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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said that it will intensify its crackdown on jaywalkers in Metro Manila to help decongest traffic in the metropolis. The MMDA reminded the drivers of Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJs) to firmly adhere to rules on the drop off and pick up of passengers, and for them to only do it at the proper loading and unloading areas. According to MMDA anti-jaywalking unit head Rafael […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French pedestrians have the reputation of being a law unto themselves — but an unusual study has provided some scientific backing for the stereotype. Four times out of 10, French pedestrians cross the road when the lights are against them, according to a paper published on Wednesday. In disciplined Japan, though, the rate is 20 times lower. Cedric Sueur of Strasbourg University in eastern France led a team that analysed behaviour […]
YANGON, Myanmar (Reuters) — During the decades of military rule, cars ownership in Myanmar was reserved to a select few and traffic jams in Yangon, then the capital, were unknown. But now, after six years of civilian rule, cars are no longer a privilege and vehicles of all shapes and sizes fight for space on the roads. Rush hour gridlocks are a daily occurrence and set to worsen as the appetite for cars and mobility […]
(Eagle News) — Inanunsyo ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) na sa Biyernes, Enero 20 ay magpapatupad sila ng bagong zipper lane papuntang southbound ng EDSA. Magsisimula ang zipper lane sa Edsa-Main Avenue Junction sa Cubao,Quezon City at ang dulo ay sa Edsa-Guadalupe-MRT Ortigas Station. Isasagawa ito mula alas nueve y medya ng umaga (9:30 AM) hanggang alas once y medya ng umaga (11:30 AM). Paliwanag ni MMDA General Manager Tim Orbos, lumabas sa kanilang […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority plans to extend the “no window hour” policy of the number-coding scheme up to June 2017. According to MMDA Director Tim Orbos, the policy was successful in lessening the traffic problem in Metro Manila since it was implemented. The “no window hour” policy was implemented in November 2016. https://youtu.be/_6F6JHO7QPM
(Eagle News) – The Committee on Transportation of the House of Representatives approved on Wednesday, January 18, House Bill 544 or the Traffic Crisis Act of 2016 that seeks to provide remedies to the traffic problem in the country through emergency powers. There were 12 amendments made to the bill during the resumption of the committee hearing. The committee said the traffic crisis was concentrated in metropolitan areas such as in Metro Manila, Metro […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Public Works and Highways re-opened Road 10 in Tondo, Manila after completion of Road 10 widening project. From just two lanes for northbound and southbound vehicles, there are now four to five lanes for southbound vehicles and six lanes for northbound vehicles.
(Eagle News) — Balik-trabaho na si Senador JV Ejercito matapos masuspinde dahil sa kinakaharap na kasong graft. Napaaga ang pagbabalik sa Senado ni Ejercito matapos siyang i-abswelto ng Sandiganbayan. At dahil balik na muli sa kaniyang trabaho, uunahin aniya ang nakapending na emergency powers para maresolba ang matinding problema sa traffic. https://youtu.be/nII7V1KQmP8
(Eagle News) — Inaasahang tatalakayin ng Kongreso sa Pebrero ang panukalang batas na naglalayong mabigyan ng emergency powers si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte para maresolba ang matinding trapiko. Ayon kay Catanduanes Representative Cesar Sarmiento, maraming mga tinukoy na proyekto na nasa ilalim ng emergency measures na hindi pa kasama sa 2017 budget ang pondo. Maaari aniya na sa pamamagitan ng supplemental budget ay mapondohan ang mga nasabing proyekto. Kabilang sa emergency powers ang detalye sa bawat […]
MANILA, Philippine (Eagle News) — Thomas Orbos, officer-in-charge and manager of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority on Wednesday (December 28) said that two private properties in Quezon City and a government property in Makati City will be opened to motorists to further ease traffic congestion in the National Capital Region. https://youtu.be/jTU3CPGzQDc
(Eagle News)– The Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) will open the gates of Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City to the public as part of the solutions to heavy traffic during the holiday season. “Ito’y makakaginhawa nang husto sa ating mga kababayan lalo na ‘yung napakabigat na North at Mindanao Avenue,” Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Thomas Orbos said. Once opened, vehicles passing North Avenue may enter the main gate of […]
by Haitham el-Tabei Agence France Presse CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — In an endless cacophony of car horns, Mostafa Ekram each day confronts the frenzy of Cairo’s traffic jams: pedestrians darting out into the street, swerving tuk-tuks and even donkey carts. At the wheel of his SUV, in the heart of Egypt’s bustling capital, he doesn’t bat an eyelid as he narrowly dodges a black tuk-tuk, a three-wheeled vehicle, driving in the wrong direction. It’s an […]
