traffic

New technology could make traffic lights obsolete

Car manufacturer Audi recently announced a feature of their upcoming cars that informs drivers when a traffic light is about to turn red or green. According to a report on MIT Technology Review, the new technology developed…

8-vehicle smashup hurts 6 in Makati

A passenger jeepney lost its brakes and caused an eight-vehicle smashup in Makati City on Wednesday morning. Officials said the air-conditioned jeepney driven by Emmanuel Miranda went wayward and started a domino effect affecting seven stationary vehicles…

Traffic nightmare

“How on earth are we going to get to ABS tomorrow,” I texted fellow “The Voice Kids” coaches Sharon Cuneta and Bamboo on Monday. They each texted back hoping for the best and planning alternative routes, if…

Makati traffic re-routing set for Skyway 3 construction

MANILA — The contractor for the Skyway Stage 3 project (SS3) has started installing beams on the columns along Osmeña highway on the side of the Buendia flyover. For the three-month duration of this activity, all northbound…

Motorist, pedestrian nabbed in Singapore after fighting over Pokemon Go

SINGAPORE—Two men have been arrested for affray after they got into a fight over Pokemon GO. This is the first arrest here related to the popular gaming app. The two are aged 28 and 33. Police, in a…

P2418 Uber ride from Makati to Megamall

The traffic on Friday, even more horrible than usual, caused charges for ride-sharing app Uber to shoot up to the thousands. A former officer of Hinge-Inquirer publications shared that her ride from Makati to SM Megamall cost…

DPWH’s Villar: aiming to solve Manila traffic gridlock in two to three years

Saying he wanted to fast-track infrastructure development under the Duterte administration, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar announced that the construction of key projects in urban centers nationwide will be done 24/7. “Infrastructure delayed is infrastructure denied. Mechanisms…

Solons back Metro traffic measure

To make its roadways breathe, Metro Manila needs 3,000 more kilometers of roads―that’s the distance between Manila and Tokyo. There are 15,000 vehicles at any given hour on Edsa, mostly crawling at 5 kilometers per hour (kph),…

Buying a car? Get parking space first

No parking slot, no car. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday pushed for the passage of his bill that would require proof of parking space before any vehicle purchase, a measure he said he believed would help ease…

Govt may open up private subdivision roads as traffic measure

The emergency powers being sought for President Rodrigo Duterte would be used to create a “synchronized and uniform” traffic system with one authority, and allow the use of private roads such as those in subdivisions, among others,…

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