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Balintawak regulars are going to have to find somewhere else to make a U-turn along EDSA starting November 23, 2020.The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced that it will be closing the Balintawak Market and Oliveros Drive U-turn

These will provide safe walkways for commuters entering the EDSA Busway stations

We have some welcome news to start the week for you, commuters: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has just announced that new footbridges will soon rise along EDSA to complement the current Busway system.These bridges will provide walkways not just for

RFIDs still dominate the headlines

Check out the alternate routes

In case you missed it, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is closing U-turn slots along EDSA in a bid to optimize the thoroughfare's busway program. Next week, the U-turn slot near Dario Bridge in Quezon City will no

The agency’s service provider has refused to waive the Beep card’s costs

Things are starting to get a bit messy along EDSA. Not because of heavy traffic, but because of the whole automatic fare-collection system (AFCS) policy that the Department of Transportation (DOTr) is requiring for the EDSA Busway.Following all the hullabaloo

Seems like there are still a few kinks to sort out

The goal of the 'no Beep card, no ride' policy for the EDSA Busway system was to improve the implementation of social distancing among commuters and minimize the physical exchange of money to slow down COVID-19.By the looks of these

And a PSA on scammers pretending to be us

Here’s a list of all affected slots as well as alternate routes available

It's clear that the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is keen on improving its EDSA Busway system even further. And as the weeks pass, the agency continues to make changes along the thoroughfare in order to achieve just that.After putting

This has to be fixed

Northbound motorists on EDSA will want to take extra care the next time they drive by Forbes Park's outer wall along the busy thoroughfare.A portion of the exclusive subdivision's perimeter wall collapsed over the weekend, sending concrete falling onto

What do you think about these new developments?

Due to quarantine laws, naturally

EDSA has been a hell of a lot quieter in terms of road mishaps over the past few months. This observation becomes even more obvious when you compare Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) statistics in 2020 to last year's figures.The

Apply cold water to the burned area

Recently, a Facebook page by the name of Luxury Cars Manila went viral for all the wrong reasons.In a post that, by the looks of it, has since been deleted, the page-which claims to be "the premier luxury automotive brokerage

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Kobe!

So, you're holding a crumpled piece of paper in your hand that needs to go in the trash. What do you do next? If your answer is to back down, spin around, shout 'Kobe!' as you let that sucker fly into

These will replace some of the infamous concrete barriers along the thoroughfare

There have been major changes made along EDSA throughout this COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest one being the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) EDSA Busway system.The new system, however, has been the subject of public scrutiny over the last month

Make yourself comfortable, because a lot has happened this past week

“We hope that this settles the matter”

Yesterday, news of a possible EDSA tollway broke online following an interview with Department of Transportation (DOTr) assistant secretary Alberto Suansing. In it, the official suggested that such a system could reduce the number of cars on the thoroughfare and generate revenue,

More units are scheduled to follow

The EDSA Busway has been a hot topic of late, mainly because of the concrete barriers that separate it from the rest of the busy thoroughfare's lanes. This is hardly the only perceived flaw in the setup, though.Other issues that

This week’s news ahead of the scheduled return to GCQ

We need these bike lanes

Bike lanes on EDSA will open today, August 15, and traffic authorities and bicycle organizations are calling for volunteers to help man it.The EDSA Bike Lane (southbound), will be open from August 15 to 18, 6am to 10am, and will be