The Philippine Light Rail Transit Authority was set up on 12 July 1980 by Executive Order No. 603 to build, operate and/or lease LRT framework in the Philippines. Its central goal is to make a completely coordinated mass rail transit network to ease Metro Manila's serious traffic congestion. The Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1 is the first metro line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Presently, the line contains twenty stations and runs on 19.65km (12.21miles). Numerous travelers who ride the framework likewise take different types of street based open transport, such as buses, to and from a station to achieve their expected destination. Despite the fact that it plans to decrease traffic congestion and travel times in the city, the transportation framework has just been somewhat effective because of the rising number of motor vehicles and fast urbanization. Of the 7.690 million motorized vehicles registered with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in 2013, 2.101 million of these handle the lanes of Metro Manila. And while this number is increasing at a normal yearly rate of 2.13 percent, and the quantity of …show more content…
There are two basic methods in conducting the traffic volume counts and these are by manual and automatic method. Manual method are visual counts carried out by operator while the automatic method uses different gadgets and programming software available, which empowers simple and exact traffic count. The traffic engineer must gain general knowledge of traffic volume studies to be able to evaluate current condition and provide solutions to the problems. Traffic volume data and information is an important component in planning improvements to the road system and is also helpful for the effective management and organized operation of government