THE METROPOLITAN Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said it would be putting back the orange plastic barriers on Edsa that were displaced or washed away by floods due to heavy rains brought by Typhoon “Nona” and Tropical Depression…
ABOUT P1.2 billion worth of projects approved by the Road Board and funded from road users’ tax collections last year were marred by “various deficiencies,” according to the Commission on Audit (COA). “Our audit disclosed various deficiencies…
FROM being a fitness instrument, the walk-o-meter app gave Leonard Postrado a measurement of his misery Tuesday night. It took Postrado about “16,000 steps”—or 60 percent more than usual—to get home from Manila to Taytay, Rizal province,…
MOTORISTS coming from Bonifacio Global City (BGC) and headed for the Estrella flyover in Makati City complained on Tuesday about the placement of plastic barriers on the northbound lane of Edsa, saying there was no prior announcement…
Text and photos by Tessa R. Salazar WHAT? After spending countless hours stuck in Christmas “carmageddon” in our country’s capital, you still want to give yourself that gift of wheels? Well, what can we say,…
The Manila District Traffic Enforcement Unit has advised motorist that the stretch of UN Avenue from San Marcelino to General Luna Street will be closed from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Tuesday, Dec. 15. MDTEU said…
Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya said he would be a “fool” to say there’s no traffic problem in Metro Manila. This was how Abaya responded to Senator Grace Poe’s statement that while the administration’s “straight path” policy…
A sports utility vehicle (SUV) caught fire along the northbound lane of Edsa-Quezon Avenue on Tuesday evening. It was reportedly an Isuzu MU-X. In an online advisory, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said the incident near…
The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Tuesday launched a social media reporting campaign dubbed as “Netizens Watch,” which aims to encourage citizens to report traffic situations and obstructions in Metro Manila. MMDA Chairman Emerson Carlos said…
DESPITE the less than enthusiastic response from the public on the first day of the Edsa nonstop bus service, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) remains hopeful it will catch on and be implemented in other major…
