The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is mulling lifting by year-end its more than a decade-old ban on releasing a franchise to public utility vehicles (PUVs) once local government units (LGUs) nationwide submit their respective…
The Interagency Council on Traffic (I-ACT) will intensify road-clearing operations in the coming weeks on four of the 17 Mabuhay Lanes in Metro Manila to ease the expected traffic congestion during the holiday season. Chief Supt. Antonio…
Say goodbye to weekday sales. In a bid to ease traffic during the holidays, the Interagency Council on Traffic (I-ACT) and mall operators in Metro Manila agreed on Friday that starting Oct. 21 until Jan. 9, 2017, mall sales will…
Remember the plan for cable cars in Metro Manila? It was among the earliest solutions floated by the Duterte administration to help ease the traffic nightmare that commuters and motorists confront on an almost daily basis. After…
All that talk about the need to phase out the jeepney just can’t stop the King of Philippine Roads from evolving. A modernized, technologically enhanced fleet of passenger jeepneys will soon hit the streets, starting in Quezon…
Starting Oct. 25, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is no longer allowing the so-called “window hours” under the number coding scheme, for motorists taking Edsa and C5 Road. The window hours refer to the five-hour period—from…
The city government of Parañaque is allowing a seven-hour window period under the unified vehicle volume reduction (UVVR) scheme, more commonly known as number coding, which is being reintroduced to the city. City Public Information Officer Mar…
During a presentation by the Department of Transportation (DOTr ) marking the first 100 days of the Duterte administration, the head of the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) of the Philippine National Police said the government would need…
It has been two months of wrangling in both Houses of Congress, and the nation is still to see the progress of the emergency powers sought by the President in resolving the traffic problem in Metro Manila.…
A cringeworthy scenario unfolded on a busy highway in Jakarta, Indonesia, last week, when a five-minute Japanese pornographic video was streamed through a videotron to unsuspecting motorists. WATCH: Porn video played in Jakarta traffic jam The footage…
