BAGUIO CITY – A senior officer from the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) refutes the misconception held by some residents and visitors in the Summer Capital that “traffic occurs when there are police personnel in the streets directing traffic.”
In a media forum, Sept. 27, at City Hall, P/Lt.Col. Domingo Gambican, BCPO chief of operations, stressed that members of Baguio’s Finest are there to help manage the flow of traffic and make sure that motorists reach their destinations safely and at the soonest possible time.
He pointed out that traffic in the city is usually heaviest during ‘rush hours’ when people travel to and come from their schools and workplaces; weekends where tourists usually flock to the city; and at busy intersections.
Only several areas in the city, like at the central business district, experience heavier traffic on a regular basis while the rest, more often than not, have smoother vehicular passage flows, Gambican disclosed.
“Traffic management involves enforcement, education and engineering. We in the police are focused and involved in its enforcement aspect,” he explained.
Gambican said that additional police personnel are usually deployed during rush hours, weekends and at busy intersections most of which are located in close distance of each other.
To help ease incidents of traffic congestion, he is also advising motorists who are not in a hurry to go somewhere, to avoid joining the rush hour crowd.
City officials led by Mayor Benjamin Magalong have been encouraging residents and visitors to use public transportation more often or even use bicycles and walk, if possible, as healthier alternatives and would be better for the environment.
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