Toll firms told to submit road expansion plans
By Paolo G. Montecillo
Traffic conditions at three major toll roads north and south of Metro Manila could turn from bad to worse if no major road expansion efforts were to be completed by 2018.
Traffic conditions at three major toll roads north and south of Metro Manila could turn from bad to worse if no major road expansion efforts were to be completed by 2018.
Halloween is already over, but last weekend the night of the living dead—motorists who were alive but otherwise stuck in a slow-moving body of traffic—struck once again. While it’s true that there was a 10-car accident on C5 Friday, which exacerbated the situation, the specter of wasted time, fuel, and tempers rubbed raw is one that repeats itself on the roads of Metro Manila every single workday.
Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp. has suspended Robert Blair Carabuena, who was videoed slapping a traffic enforcer of Metro Manila Development Authority during an altercation on August 11.
A man who obviously loves driving, President Benigno Aquino III frequently alludes to his programs using road-based metaphors: tuwid na daan and walang wang-wang being two memorable mottos of his administration. So we were straining to hear what he had to say during the State of the Nation address about the traffic situation in and around Metro Manila.
Are you a conscientious motorist? Do you actually think about other motorists you share the road with? Many people whom I’ve met claim that they are very safe drivers. But are they being conscientious?
This particular topic has been on my mind over the last few months but it only hit home last week when I found myself stuck in a traffic jam, turning in from EDSA into one of the tight feeder roads connecting to the metropolis’ busiest thoroughfare. My source of irritation and annoyance was not the [...]
Another week goes by, and more motoring misadventures come my way. As I was driving along this Sunday evening, I was wondering why traffic in the Philippines can suddenly appear, then disappear. A good example? Those of you coming from the North and East heading south-west to Makati, Manila and Taguig/Bonifacio Global City encounter the [...]
At the recent STV Auto Focus Industry Forum, various heads of car companies gave a brief overview of how their respective car companies were performing as well as an indication of the industry’s future, trends and general state of health. Despite the Fukushima incident in Japan where a variety of car companies have been affected, [...]
A traffic monitoring system, which broadcasts information about traffic conditions, congestion and accidents, is an important part of a city’s road system. This is usually done via all-news radio channels. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) used to broadcast traffic information on its 1206 kHz radio station. Now, the MMDA has teamed up with TV5 [...]
