, there should also be a 1 Public Transportation Policy per day (example: Mondays – no taxis, Tuesdays – no buses, etc.)

19. More helipads to accommodate more helicopters as shuttles (assuming that gasoline prices would go down)

20. Ziplines

21. Swim to work (for those living near waterways)

22. Housing near offices or schools to encourage walking

23. Hot air balloons

24. Zorb ball along rivers

25. Teleportation (or Flu Powder used in Harry Potter)

26. WALK!

27. A policy for each family – for every 2 kids, a family may only be allowed to have 2 private vehicles

28. Plan trips ahead of time to avoid congested streets, this way, other streets or roads would be utilized

29. For public transportation, they should have an exclusive lane just for them and these lanes can be time-based, meaning -  these lanes are exclusive during certain times (peak periods) and reverting to mixed-flow or parking lanes at other times.

30. NO parking on either side of main thoroughfares especially national roads and highways, city roads, and other streets that are main routes for public transportation.

31. Carpool with friends or colleagues if you are to go to the same vicinity so that fewer cars would be used.

32. Jet back packs so that each person would not have to rely on cars

33. Use of roller blades, roller skates, & skate boards

34. Use shifting of work hours for the people so that the volume of cars would be distributed (example: 8am-5pm, 9am-6pm, 10am-7pm shifts)

35. All roads to have minimum of 4 lanes

36. Real time traffic updates utilizing mobile phones - - this will help the motorists to look for alternative routes that will lessen the congested roads.

37.  Limit 1 road construction per area or per city if possible .

38. Companies allowing their employees to WORK FROM HOME - - this will lessen the # of people who will go out the streets to go to work (less people, less vehicles needed, less traffic)

39. Implement a NO PRIVATE VEHICLE policy - - this will push the people to utilize mass transportation that will stop the excessive car use.

40. Widening of sidewalks will encourage commuters that it's safer to walk than to ride.

41. Allot ample time in going to work - - leaving the house before or after rush hour.

42. Let's bring back the "classic" times - - use Kalesa as means of transportation instead of tricycles.

43. Support the GREEN transportation for land, sea, and sky - - this will not only lessen the traffic but will also lessen the pollution.

44. Let's encourage everyone to live a healthy life - - if we can walk let's also RUN

45. For short travels (1 or 2 stations away) – provide separate rails for trolley users so that they will not share railways with the big trains.

46. Aside from our mobile phones we can also used GPS device with LIVE traffic updates.

47. Bring the "magic carpet ride" concept in to reality.

48. Imposing that cars should never be given as gift  - - meaning only people who has the means to afford a car should have one.

49. Limit the # of public vehicles travelling for a certain route - - Let's say only 1 bus from this company will travel the route of Fairview, QC to Baclaran & vice versa.

50. Better information & a bunch of discipline for all transport users, be they pedestrians, in public or private transportation, to allow them to make better judgments. Traffic flows can be smoothed, and so congestion removed, with better information.