Manila’s new traffic control system

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will install high definition video surveillance cameras for its new traffic control system.

The new “upgraded information technology-based traffic control system,” launched on Wednesday at the MMDA Command and Control Center in Makati City, aims to improve traffic flow by monitoring more than 400 intersections, 85 of which will be covered by Phase 1 of the project.

The launch was attended by President Aquino III, MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino, Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson and Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Jun-Jun” Binay Jr.

The MMDA said Phase 1 will involve the installation of “25 new fiber optic, high definition pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) traffic control/video surveillance cameras and 36 (units of) 45-inch video screens.”

This will augment the 150 closed-circuit television and internet protocol cameras already installed around Metro Manila.

The new system “is also set towards elevating to mobility management in the future, through a comprehensive and integrated approach that improves not just vehicle movement, but also the overall networked movement of people, goods, and services.”