SAKSI RECAP: Bagong rampa ng EDSA-busway, masyado bang matarik at delikado? (Originally aired on July 18, 2024)

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00:00There are a lot of obstacles on the way.

00:05There are a lot of obstacles on the way.

00:08Some of the problems are being overcome by the pedestrians in Metro Manila.

00:13It's difficult, especially for persons with disabilities.

00:16This ramp was made for them at the new Edsa Busway station in Philam, Quezon City.

00:21But it's being used because it's dangerous.

00:25We asked the people online what they can say about this.

00:29Some of them said that the wheelchair users are pitiful.

00:33It's possible that they are having a hard time because of the dangerous ramp.

00:37Others said that it's not important to the PWD and the elderly who use it.

00:46We went to the station earlier with Nelson, a wheelchair user of the Safe Haven group.

00:52From the bench, Nelson took the elevator to the footbridge.

00:56But on the first ramp, when he got out of the elevator...

01:00It's difficult.

01:02I can't do it.

01:03I really can't do it.

01:05They also tried the PWD ramp that was being complained about.

01:08I really can't try it.

01:11Because?

01:12Because it's very dangerous.

01:15If I go straight there, there's steel.

01:19I might fall on the steel.

01:21With the help of his companion, Nelson still tried to go down, but backwards.

01:27Can you do it?

01:29Yes, I can do it.

01:31Nelson even had to hold on to the railings to help his companion who cut his arm.

01:37It's really difficult.

01:38He really can't do it even though he's a professional wheelchair user.

01:43It's really slippery and tight.

01:45It's really not standard.

01:48Sir who assisted, did you have a hard time?

01:51It's really a bit difficult.

01:54We showed the ramp to Architect Armand Eustaquio,

01:57one of the pioneers of the first amendment of the IRR or Implementing Rules and Regulations

02:02of the National Law 344 or the Accessibility Law.

02:07According to the law, the incline of PWD ramps should be only 4.8 degrees.

02:12But when he measured it using an inclinometer...

02:1514.15!

02:17So the difference is too big.

02:2010 degrees steeper.

02:2110 degrees steeper than 1 in 12.

02:24So it's really tight?

02:26Yes, it's really tight.

02:27Although there is a standard that is recommended,

02:29it is also stated in the law that the ramps that will be placed on overpasses and underpasses

02:35may not comply with the maximum gradient or angle standard.

02:39The MMDA said that's why they made this ramp

02:41because when the elevator goes up, it's not even on the footbridge.

02:45They can't even raise the elevator because it will hit the MRT.

02:50The MRT has given a requirement that the ramps should be like this.

03:00So what happened is that it was a bit steep.

03:04They have a solution for the ramps.

03:06They placed a railing to hold the ramps so that there will be someone to hold it.

03:10I always tell people that it's hard to walk on our footbridges

03:14because they can't access the loading stations.

03:17So that's the solution.

03:18They placed a railing.

03:19But the problem is that the space is restricted.

03:23I hope that when they do this,

03:26they will consult us first because we are the ones using this.

03:30For GMA Integrated News,

03:32I am Jonathan Andal,

03:33your witness.

03:36Kapuso, let's all be witnesses.

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