MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — May tiyansa nang matuloy ang pagpapatayo ng subway sa Metro Manila, na nakikitang solusyon sa matinding problema sa trapiko lalo na sa kahabaan ng EDSA. Nagkasundo na kasi ang Pilipinas at Japan para sa planong pag-utang ng bansa para sa subway project. Pagkatapos ng bilateral meeting sa pagitan nina Pangulong Duterte at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, isinapinal na nina Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano at Japanese Ambassador Kojie Haneda […]
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Delhi restricts vehicles as smog envelopes India and Pakistan
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) – New Delhi banned all construction, barred lorries from entering the city and announced stringent restrictions on private car use on Thursday, seeking to combat a massive spike in pollution across large swathes of India and Pakistan. Tens of thousands of schools in Delhi and surrounding states remained closed as a hazardous fog of toxic pollution cloaked the region for a third day, bringing growing calls for urgent government action to tackle […]
Taas-singil sa STAR Tollway sa Batangas, nagdulot ng mahabang traffic
(Eagle News) — Mahabang pila ng mga sasakyan sa exit points ng STAR Tollway sa Batangas ang naging resulta ng pagtataas ng toll fee kahapon, Nobyembre 6. Umabot ng mahigit sa isang kilometro ang naging pila ng mga sasakyan sa bawat exit ng tollway, kung saan tumaas ang toll fee ng 25 sentimos o katumbas ng halos apat na piso sa bawat exit point. Dahil sa bagong rate, nalilito maging ang mga teller dahil sa […]
Dry run for ASEAN night-time convoy set on November 8, says MMDA
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is advising motorists to avoid EDSA and other roads in Metro Manila as a night time convoy dry run will be conducted on November 8, in preparation for the 31st ASEAN Summit. A modified stop-and-go scheme will be implemented along the convoy route from the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport at Clark in Pampanga to the roads in the southern part of Metro Manila from 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. […]
NLEX to be temporarily shut down for 21 world leaders who will attend ASEAN Summit
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) will be placed on temporary lockdown for the use of the 21 world leaders who will be attending the 31st Association of South East Asian Nation (ASEAN) Summit and related meetings in November in Clark, Pampanga. This was according to National Capital Region Police Office Director Oscar Albayalde. The temporary lockdown will affect the southbound lane of the NLEX from Clark, Pampanga to Metro […]
Singapore to freeze number of cars on its roads
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Singapore, one of the most expensive places in the world to buy a vehicle, has announced it will freeze the number of private cars on its roads from next year but vowed to expand public transport. The growth cap for all passenger cars and motorcycles will be cut from 0.25 percent a year to zero with effect from February, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said. The affluent city-state of 5.6 million people […]
Latest design may help eliminate traffic jams in the future
Reuters — Commuters rejoyce! A vehicle travelling above a central reservation line may become the fastest way to travel by public transport in the future. Dahir Semenov, a Turkish engineer of Russian origin and his team have come up with a new concept – a two wheel, gyroscopic vehicle travelling along a suspended monorail. Dahir’s team of twenty engineers have in the past designed futuristic buses and trains and the team is currently working on […]
Five transport groups say they won’t join planned 2-day strike next week
(Eagle News) — Five of the major transport groups announced that they are not joining the jeepney strike on October 16 and 17 (Monday and Tuesday). These transport groups are the Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (FEJODAP), Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations (ACTO), Liga ng Transportasyon at Operators sa Pilipinas (LTOP), Alliance of Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (ALTODAP), and Pangkalahatang Sanggunian Manila and Suburbs Drivers […]
Roxas Boulevard closed to vehicles on 2nd day of bar exams in November, SC tells would-be test takers
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has advised those taking the bar examinations this November that Roxas Boulevard will be closed to vehicles on Nov. 12, the second day of the exams. According to the SC, this was based on an advisory given to them by the Manila Police District, which is undertaking security preparations for the opening of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit. As such, the SC asked all examinees to […]
MRT-3, muling nagkaaberya
(Eagle News) — Muling nagkaroon ng aberya sa operasyon ng Metro Railway Transit (MRT) 3. Base sa anunsyo ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) sa kanilang twitter account, technical problem nanaman ang naging sanhi ng problema. Dahilan ito upang pababain ang mga pasahero sa southbound sa Kamuning Station, ala-sais bente-syete (6:27 AM) kanina, Setyembre 27. Umabot umano sa Category 3 ang nangyaring technical problem na ibig sabihin ay kinakailangang tanggalin ang tren. Humingi naman ng paumanhin […]
Transport strike slated on Tuesday, September 26, called off
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Stop and Go coalition has called off a transport strike it was supposed to hold on Tuesday, September 26. Jun Magno, president of the transport group, made the announcement after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board said that members of the group who participated on the first day of the transport strike on Monday, September 25, may face a suspension of their franchises. Atty. Aileen Lizada, LTFRB board […]
MMDA maghahanda ng libreng sakay para sa nakaambang tigil-pasada
(Eagle News) — Pinangangambahan ng maraming pasahero sa Metro Manila ang muling mai-stranded dahil sa strike ng transport group na Stop and Go Coalition. Ito’y bilang protesta sa planong jeepney phase-out ng gobyerno. Ayon kay Stop and Go Coalition president Jun Magno, bagaman wala ng makapipigil sa kanilang transport strike, bukas naman sila para sa isang dayalogo basta’t pakikinggan sila. Umaangal din aniya silang mga nasa transport sektor sa napaka-mahal na E-Jeepney na ipinapanukala ng […]





