traffic

Traffic crisis bill wants execs to take public transport

It seems like “experience is the best teacher” insofar as the traffic crisis bill is concerned, which wants public officials to take public transport. In a text message on Monday, Catanduanes Rep. Cesar Sarmiento, who chairs the House…

Another AFP camp opens to ease traffic

Motorists going to and from the cities of Makati and Taguig can expect a reduction of at least 10 minutes in their travel time, as the Armed Forces of the Philippines  agreed to temporarily open the Naval…

3-digit number coding nixed

Metro Manila mayors on Thursday thumbed down the three-digit coding scheme proposed by a lawmaker to ease traffic congestion during the holidays. “The Metro Manila Council (MMC) did not approve the three-digit number coding. It needs further…

‘Un-cooperative’ DOTr delaying emergency powers — Alvarez

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday slammed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for making it difficult for Congress to pass the emergency powers to address the traffic crisis. In a DZMM radio interview, Alvarez said the House of…

MMDA to take up ‘weeklong number coding’

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will look into the feasibility of a lawmaker’s proposal to implement a weeklong number coding scheme to further regulate vehicular traffic this holiday season. MMDA general manager Tim Orbos said that…

Motorcycles allowed on 2 lanes on EDSA, C5 during rush hour

In addition to the existing motorcycle lane, riders will be allowed to use the leftmost lane of Edsa and C5 Road during rush hour, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said on Thursday. MMDA general manager Tim…

AFP opens camp to motorists to ease traffic

The Armed Forces of the Philippines will temporarily  open to motorists three gates at its headquarters in Quezon City, Camp Aguinaldo, to ease traffic during the holidays. Col. Edgard Arevalo, chief of the AFP Public Affairs Office,…

HPG gets new posting after Edsa

The HPG moves on… to C5, Commonwealth and Naia Expressway. Starting today (Monday), members of the Philippine National Police’s Highway Patrol Group (HPG) will be deployed to C5 Road, Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City and Ninoy Aquino…

Transport chief can’t even drive but knows life’s rough roads

Poverty taught Arthur Tugade many things in his youth. Things like patience, when he had to wait in line just to take a bath at the communal water pump; or caution, when he had to find his…

3 dead in motorcycle crashes in Batangas, Rizal

SAN PEDRO CITY — Three people died in separate road crashes involving motorcycles in Batangas and Rizal provinces on Saturday evening, police said Sunday. A report from the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon (Calabarzon) police on Sunday said…

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