THEY’RE much shorter—but are they safer? “Concrete delineators” that rise just four to six inches off the pavement on Edsa will soon replace the much taller plastic and concrete barriers, which have been blamed for recent vehicular…
MANILA — Starting March 25, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will again implement its daily “heat stroke break” to avoid heat-related illnesses among on-duty traffic constables and street sweepers. MMDA Traffic Discipline Office head Cris Saruca…
A FEW weeks ago, I got a call from a friend who wanted to buy a car. But before asking me, she had asked some of her guy friends for advice. So when I told her my…
COMMONWEALTH Avenue in Quezon City was turned into a bike and pedestrian-friendly zone on Sunday as part of an ongoing road-sharing exercise but not everyone was in favor of it. Asian Paralympic Games cycling medalist Godfrey Taberna,…
Blamed for some road mishaps, the orange plastic barriers separating lanes for private cars and passenger buses on Edsa would soon be replaced with concrete dividers, the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) of the Philippine National Police said…
Citing the success of the “Bayanihan sa Daan” road-sharing event held on Roxas Boulevard last month, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will do a repeat on Sunday, this time on Commonwealth Avenue. The agency on Thursday…
A TOTAL of 21 truckloads of garbage—consisting of car spare parts, silt, plastic containers, styrofoam and cable wires—were collected from the Antipolo open canal in Sta. Cruz and Estero de Kabulusan in Tondo, both in Manila, on…
The chief of Manila’s trafffic enforcers has one message to kotong cops, or those who extort money from motorists—get rid of your “bad habits” or he’ll get rid of you. The newly installed chief of the Manila…
DON’T fix it if it ain’t broke, says the old adage. And old as it is, automotive leviathan Toyota seems to have never heard of it. …
PORSCHE has always been an interesting company. Of all the sports car manufacturers in the world, none enjoy Porsche’s greatly admired status.…
