They may differ in their approach to certain issues, but presidential contender Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and his running mate, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, see a common solution to Metro Manila’s worsening traffic problem: a decentralized…
Motorists on Saturday experienced heavy traffic along the northbound lane of Edsa due to road reblocking and repairs. Starting Saturday morning, heavy traffic was observed along the stretch of Edsa starting from Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong City…
Traffic officials will launch a “nonstop” bus service and set up plastic barriers from Mandaluyong to Makati City on Edsa this Saturday, two measures aimed at encouraging more commuters to take public transport and enforcing road discipline…
Highway Patrol Group’s solution to traffic? Premium buses. The Philippine National Police’s HPG proposed the deployment of what they call “premium buses” to reduce the volume of vehicles on Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa). This was HPG’s…
THE METROPOLITAN Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) have a new target in their continuing quest to ease traffic on Edsa: Get rid of the illegal terminals for public utility vehicles (PUVs)…
THE MANILA International Airport Authority (MIAA) will soon be fielding its own traffic enforcers to ease vehicular flow on roads within the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) complex. The MIAA assistant general manager for security and emergency…
A traffic measure implemented when the capital recently hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit will again be used on Edsa this holiday season. In a briefing on Friday, Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said plastic barriers…
For the past two days, sidewalk vendors and pedicab drivers in Quiapo, Manila, have been playing a cat-and-mouse game with policemen tasked to keep Mabuhay Lanes in the area clear of obstructions. Traffic on Don Carlos Palanca…
Traffic, the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and other transport woes took center stage when presidential contenders—Sen. Grace Poe and Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Mar Roxas—spoke on pressing issues in a forum on Wednesday night. “People deserve better.…
TO DECONGEST Edsa and provide alternate routes for motorists even after the holiday season, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said it would go on clearing the 17 Mabuhay Lanes until June next year. “We will continue…
