EDSA

MMDA sets HOV lane on Edsa; dry run starts Dec. 11

The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced that it would allot the innermost lane on EDSA for high-occupancy vehicles (HOV), or vehicles with at least two passengers including the driver, as a way to ease traffic.…

MMDA will limit ‘driver-only’ cars to 2 Edsa lanes

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will test starting Monday a traffic scheme on Edsa that will limit “driver-only” vehicles to just two lanes while allotting the highway’s innermost lane for vehicles carrying two or more persons…

EDSA speed limit down to 50kph

In a baffling move, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced on Wednesday that the speed limit along the 24-kilometer stretch of Edsa will be reduced from a maximum of 60 kilometers per hour to only 50 kilometers…

Poe urges certification of urgency for traffic emergency powers

To fast-track the solution to Metro Manila’s traffic crisis, Sen. Grace Poe urged the Malacañang on Sunday to certify the proposed emergency powers as urgent to pave the way for its immediate approval and enactment. “Siguradong gagalaw…

MMDA nabs 684 motorists for violating EDSA bus lanes

A total of 462 private motorists and 222 bus drivers were apprehended on Monday as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) strictly enforced the bus lane on the entire stretch of Edsa. Jojo Garcia, MMDA assistant general…

MMDA to enforce EDSA lane restrictions

Be conscious about bus lanes and motorcycle lanes when driving on Edsa. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will strictly enforce lane restrictions on Edsa to help ease traffic during the holiday season. Starting on Monday, Nov.…

Motorists advised to keep off EDSA as Asean VIP lanes slow traffic

Traffic along major thoroughfares, especially EDSA, already slowed to a crawl on Saturday as transport authorities prepared VIP lanes for the international delegates. For much of Saturday, traffic along the entire northbound stretch of Edsa, from Mall…

Expert sees dead end for ‘one-way Edsa’ proposal

A traffic expert thumbed down a lawmaker’s proposal to adopt a one-way traffic scheme for major thoroughfares like Edsa and C-5, saying Metro Manila’s road network could not support such a “drastic” scheme. Primitivo Cal, executive director…

HPG back on Edsa to help ease holiday traffic

Almost a year after it was pulled out of Edsa, the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) of the Philippine National Police was redeployed on the country’s busiest thoroughfare to ease congestion as the holiday season nears. Transport Undersecretary…

MMDA not keen on traffic-easing measures for holiday season

Patience will be a must this holiday season for shoppers. As policemen stepped up their visibility in malls with the start of the “ber” months, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) asked the public to schedule their…

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