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LTFRB sets probe of bus driver in viral video

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) was set to issue on Tuesday a show cause order against a bus driver caught on video counterflowing on Monday and attempting to hurt the motorist who refused to…

50 hurt as bus tips over on Edsa

At least 50 people were hurt, three of them seriously injured, after a public utility bus fell on its side at the corner of Edsa and Estrella Street in Makati City Thursday night. An RRCG bus plying…

Buses violating ‘nose in, nose out rule’ apprehended starting Tuesday

MANILA — Bus drivers in Pasay City terminals who will violate the “nose in, nose out” policy will be apprehended starting Tuesday in a revived enforcement of the regulation to avoid blocking of major roads. The nose…

Nose in, nose out’ rule on for Edsa bus terminals

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has started the strict implementation of the so-called “nose in, nose out” policy for provincial bus terminals along Edsa to help ease traffic congestion on the country’s busiest highway, as passenger…

MMDA makes bus lanes adjustable on Edsa-QC

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has removed steel fences and concrete barriers along a portion of the southbound lane of Edsa in Quezon City and replaced them with plastic barriers. This would allow MMDA traffic constables…

The BRT: Almost 30 years in the making

Almost 30 years ago, a Filipino inventor and investment banker conceived of a mass transport system very similar to the BRT, or bus rapid transit, being proposed in Metro Manila. But a series of economic downturns, the…

MMDA hopes to see Pasig ferry ridership rise to 1,000 daily

Just a day after launching its “improved” Pasig ferry service, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) saw the system’s ridership increase by at least 90 percent. MMDA officer in charge and general manager Tim Orbos said that…

Bus rapid transit expected to ease Edsa traffic

Severe traffic congestion is a perennial problem for Metro Manila residents, including IT professional Johann Natividad, who lives in Mandaluyong City, not too far from his office in Makati City. Yet, Natividad chooses to drive his own…

Traffic master plan might stop Cebu BRT

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña yesterday criticized proposals for a P170 million traffic master plan and the establishment of a Light Railway Transit (LRT) system in Cebu. He said pushing through with these projects, which were bared…

Ex-Marinduque mayor dies in road crash

SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna — A former mayor of Torrijos town in Marinduque province died after his motorcycle was hit by a passenger bus on Thursday, police said. Gil Briones, 72, died in the hospital at 8…

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