To help decongest roads during the holiday season
The 'superapp' says Q4 is its busiest season
You can hear the Christmas carols, you can see the holiday decor, and that means the Yuletide rush is inevitable. Grab Philippines is one company that experiences the holiday rush palpably because of its business transporting people and delivering goods. It says
by Dinzo Tabamo
Plus updated airport shuttle bus fares
A maximum speed limit of 40kph is being enforced
We're not among the brave souls who've planned to spend the Christmas holidays in Baguio, but for those of you who are, here's something that might make the trip easier: Kennon Road has been reopened to two-way traffic
The start of three consecutive weekends of heavy traffic
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced that the expanded number coding scheme will be suspended on December 8, 2023."Suspendido ang pagpapatupad ng expanded number coding scheme sa Biyernes, Disyembre 8, Pista ng Immaculate Conception na isang special non-working
Welcome to the holiday traffic rush
The agency has also announced its traffic-management plans for the season
The planned removal of number coding window hours will not be enforced within the year, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), which has announced its traffic-management plans for the upcoming holiday season.The agency will enforce number coding from
Certain types of roadwork, however, are exempted from the moratorium
It's barely mid-November, but anybody else feel like the Christmas rush is already setting in? The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) seems to think so, as it is temporarily suspending excavation activities within its jurisdiction.Specifically, excavation activities on all
In preparation for the Christmas rush this year
If there's one thing we're not excited about this holiday season, it's got to be the heavy traffic. Things have basically returned to almost normal this year, so we're expecting the Christmas rush to be back. Heck, it
As expected
Well, it's that time of year again. And considering this is the most normal the holidays have felt in the past couple of years, expect more motorists to be out and the sea of red lights to be back to its
by Drei Laurel
We all want a good time this season, don’t we?
We Filipinos-especially those residing in the metro-know how crazy the city streets get during the holidays. As special as Christmas time is here in the Philippines, some of us dread it knowing the 'ber' months and the weeks leading up
There’s quite a bit to catch up on
As countermeasures to the expected increase in traffic congestion
Are you preparing yourself for the imminent holiday traffic? If so, then you might be glad about this announcement from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).The agency recently held a meeting with the Department of Public Works and Highways, shopping mall
An ominous sign of what’s in store for us in the coming months
We're a few days away from the end of August, and that means we're coming closer and closer to the holiday season. Although that might seem like a lot of fun-especially for the kids-the 'ber' months spell something
“Mas kinatatakutan daw kasi kami”
Yes, the 'ber' months are just around the corner-and so is worse traffic congestion in Metro Manila. So, other than once again hearing the Christmas songs of Jose Mari Chan in every shopping mall, we will again see personnel of the
by Aris Ilagan
How sweet it is
Last year, we wrote about how free the roads are in Metro Manila during the holiday respite between Christmas and New Year. Today, on our first day back at work since stuffing ourselves silly during noche buena, we noticed that the roads
by Jason Tulio
From December 13 to 24
Worried about the impending holiday traffic? That's understandable. December has always been one of the worst times for congestion. Between the mall sales and everyone flush with 13th month 'bonuses,' it's a bad time to be stuck on the road.
by Jason Tulio
We hope these work
The Christmas season is upon us, which means traffic is only going to get worse from this point. Recognizing this, the House Committee on Metro Manila Development has assessed the Inter-Agency Council on Traffic's (I-ACT) plan of attack to
by Jason Tulio
This will be a big help
SM just gave us our first taste of 2018 holiday traffic madness with a three-day Megamall sale, and it's only going to get worse in the weeks to come. People have cash and things need to be bought, so it'
by Dinzo Tabamo
It truly is the most wonderful time of the year
As I'm writing this, I just arrived fresh off a drive from the Makati business district, normally a hellhole of gridlock, to our office in Pioneer.When I got in the car, Will Smith's "Miami" was playing mid-verse on
by Jason Tulio
In preparation for Christmas traffic
The traffic in Metro Manila becomes downright unbearable during the mad rush of the Christmas season. To help ease the congestion for motorists, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and Quezon City government have signed a memorandum of agreement for the establishment
by Jason Tulio
