Motorists endure heavy traffic along EDSA in Guadalupe, Kamati on December 22, 2023. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/171220674817620231222-christmas-traffic-edsa-MT-2.jpeg" style="width: 960px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Motorists endure heavy traffic along EDSA in Guadalupe, Kamati on December 22, 2023. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN NewsMANILA &mdash; President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr wants a &ldquo;comprehensive and holistic approach&rdquo; to finally solve the country&rsquo;s traffic problem, NEDA chief Arsenio Balisacan said Thursday.Balisacan said Marcos and top government officials had &ldquo;a very long discussion on the traffic issue&rdquo; during Wednesday&rsquo;s Cabinet meeting at Malaca&ntilde;ang.During the meeting, Marcos directed officials to submit recommendations on how their respective offices would &ldquo;adjust and configure their work environment&rdquo; to the traffic situation.&ldquo;But what the President really wants is a comprehensive, holistic approach to solving the traffic problem &ndash; hindi iyong piecemeal approach as has been the case all these years,&rdquo; Balisacan said in a Palace briefing.&nbsp;&ldquo;For example, in the planning of our transport system, we should be looking at intermodal transport system and see how they&hellip;operate efficiently as a whole. We are building now the subway, we are building other expressways, bridges connecting Bataan and Cavite and so on. But these have to be seen in the context of all the other transport system including bike lanes, motorcycle lanes like that and as well as feeder roads and including the location of industries, residences and so on,&rdquo; he continued.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/3/7/metro-manila-subway-still-dealing-with-right-of-way-issues-1615">Metro Manila Subway still dealing with right-of-way issues</a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/3/18/san-miguel-chief-ang-says-pasig-river-expressway-project-scrapped-1539">San Miguel chief Ang says Pasig River Expressway project scrapped</a>The Management Association of the Philippines earlier urged the government to declare a state of calamity in Metro Manila due to the worsening traffic situation in the nation&rsquo;s capital region.Data from the 2023 TomTom Traffic Index listed Metro Manila as having the worst traffic congestion among 387 metro areas in the world.A JICA study meanwhile revealed that the traffic congestion in Metro Manila alone is costing the Philippine economy at least P3.5 billion per day or P1.27 trillion annually.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/3/22/metro-manila-traffic-a-state-of-calamity-biz-group-1111">READ: Metro Manila traffic a state of calamity: Biz group</a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/1/30/metro-manila-needs-traffic-czar-group-1154">READ: Metro Manila needs &#39;traffic czar&#39;: group</a>

&ldquo;But what the President really wants is a comprehensive, holistic approach to solving the traffic problem &ndash; hindi iyong piecemeal approach as has been the case all these years,&rdquo; Balisacan said in a Palace briefing.&nbsp;&ldquo;For example, in the planning of our transport system, we should be looking at intermodal transport system and see how they&hellip;operate efficiently as a whole. We are building now the subway, we are building other expressways, bridges connecting Bataan and Cavite and so on. But these have to be seen in the context of all the other transport system including bike lanes, motorcycle lanes like that and as well as feeder roads and including the location of industries, residences and so on,&rdquo; he continued.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/3/7/metro-manila-subway-still-dealing-with-right-of-way-issues-1615">Metro Manila Subway still dealing with right-of-way issues</a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/3/18/san-miguel-chief-ang-says-pasig-river-expressway-project-scrapped-1539">San Miguel chief Ang says Pasig River Expressway project scrapped</a>The Management Association of the Philippines earlier urged the government to declare a state of calamity in Metro Manila due to the worsening traffic situation in the nation&rsquo;s capital region.Data from the 2023 TomTom Traffic Index listed Metro Manila as having the worst traffic congestion among 387 metro areas in the world.A JICA study meanwhile revealed that the traffic congestion in Metro Manila alone is costing the Philippine economy at least P3.5 billion per day or P1.27 trillion annually.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/3/22/metro-manila-traffic-a-state-of-calamity-biz-group-1111">READ: Metro Manila traffic a state of calamity: Biz group</a><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/1/30/metro-manila-needs-traffic-czar-group-1154">READ: Metro Manila needs &#39;traffic czar&#39;: group</a>

Balisacan said Marcos and top government officials had &ldquo;a very long discussion on the traffic issue&rdquo; during Wednesday&rsquo;s Cabinet meeting at Malaca&ntilde;ang.During the meeting, Marcos directed officials to submit recommendations on how their respective offices would &ldquo;adjust and configure their work environment&rdquo; to the traffic situation.

<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/171220674817620231222-christmas-traffic-edsa-MT-2.jpeg" style="width: 960px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Motorists endure heavy traffic along EDSA in Guadalupe, Kamati on December 22, 2023. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN NewsMANILA &mdash; President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr wants a &ldquo;comprehensive and holistic approach&rdquo; to finally solve the country&rsquo;s traffic problem, NEDA chief Arsenio Balisacan said Thursday.

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr wants a “comprehensive and holistic approach” to finally solve the country’s traffic problem, NEDA chief Arsenio Balisacan said Thursday.

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr wants a “comprehensive and holistic approach” to finally solve the country’s traffic problem, NEDA chief Arsenio Balisacan said Thursday.

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Marcos wants 'comprehensive, holistic' approach to traffic problem: NEDA chief

Marcos wants 'comprehensive, holistic' approach to traffic problem: NEDA chief