IT NEEDS a thorough study. This is what Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) EDSA traffic chief Edison “Bong” Nebrija thinks regarding the proposed one-way traffic scheme on EDSA and C-5, with the official pointing out the thoroughfares…
SENATOR Jose Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Monday said government should speed up the expansion and rehabilitation of the country’s railway systems to decongest traffic in Metro Manila. The chairman of the Senate finance committee also said he…
CONGESTION is not unique to EDSA — or even Metro Manila, for that matter. Progressive cities in the country unfortunately get their own share of gridlock woes, too, and counted among these places is Metro Cebu. To…
SENATE Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said the mandate of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to implement traffic-related policies should probably be strengthened. “I proposed that we review the powers of the MMDA in so far as…
THE shutdown of operations at the South Harbor and the Manila International Container Terminal has led to heavy traffic jams on some Manila streets as the number of trucks trying to enter the ports builds up. The…
“RECLAIM all public roads.” And so following the presidential directive the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has started the 60-day countdown for Metro Manila officials to clear all roads in their respective cities and…
MUNTINLUPA Rep. Ruffy Biazon in a post on Twitter Thursday said he was startled by an escorted luxury car barging through traffic. The lawmaker provided a photo with his post. “Just got flagged aside by the motorcycle…
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte in his fourth State of the Nation Address delivered on Monday tackled the problem of traffic congestion in Metro Manila and other cities in the Philippines by ordering the suspension of local officials who…
(This is an abridged version of a special report, written by Krixia Subingsubing and Jacob Lazaro, published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer today. – Ed) DATA from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) showed little improvement…
THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday said portions of the C-3 Bridge will be closed to traffic beginning tomorrow, July 20, until December. The closure is intended to give way for the construction of the…
