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Executive Summary
This research looked at how the National Government is preparing during the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The main objective of the research is to analyze how the government secures Metro Manila during the lockdown by setting up checkpoints at the border of Metro Manila with neighboring provinces. More specifically, how to optimally allocate healthcare and security personnel at the numerous checkpoints given the different expected volume of vehicles that will pass each checkpoint. Using video cameras, data were gathered along road segments to characterize vehicular flows as well as at checkpoint locations to obtain the processing rate of vehicles. Furthermore, the locations of important facilities like hospitals, supermarkets, public markets and local/national government’s frontline facilities that will most likely use a particular checkpoint were considered in categorizing checkpoints. Another component of this research is to provide inputs to the government’s re-introduction of public transport service in Metro Manila. Several scenarios were considered including the rationalized PUV routes with the EDSA Carousel of DOTr and the proposed web-like bus network design along radial and circumferential roads in Metro Manila. This is an ongoing research with a 6-month duration ( May2020 - October 2020) specifically to help the government in decision-making during the ongoing pandemic. Research findings will be provided once this research is completed by October 2020
The Problem
Not knowing the expected flow of vehicles of different types as well as pedestrians passing along particular road segments where checkpoints are be set up might overwhelm healthcare personnel checking the health condition of travelers to know whether they have symptoms of the COVID 19 as well as security personnel manning the checkpoints. It is important to properly allocate the needed number of personnel given the estimated flow of vehicles and pedestrian users of checkpoints so that those with expected high volume of vehicles and pedestrians will be assigned the higher number of personnel and those with less volume, lower number of personnel will be provided. While the re-introduction of PUV routes in Metro Manila is going to be a challenge given that the majority of the traditional jeepney will not return to service not only for being unsafe during this pandemic period but also mainly due to the ongoing PUV modernization program of the national government where highly pollutive, unsafe, inefficient and unreliable service will be phased out. By analyzing several scenarios regarding proposed bus service routes including the rationalized bus routes of DOTr with the EDSA Carousel as well as the proposed web-like bus network design, results could provide support in identifying which PUV routes could provide better results in terms of providing faster travel and efficient distribution of passengers in Metro Manila.
The Solution
The data and network developed in the previous study which is also funded by DOST-PCIEERD, the Metro Manila Transportation Network: Big Data Applications and Analytics (MMTN:BDAA) was used to analyzed the category of checkpoints in terms of expected vehicular flows and the number of important facilities that can be accessed the fastest through particular check points. The same transportation network was used in analyzing which PUV route design would be most appropriate with most of the traditional jeepney routes removed from the road network of Metro Manila. A commercially available state-of-the-art transportation planning software, EMME4, which De la Salle University under the Sustainably Mobility sub-center is currently using for its research is used in the modeling process.
Competitive Advantage
The Metro Manila transportation network used in the modeling process is basically complete including the PUV routes and the major road network, hence the analysis done is Metro Manila wide and the results would be comprehensive providing a more complete picture of the PUV network impact on urban travelers.
Target Market
National government agencies involved in the planning and implementation of the checkpoints all over Metro Manila including health and military personnel. The local governments in Metro Manila can also use the methodology or approach used in this study in terms of setting up checkpoints surrounding their cities. The DOTr can also use the outputs of this research in terms of determine which PUV network design would be most appropriate for Metro Manila given the removal of most of the traditional jeepney routes were not allowed to go back to the streets due to being unsafe in the period of pandemic.
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