THE EFFECTIVITY OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

TO MINIMIZE THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION

AT COLLEGE OF SAINT JOHN, ROXAS

A Research Presented to the

Faculty of the Junior High School Department
College of ST. John, Roxas
Roxas City, Philippines

In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Subject
In Research

By
 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Introduction

College of Saint John, Roxas is located at Barangay Banica,

Roxas City. It is one of the prestigious private school in

Roxas City. Most of the students here belong to the upper class

family. And because of their status in life, they are sent to

school through private vehicles. The school will have to

provide a wide parking area for the private vehicles owned by

both faculty and parents of the students studying in the said

school. Because of the large number of vehicles that come

and go to College of St. John, Roxas, this cause traffic

congestion in the place.

Traffic congestion denotes a strong faltering or stalled

flow on the road. One of the reasons for this is too high a

number of vehicles per unit time(or per length). The traffic

congestion, however, cannot be explained. Typically, the

capacity of the road 100 to 200 vehicles per hour per lane,

such capacity can vary, for example by curiosity.

The increase in the number of vehicles in the city of

Roxas caused traffic congestion in some area around Roxas City.

The problem on traffic congestion is being faced by some

students of College of St. John, Roxas which is one of the

major factors of coming to school late in the morning and

afternoon. The problem on traffic congestion can be solve

if there is a cooperation between the motorists and traffic

management.

Statement of the Problem

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of traffic

management system at College of St. John, Roxas. Specifically,

it sought to answer the following questions:

1. What is the socio-demographic profile of the motorists in

in terms of age, gender, civil status, home location, and

family income.

2. What are the major factors that affect the traffic

congestion at College of St. John, Roxas.

3. What are the solutions to consider in order to solve the

problem on traffic congestion?

Hypotheses

To answer the questions, the researchers advanced the

following hypotheses:

1. There is no significance difference between the traffic

management and the needs of the motorists.

2. There is no significance difference between the traffic

management and the factors that affect the traffic congestion

at College of St. John, Roxas.

Independent Variables Dependent Variable

 Demographic  Factors that

Profile of affect
motorists traffic
 Traffic ───── congestion at
Management College of
System St. John,
Roxas

Figure 1. Research Paradigm

Significance of the Study

Traffic Management. The result of this study maybe use

for the improvement of the management of traffic congestion at

College of St. John, Roxas.

Motorist. This result of this study may provide insights

To the motorists to obey the rules and regulations implemented

By the traffic management.

Students. This study may challenge the students of College

Of St. John, Roxas to cooperate with the traffic management to

minimize the traffic at College of St. John, Roxas.

 Parents. The result of this study will make them

understand the coming to school early to avoid traffic.

Public Commuters. This study will give information to the

public commuters the importance of traffic management in

minimizing the traffic congestion at College of St. John, Roxas.

Future Researchers. This study is important to the

future researchers for them to have a basis in their study

that is related to this.

Scope and Delimitation of the Study

This study is focused to the effectiveness of traffic

management to minimize the traffic congestion at College of

St. John, Roxas. This will be conducted on February to March,

2019. The purpose of this study is to determine the effective-

ness of traffic management to minimize the traffic congestion at

College of St. John. This study involves the traffic

management, motorists, public commuters, parents and students of

College of St. John.

The respondents of this study are the traffic management,

private car owners, public utility and tricycle drivers, parents

and public commuters.

 CHAPTER 2
Review of Related Literature

Many studies of traffic congestion had shown various

influence the flow of traffic. Roads have become more

congested, commuting time and distance lengthened,

congestion and comfort level of public transport decreased

and accidents increased.

There are related studies as the traffic congestion and its

solutions. The Traffic Engineering in Metro Manila-such as they

have been concentrated in DPWH Traffic Engineering Centre. This

was set up under the Traffic Engineering and Management Team

(TEAM) Project in the late 1970s and has undergone several

phases since that time.

