Operasyon ng EDSA busway nagsimula na
SINIMULAN na ng Department of Transportation ang interim operation ng EDSA Busway upang madagdagan ang masasakyan ng publiko. Bumiyahe na ngayong araw ang 150 bus pero 550 ang otorisadong bus na bumiyahe rito. Ang EDSA Busway ay dagdag sa bus augmentation program para sa Metro Rail Transit 3. Ang mga bus na biyaheng Monumento-Quezon Avenue […] The post Operasyon ng EDSA busway nagsimula na appeared first on Bandera......»»
Mystery guy humingi ng ‘sorry’ kay Jayda, idinaan pa sa billboard
SINO kaya ang mystery guy na humihingi ng “sorry” sa singer-actress na si Jayda Avanzado? Agaw-pansin kasi ang giant billboards na nakabandera sa ilang lugar, kabilang na ang nasa EDSA Guadalupe, Galleria Corporate Center sa Ortigas at sa may Marcos Highway sa Cainta, Rizal. Ang mensahe sa billboard, “Sorry Jayda, naduwag ako.” Baka Bet Mo:.....»»
DOTr, SM Prime break ground for EDSA busway concourse
The Department of Transportation and SM Prime Holdings Inc. have started construction of the first of three busway concourses along EDSA, which the latter will fund......»»
Footbridge sa QC gigibain, North Edsa Carousel Busway project sisimulan na
NAGLABAS ng abiso ang Department of Transportation (DOTr) kaugnay sa North Edsa Carousel Busway Stride Project. Sinimulan na kasi ngayong araw, January 26, ang operasyon nito na magtatagal ng 180 na araw o anim na buwan. Apektado riyan ang footbridge na nagdudugtong sa Cyber West at SM North EDSA sa Quezon City. Ibig sabihin, ito.....»»
Car crashes on EDSA busway, snarls traffic
A car crashed into the barriers along the EDSA busway in Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong yesterday afternoon, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority reported......»»
PNP limits cops’ use of EDSA busway
Police officers should use the EDSA Bus Carousel only when responding to crimes and other emergencies, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. said yesterday......»»
Cop sacked after EDSA busway crash
A driver of a police car responsible for a bus crash that left five passengers injured along the EDSA Carousel in Quezon City on Wednesday was relieved from his post......»»
MMDA forms new busway task force
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority launched yesterday a new task force to apprehend motorists illegally using the EDSA Bus Carousel......»»
MMDA: ‘Marked government vehicles’ bawal nang dumaan sa Edsa busway
HINDI na pwedeng dumaan sa Edsa busway ang “clearly marked government vehicles.” ‘Yan ang insnunyo ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman na si Romano Artes kamakailan lang sa isang press briefing. Ayon sa MMDA at base na rin sa existing rules, ang bus carousel lane ay eksklusibo lamang na para sa public utility buses,.....»»
Tabi kayo riyan!
When the EDSA busway – a special lane just meant for public utility buses – was inaugurated in June 2020, I was among the many millions of Metro Manila motorists and commuters who breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Finally! Somebody’s come to their senses and did what had to be done.”.....»»
‘Clearly marked government vehicles’ now banned on EDSA busway
Starting tomorrow, “clearly marked government vehicles” will be prohibited from using the EDSA Bus Carousel or busway, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority......»»
MMDA proposal allowing 5-vehicle convoys in EDSA busway for VIPs met with criticism
The Management Association of the Philippines backs the Department of Transportation's decision to limit EDSA busway use to public transport and emergency vehicles, a privilege now to be given to top government officials......»»
DOTr move allowing 5-vehicle convoys in EDSA busway for VIPs met with criticism
The Management Association of the Philippines supports the policy of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to restrict use of the EDSA busway to public transportation and emergency vehicles, a privilege now to be given to top government officials. .....»»
Risks on the road, hazards of the job
It is really bound to happen. With stiffer, higher fines and penalties, motorists would always try to dodge and outwit enforcers just to pass through the moving lane along the busway carousel at EDSA rather than be stuck in hellish traffic......»»
VIP culture
When the story broke about a lowlife VIP’s convoy using the EDSA busway, and then being allowed to get away with it by traffic enforcers, people saw only heels and no heroes in the story......»»
146 motorists caught using EDSA busway
Traffic enforcers caught 146 motorists passing through the EDSA Carousel exclusive for buses yesterday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority reported......»»
