A TOTAL of 10 private vehicles and one passenger bus were apprehended on Monday as authorities began strictly enforcing the yellow lane policy on a portion of Edsa to improve traffic flow. The good news, however, is…
STARTING next Monday, private motorists should stay off the yellow lanes for buses on a portion of Edsa if they want to avoid paying a fine of P500. In a meeting last week, Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene…
Barring any hitches, double-deck buses may soon be making a comeback on Edsa as part of the fleet of point-to-point (P2P) buses being introduced by the government to encourage private car owners to take public transportation and…
The holidays may be over, but the government will extend the operation of its “Holiday Non-Stop Bus Service” beyond January 6. Despite a slow start, the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) said it would extend the…
LUCENA CITY – At least 24 persons were hurt when a passenger bus bound for Bicol fell into a ten-foot ravine along the Maharlika Highway in Calauag town in Quezon province shortly before midnight Sunday, January 3. Chief…
THE LAND Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has grounded 10 buses belonging to Palma Bus Corp. after one of these figured in an accident in Quezon province on Monday, leaving 55 passengers injured. Eduardo Palma, the…
DESPITE the less than enthusiastic response from the public on the first day of the Edsa nonstop bus service, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) remains hopeful it will catch on and be implemented in other major…
Highway Patrol Group’s solution to traffic? Premium buses. The Philippine National Police’s HPG proposed the deployment of what they call “premium buses” to reduce the volume of vehicles on Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa). This was HPG’s…
MANILA, Philippines — A homebound Navotas policewoman shot and arrested a Commando gang member who declared a heist inside a bus in Cubao, Quezon City, on Tuesday evening. PO1 Judy Ann de Villa, 24, of the Navotas…
THE REAL way out of the horrendous traffic mess in Metro Manila, and increasingly in other major cities of the country as well, is not to build more roads to accommodate more cars. It’s to have fewer…
