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What Flooded Roads?
During a meeting in Makati City one morning, I was surprised that Chino Roces (formerly Pasong Tamo), among other streets, was flooded. Some cars were obviously hesitant to wade through the flooded roads, causing traffic build up. This hesitation is generally understandable, but not to us who are veterans of Malabon roads. To drive home …
Maglakad sa Kalye, Huwag sa Sidewalk
Siguro iniisip mo na mali ang pamagat ng post na ito. Siguro iniisip nyo na hindi ako marunong magbasa. Eto talaga ang nakapaskil sa tabi ng daan, sa pinakadulo ng Quirino Avenue, Novaliches, Quezon City — Maglakad sa Sidewalk Huwag sa Kalye. Papatupad Anti-Jaywalking. (Walk on the sidewalk, not on the street. Anti-jaywalking enforced.) Natuwa …
North Luzon Expressway (NLE)
We will have another chance to praise the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX or, lately, just NLE), basically because it’s undoubtedly among the best, even the best, roads or highways in the Philippines. The highway is smooth and nice and travel time is considerably lesser (vis-a-vis prior the NLEX improvements or even the entire SLEX). There’s …
Metro Manila Traffic Costs
There’s no doubt that the traffic problem in Metro Manila is, well, a huge problem. It’s bad enough that it causes roadrage and high blood pressure; it get’s worse if we consider the gargantuan waste of money. The estimated financial losses caused by the traffic problem, while not uniform, are staggering. Consider the following:
Ten Commandments on the Road
When you go to the parking lot of Congress, you’ll have the impression that each one is out to “outsize” the car of everyone else. You’ll see the biggest cars there; and I don’t mean only five or ten cars. It seems to reflect an unspoken rule: the bigger car you have, the more powerful …
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