Editing EDSA (section)

===Traffic management===
[[File:Traffic in the Philippines 14.jpg|thumb|left|Heavy traffic on [[Guadalupe Bridge]]]]
The lead agency that manages the flow of traffic along EDSA is the [[Metropolitan Manila Development Authority]] (MMDA), a government agency under the [[Office of the President of the Philippines]] and is advised by the Metro Manila Mayors League. One of the MMDA's traffic management schemes that is in effect on EDSA, among other major thoroughfares in the metropolis, is the [[Uniform Vehicular Volume Reduction Program]].

Many{{By whom|date=August 2020}} have observed that the cause of many [[Traffic congestion|traffic jams]] on EDSA is its change from being a highway to an avenue. This resulted the erection of erring establishment, buses and jeepneys. Subsequently, buses have been the target of other traffic management programs, like the MMDA's Organized Bus Route Program.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mmda.gov.ph/mmda%20resolution%20no.%2003-28.html |title=MMDA Resolution No. 03-28 |access-date=December 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130113438/http://www.mmda.gov.ph/mmda%20resolution%20no.%2003-28.html |archive-date=November 30, 2007 }}</ref> The MMDA is strictly implementing also the Motorcycle and Bus laning in EDSA, making it the second highway in the Philippines ever to have such traffic rule to be enforced, after [[Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City|Commonwealth Avenue]].<ref name="pcij-buses">{{Cite news |last=Jao-Grey |first=Margarte |date=December 27, 2007 |title=Too Many Buses, Too Many Agencies Clog Edsa |url=http://pcij.org/stories/2007/buses.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208001130/http://pcij.org/stories/2007/buses.html |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |access-date=December 28, 2007 |publisher=[[Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mmda.gov.ph/mmda%20resolution%20no.%2004-01.html |title=MMDA Resolution No. 04-01 |access-date=December 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130113446/http://www.mmda.gov.ph/mmda%20resolution%20no.%2004-01.html |archive-date=November 30, 2007 }}</ref> The average speed of vehicles in EDSA is {{convert|15|kph|mph|sp=us}}.

On January 18, 2016, strict implementation on bus lanes started on the [[Shaw Boulevard|Shaw]]–Guadalupe segment, where plastic barriers are placed and prohibited entry of private vehicles and taxis on the bus lanes except when turning to EDSA's side streets.<ref name=inquirer1>{{cite news|last1=Zarzuela|first1=Maricar B.|title=Private cars can't enter Edsa bus lanes starting Jan. 18|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/754579/private-cars-cant-use-edsa-bus-lanes-starting-jan-18|access-date=January 29, 2016|work=Inquirer.net|agency=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=January 12, 2016}}</ref> Despite the plastic barrier, many private vehicles still enter the lanes.<ref name=inquirer1 />

In June 2020, bus routes in the avenue were rationalized, creating the [[EDSA Carousel]] line carried by the new EDSA Busway. The EDSA Busway is separated from normal road traffic and now used only for buses and emergency vehicles. The new bus route spans from Monumento to PITX, while the busway is divided mostly by concreted barriers and steel fences. The old rightmost bus lanes were now opened for all vehicles, with the avenue now having total of four to five public-use lanes per direction instead of three, excluding interchanges.

==== Decongestion program ====
{{Update|section|date=February 2024}}
A decongestion program under the [[DuterteNomics#Build! Build! Build! Program|Build! Build! Build! Infrastructure Program]] is ongoing to help decongest EDSA (which is under overcapacity, carrying 402,000 vehicles daily while has the capacity of 288,000).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Abad|first=Roderick|date=October 29, 2020|title=Edsa Decongestion Program: Making travel a breeze for Filipinos {{!}} Roderick Abad|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/10/29/edsa-decongestion-program-making-travel-a-breeze-for-filipinos/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=BusinessMirror|language=en-US}}</ref> This involves the construction of other roads and bridges that will divert traffic from the avenue. The government aims to reduce travel time from Cubao to Makati to 5–6 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=EDSA Decongestion Masterplan on time for 2022 finish – The Manila Times|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/11/11/supplements/edsa-decongestion-masterplan-on-time-for-2022-finish/794438/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=manilatimes.net|date=November 11, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>