The City Ordinance in Prohibiting the Tricycle Using the National Highway in Batasan Road Quezon City Using as a Passage

Abstract

The tricycle is the most popular means of transport in small towns and cities, especially in rural areas. Tricycles are built in a variety of styles that differ from city to city and are usually made locally by building a sidecar and affixing it to an imported motorcycle. Usually, both the cycle and sidecar are covered, but not always by the same roof. Motorized tricycles or simply tricycles, a motorbike and sidecar, are an indigenous form of the auto rickshaw and are a common means of public transportation in the Philippines. These public utility vehicles either ply a set route or are for-hire like taxis. The researchers heard from the television the recent news that the government is strictly prohibiting tricycle passage along the national highways. These government implementations of prohibiting tricycles to pass the national highways have caused issues in terms of the transportation of the commuters, the flow of traffic and the income of tricycle drivers in Batasan Road, Quezon City. This research studies the effects of the city ordinance on commuters, motorists, and also to the tricycle drivers. The researchers used the Descriptive Research Method in completing the study to describe the city ordinance of prohibiting the tricycle using the national highway in Batasan Road, Quezon City. The survey questionnaire was used to achieve the main objective of the study. The structured questionnaires were given to the respondents in such a way that respondents will be able to answer it easily. It contained questions regarding the city ordinance of prohibiting tricycles from using the national highway in Batasan Road, Quezon City as a passage. The respondents were described according to different demographic profiles. The majority of the respondents were from the age bracket 31 –35 years old, 83.3% were male, 46.67% were married, and 33.3% were high school graduates. There were violations incurred by the tricycle drivers at the national highway of Batasan Road, Quezon City as to traffic rules and to the tricycle drivers’ behavior. Tricycle drivers also encountered problems when they passed the Batasan Road, Quezon City. There were also effects to the commuters if tricycles were prohibited to pass the Batasan Road, Quezon City and there were proposed measures in the prohibition of tricycle passing by the Batasan Road, Quezon City. The findings of this study demonstrate the factors to consider such as violations incurred by the tricycle drivers and the possible negative effects on commuters and to the tricycle drivers with the strict implementation of the city ordinance on prohibiting tricycles from using the national highway in Batasan Road, Quezon City.