In commentaries on and analyses of the horrendous traffic gripping Metro Manila, the government can find not just a few short-term solutions to ease the problem. True, the remedy is the development of an efficient mass transportation…
THREE trains of the Metro Rail Transit-3 (MRT-3) bogged down during rush hour on Monday morning, forcing passengers to alight and wait for the next ride. At 8:02 a.m., passengers of a southbound MRT-3 train were forced…
STARTING on Nov. 15, all trucks will be banned from using Metro Manila’s Skyway in an effort to improve road safety and speed up the flow of traffic on the elevated toll road and the soon-to-open Naia…
Think Metro Manila’s traffic is the worst? Wait till you get to drive around Cebu City, rated in a recent study as the “worst place in the world to be a driver.” The Queen City of the…
MANILA, Philippines — Motorists may get some relief from the usual traffic headache en route the Manila airport as government opens the first phase of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Expressway (Naiax) on Sept. 22, with the toll…
A day after announcing the implementation of a one-way traffic scheme in Barangay South Triangle starting today, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista decided to postpone the traffic plan pending the completion of road works in the area.…
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) wants to transform the Light Rail Transit Authority into an independent rail regulator with “minimal” conflict of interest. This was among the multisector reforms it was pursing in line with its request…
A Philippine city was tagged as the “worst city to drive in” by Waze, a popular traffic and navigating app used by cab drivers and commuters. Cebu City, the Philippines’ “Queen City of the South,” placed at…
RESIDENTS of Metro Manila’s upscale residential villages where most of the country’s most powerful families reside are worried because of the traffic situation. No, they are not worried about getting stuck in traffic, per se. But they…
ILOILO CITY—The Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Western Visayas region has relieved 19 of its personnel who are facing investigation for alleged irregularities in the issuance of citation tickets to motorists violating traffic rules. The erring members…
