Traffic rerouted for SEA Games

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is asking for motorists’ cooperation in the implementation of stop-and-go schemes and other traffic adjustments in Metro Manila…

Who Adjusts?

As I submitted my last column, the never-ending conversation surrounding traffic in Metro Manila flared up again.   As you’d expect. It is a…

Skyway management suspends window hours for Manila-bound trucks using SLEX, STAR Tollway

The order implementing window hours for Manila-bound trucks from South Luzon that will traverse the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and Southern Tagalog Arterial Road…

MM infra projects to trim transport cost by nearly P1.4B daily by 2022

Once transport projects worth P2.8 trillion in Metro Manila are completed, they will not only reduce traffic but will also cut transport cost from…

Metro Pacific arm gets P19B loan for construction of Cebu expressway

Cebu Cordova Link Expressway Corporation (CCLEC), an indirect subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), has signed an omnibus loan and security agreement for…

Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge repair to worsen EDSA traffic, MMDA warns

The public should brace for heavier traffic in the Mandaluyong and Makati areas as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) starts repairs…

Expect heavier traffic with rehab of key Manila bridges, flyover

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is warning motorists and commuters of more than the usual traffic in areas affected by the rehabilitation of…

1.5 km more of Laguna Lake Highway opened to motorists

The Laguna Lake Highway project now has a total of 6 kilometers along its eastbound portion from ML Quezon Avenue to Napindan Bridge in…

PH, Japan to seal contracts for 2 ground transport loans 

The Philippines is set to sign in the first quarter of 2018 the agreement on the first tranche of the Japanese funding for the…

NLEX toll operator allots P19B capex for 2018

Tollway company NLEX Corporation (NLEXC) is setting aside around P19 billion in 2018 for various projects aimed at helping solve Metro Manila’s daily traffic…

Joint foreign chambers in PH push for immediate approval of traffic bill

The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) in the Philippines is urging Congress to pass the traffic and congestion crisis legislation in view of the worsening…

Limited run for light trucks on EDSA, Shaw in place from Mar 15-18

Three vehicular volume reduction measures, including limited operation of light trucks during rush hour, proposed by the Metropolitan Manila Development Agency (MMDA) have been…

No window hours for vehicles under number coding scheme extended

The “no window hours” policy imposed on vehicles covered by the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP), which is also known as the Number…

Deliveries to PH malls confined to wee hours during holiday season

Deliveries of merchandise to shopping malls during the Christmas season will only be allowed from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. as the government seeks…

Uniform rates for MM traffic offenses soon in effect

National government agencies and Metro Manila mayors have agreed to come up with a unified ticketing system and impose standard fines for motorists who…

BRT system among PH traffic solutions eyed under emergency powers

The Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) is hoping the bus rapid transit (BRT) systems in Metro Manila will be included in emergency powers that…

I-ACT irons out no window hours, more metro traffic-easing schemes

For more than three months starting October 17, the window hours under the number coding scheme will be suspended for private vehicles traversing EDSA,…

EDSA, C5 number coding window hours suspended starting end-Oct

The Inter-Agency on Traffic (I-ACT) and the Metro Manila Council (MMC) have agreed to suspend the window hours of the number coding scheme for…

State of Mind

Sure, the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s headline may have been misleading, but the recent statement of Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade – in which…

PH transport agency gets specific on projects aimed at solving transport woes

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it needs an estimated initial budget of P3.859 billion for its proposed maritime projects, stressing that these can…