HERE we go again thinking that stricter enforcement is the answer. Yellow lane again. Can we start thinking out of that box, please? Can we start considering new ideas and concepts to solve our traffic problems?…
The odd-even scheme, car pooling, and increasing the number of buses on Edsa to accommodate more passengers were among the schemes being considered by government agencies to ease the traffic congestion in Metro Manila. These proposals were…
PNP Chief Director General Ricardo Marquez experienced firsthand the horrendous situation on Metro Manila roads when he was caught in heavy traffic on Edsa Tuesday morning. Marquez was inspecting the PNP Highway Patrol Group (HPG) officers tasked…
The presence of policemen on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa) as traffic enforcers on Monday drew mixed reactions from commuters, who were one in saying that the traffic problem in Metro Manila boiled down to the…
Manning problem areas on Edsa will be the Philippine National Police’s “defining moment,” according to the leader of the 160,000-strong police force. PNP chief Director General Ricardo Marquez urged early Monday Highway Patrol Group (HPG) cops to…
Malacañang is banking on a new scheme to ease traffic congestion on the 23.8-kilometer Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa)—fielding policemen at six choke points, rerouting provincial buses, and asking the public to observe traffic rules—but is…
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Francis Tolentino said Saturday that the agency was ready to help out the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) as it takes over traffic management on Edsa starting Monday. “I certainly…
THE Philippine National Police will be fielding 150 of its Highway Patrol Group policemen on Edsa as the PNP attempts to manage the horrendous traffic on the main thoroughfare. PNP chief Dir. Gen. Ricardo Marquez himself will…
A long weekend had passed, a time to catch up with rest and family time for some like me, and a more active fun time for those much younger. However, the protest rally of the Iglesia ni…
Sen. Grace Poe blamed the lack of infrastructure for the traffic woes that plague commuters and motorists in Metro Manila, in a speech at a commuter forum at Ateneo de Manila University. “They say that to ease…