Traffic Control and Management Policy and Measures in

Metropolitan Manila The MMDA through its Traffic Operation

Center adopts and implements various policies, programs and

projects relating to traffic and transportation management in

the Metropolis.‟ New Traffic Control Measures and Their

ImpactsPUV Lane Scheme:• First introduced in 1989 along EDSA,

RMB and Espana by virtue of MMC ordinance 03-89• There are about

7, 241 franchised PUV units plying in Metro Manila as per LTFRB

records (February 2001). Most of which are operating along

EDSA.• Average travel time of buses (MMUTIS) is 79 minutes.•

EDSA carries most of „the vehicle volume as compared to the

other major thoroughfares. To reduce the travel time of PUVs by

reserving lanes for their exclusive preferential use;• To

restrain vehicle traffic by encouraging the use of PUVs

especially buses and discouraging the use of private cars;• To

reduce severity of accidents usually caused by the impact of

heavier vehicles against smaller vehicles by separating vehicle

traffic. The traffic impact reduction the travel time, thus

increasing travel speed for PUVs. The decrease in the severity

of vehicular accidents is due to weaving maneuvers. Limited time

for PUV loading and unloading, thus, passengers will not

experience inconvenience due to long delays. EDSA Organized Bus

route by controlling the number of buses plying EDSA is crucial

in maintaining order and smooth traffic flow. To improve the

operation of bus services at EDSA is by controlling the headways

between buses dispatch at terminals and by strictly enforcing

the rules on the use of PUV lanes and loading and unloading

areas. (Santos, Madison G. Penados, et. Al.,2013)

 Chapter 3
Research design and Methodology

Research Design

This study determines the effectiveness of traffic

management at college of St. John, Roxas. Since this study aims

to find out the causes of traffic congestions along College of

St. John, Roxas, the study will use the quantitative research

design. Quantitative research focuses on gathering numerical

data and generalizing it across groups of people or to explain

a particular happening. This study will use a written

questionnaire and the respondents answered all the questions

that serves as the data of the study.

Methodology

The Respondents

The respondents of the study are the traffic management

Staff, the motorists, public utility and tricycle

drivers.

Research Instruments

The instrument use by the researchers will be the survey

questionnaire which have two parts; Part I is all about the

personal information of the respondents, and Part II, is all

about the questions that the respondents will answer regarding

the traffic congestion and traffic management system.

Validity and Reliability of the Instrument

The instrument will be submitted to a panel of experts for

content validation. Certain questions that sought to answer

the statement of the problem will be given to the respondents

during the third quarter of the school year 2018 – 2019.

Data Collection

The study will be conducted at College of St. John on

February to March, 2019. The respondents are ask to respond

each item in the questionnaire by checking the space that

corresponds to their choice. The scale has 5 response

category for every item. Each item will be given a score of

4.20 – 5.0 strongly agree, 3.40 - 4.19 agree, 2.60 – 3.39

uncertain, 1.80 – 2.59 disagree and 1.00 – 1.79 strongly

disagree.

Data Analysis Procedure

The statistical tool that will be used in this study were

the

count, percentage, mean and standard deviation

for descriptive statistics.

The frequency count and percentage will be used to

determine the distribution of the respondents’ demographic

profile and the response to each item in the questionnaire.

Definition of Terms

Commuters. Someone who regularly travels between work and home.

Motorist. Someone who drives a car or other road vehicle.

Traffic. 1. The vehicles, pedestrians, ships or planes moving

long a route.

2. Congestion of vehicles.

Traffic Congestion. A condition on transport networks that

occurs as use increases, and is characterized by slower

speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular

queuing. When traffic demand is great enough that the

interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the

traffic stream, this results in some congestion.

Traffic Management. A key branch within logistics. It concerns

the planning, control and purchasing of transport

services needed to physically move vehicles (for example

aircraft, road vehicles, rolling stock and watercraft)

and freight.
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