DoTr taps private groups for projects
Given the issues of limited funding and bureaucratic barriers, the Marcos administration reiterated that it needs the help of the private sector to pursue large-scale infrastructure projects. Transportation Secretary Jaime J. Bautista pointed out that the private sector has the required expertise in transportation planning, architecture, landscape architecture, civil engineering, and other aspects of the projects. “The Marcos administration is committed to leveraging the private sector’s efficiency and flexibility,” he said. Bautista made the remark on Thursday following the contract signing for four of the agency’s Infrastructure Flagship Projects’ consultancy services Consultancy deal inked The DoTr signed the deal for consultancy services with the Public-Private Partnership Center, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and SyCip Gorres Velayo & Company for the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit operations and maintenance and feasibility studies for the NCR EDSA Busway, Manila Bay-Pasig River-Laguna Lake Ferry System and North Long Haul Inter-Regional Railway. “Pursuant to the President’s directive, the DoTr is working full speed and is commencing the feasibility studies of four IFPs,” the Transport chief said. The North Long Haul Inter-Regional Railway will be an 800-kilometer railway, which will reconstruct the legacy railway to Ilocos and Cagayan Valley and will provide better transportation for passengers and goods, linking rapidly urbanizing economic centers in the northern and northeastern parts of Luzon. To recall, the DoTr relaunched and improved the MAPALLAF Project in hopes of finally easing the gridlock, especially in major thoroughfares in Metro Manila. After it faced headwinds in the last two decades, the project is now a priority transport infrastructure project under the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028. The MAPALLAF Ferry System aims to provide close to 10 million commuters with an alternative mode of transport through the waterways of Metro Manila, Cavite and Laguna. Meanwhile, the NCR EDSA Busway, another priority project, will enhance the existing EDSA Carousel. It will introduce new stations and upgrade existing facilities to be universally accessible, gender-responsive, and climate resilient — all aligned to international standards. The project may also involve the introduction of electric buses, reducing carbon emissions along heavily trafficked corridors of Metro Manila. On the other hand, the 13.18-kilometer bus lane in Cebu stretching from Mambaling to Cebu IT Park, the Cebu BRT is expected to serve up to 160,000 passengers daily in its full operations. The post DoTr taps private groups for projects appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Managers: Phl remains on track
Despite the lackluster 4.3 percent in the second quarter, growth this year is expected to reach the target range of 6 percent to 7 percent gross domestic product expansion, according to Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno. “To do this, we will expedite the implementation of government programs and projects, to provide fiscal stimulus to increase the productive capacity of the public and private sectors and address the adverse recent impacts of typhoons.” Diokno added. Economic managers gathered in Fort Ilocandia in Laoag City to hold the Post-State of the Nation Economic Briefing that discussed the country’s economic situation and plans on 14 August. Diokno said in 2022, GDP increased 7.6 percent from 5.7 a year ago and a 9.5 percent contraction in 2020. Diokno said the economic team is determined to pick up government expenditure in the third and fourth quarters. Revenue collections remain robust from January to June as these totaled P1.9 trillion up 7.7 percent or P132.6 billion year-on-year which is also higher than the mid-year program by 2.7 percent. Hence, Diokno said they have already pipelined 194 infrastructure flagship projects worth P8.3 trillion of which 132 are located in Luzon that will address irrigation, water supply, flood management, agriculture, digital connectivity, physical connectivity, health, and power and energy. Diokno also highlighted some of the projects like the Laoag International Airport Development Project, the EDSA Greenways, the TPLEX Expressway Expansion Project, the Laguna Lakeshore Road Network Project, the Ilocos Norte-Sur-Abra Irrigation Project, and the Naga Airport Development Project. “The Philippines is determined to be a world leader in the race to net zero and the Ilocos Region will be a strategic partner in this mission. Dubbed to be the renewable energy capital of South East Asia, Ilocos Norte is emerging to be a promising player in the clean energy arena. Being home to the first and largest wind farms in the country,” Diokno stressed. In his address, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Eli Remolona Jr., said from a peak of 8.7 percent in January, headline inflation slowed to 4.7 percent in July due to improving domestic food supply conditions and lower global oil prices. However, he also admitted that core inflation remains high at 6.7 percent although it has already started to decline due to the monetary tightening. The BSP has responded to inflation by aggressively raising its policy rate, as of today, the BSP has raised policy rates by 425 basis points. Prices reined in “The good news is that inflation expectations are still well anchored. The markets continue to believe that we will hit our target range by 2024 and stay there in 2025,” Remolona said. