THE Senate inquiry over the worsening traffic congestion on EDSA and the plan to prohibit provincial buses from passing through Metro Manila’s main thoroughfare starts today. Senator Grace Poe last week summoned government transport officials and representatives…
INCOMPLETE guidelines, ongoing consultations, court issues and other unfinished preparations mean the ban on provincial buses on EDSA, targeted for implementation on June 30, may not push through yet, a report published today in the Philippine Daily…
METRO Manila to Clark in less than an hour. This is one of the goals in the construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR), which forms part of the government’s massive infrastructure program. The railway network covering…
While claiming he had delivered on his promises, President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that solving Edsa’s monstrous traffic congestion was the only one he failed to make good on. However, he blamed Congress for not granting the…
Not all commuters may agree but, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), travel time from one end of Edsa to another has become faster by 11 minutes. It attributed the improvement to the different traffic…
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) shelved its proposal to implement a “zipper lane” from Main Avenue to Guadix Drive to ease congestion on the southbound lane of Edsa, especially during rush hour. MMDA officer in charge…
There was a time when we all loved Edsa as the symbol of freedom and democracy, the centerpiece of a people power revolution in 1986 that ousted a dictator. …