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman also gave an update on the use pf the budget for 2023. Pangandaman said at the end of July, the total amount of the national budget that has been released already is around 93 percent. “And we expect all our government agencies including all the cabinet members present here, to spend your budget so we can help grow the economy,” Pangandaman said. While for next year, the government budget will amount to 5.768 trillion and it is 21.7 percent of the GDP it has already been submitted to Congress last August 2 and the budget is expected to be passed earlier than expected. The National Economic Development Authority said it wanted to lower the poverty level to single digit. For Socioeconomic Planning Undersecretary Carlos Bernardo Abad Santos, the government has effective regional development plans. In the Ilocos Regional Development Plan from 2023-2028, the NEDA expects the Ilocos region to have a 7 percent to 7.5 percent growth while lowering the poverty incidence by 7.3 percent. ‘Build, Better, More’ under BBM;s watch Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan said the “Build, Better, More” program of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is very much aligned with the medium-term development plan for 2023 to 2028 and is consistent with the 8-point economic agenda of the president. Bonoan said that from July 2022 to May 2023, the DPWH has built, maintained, rehabilitated, widened, and upgraded 4,082 kilometer of roads, 497 bridges, built 2,103 flood control projects, 55 evacuation centers, 216 kms farm to market roads, 8 kilometers of farm to mill roads, 138 kilometers tourism roads, 18 kilometers of roads to seaports, railway stations, and airports, 4,038 classrooms, and 6,002 rainwater collector system. “Because of climate change, we have to address and be building and developing resilient and sustainable communities in the 18 major river basins in the country,” Bonoan said. Some of the major projects that the department would like to continue are converting the Daang Maharlika which is actually now Asian Highway 26 which starts in Laoag City and will go around Cagayan Valley and has extended all the way to Zamboanga City. Bonoan says that they want to convert this backbone of the national highway into seamless travel. “In other words, there should be no major stops along the way, along this Maharlika highway,” Bonoan said. Bonoan said they’re going to build 12 major bridges, and the first bridge is the Cavite-Bataan Interlink bridge with a span of more than 32 km. Should it be completed, this will be the second-longest bay bridge in the world. The department also plans to start the Luzon Spine Expressway which will run from Laoag City to Bicol, Bonoan says that this will be 1,073 kms more. As for Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista, major Department of Transportation projects like the New Manila International Airport in Bulacan, Metro Manila Subway, EDSA Greenway Projects, EDSA Busway, MRT-3 Rehabilitation, LRT-1 Cavite, LRT-2 West Extension, MRT-7, and the modernization and capacity expansion of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport are proceeding. For the Department of Information and Communications Technology Ivan John Uy, there is already a cybersecurity plan for 2023 to 2028 which is a consolidated output of all the stakeholders in designing which includes the best practices all over the world. “We’ve ramped up in our cybercrime detection, we are busting cybercrime syndicates all over the country especially those that are dealing with scammers,” Uy said. Uy said agency is also enhancing cybersecurity status by designing courses to upgrade cybersecurity professionals. He admits that worldwide, there is a 3 million job vacancies on cyber security. DICT said by the end of the year, the department will have Two Terabits of capacity from Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan all the way to Manila and we should expect very good Internet connectivity by the start of next year especially on the Luzon area. These structures also open opportunities to data centers and BPOs along the places mentioned which produces employment. DICT expects that foreign investment opportunities and interest in those areas will boom. The post Managers: Phl remains on track appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
MMDA clears obstacles at EDSA bypass
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has cleared the proposed alternative routes in connection with road repairs being done on the highway. The agency said clearing operations were done at the Mabuhay Lanes, Timog, Tomas Morato and West Avenue. Citation tickets were issued to parked vehicles, as well as public vehicles loading and unloading in unauthorized areas. The MMDA said road repairs being done in the EDSA carousel will continue until 5 a.m. on 9 August. Affected roads are: Both directions of the EDSA Busway in Caloocan; the road along SM North Edsa to MRT Quezon Avenue station, in front of Corinthian Gardens past Camp Aguinaldo, in front of the BBM headquarters and near Ricoa in Mandaluyong City; and four other areas in Makati City, from the Guadalupe Bridge to Rockwell Kalayaan Footbridge. Repairs along EDSA began Friday night and resulted in traffic build-up on Saturday morning. The traffic build-up was on the northbound lane stretched from North Avenue to just before the Quezon Avenue flyover in Quezon City. Motorists are advised to take the following alternate routes during the road repairs: Caloocan — Use Rizal Avenue, A. Bonifacio Avenue, or EDSA Balintawak; Quezon City Use Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon Avenue, or Sgt. Rivera Street; Mandaluyong City — Use Boni Avenue, Shaw Boulevard, or EDSA Guadalupe; Makati City — Use Ayala Avenue, Buendia Avenue or EDSA Guadalupe. The post MMDA clears obstacles at EDSA bypass appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Expect EDSA road repair gridlock — MMDA
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority warned motorists that repair work on roads damaged by continuous downpour will cause traffic congestion along EDSA next week. The asphalt overlay and reblocking will be conducted by the Department of Public Works and Highways in 15 EDSA sites from 10 p.m. of 4 August, Friday, until 5 a.m. of 9 August Wednesday. MMDA acting Chairman Romando Artes said they decided that instead of conducting asphalt overlay and reblocking every weekend that sometimes left unfinished, they will instead conduct one-time, big-time repairs. “Fifteen sites will be repaired simultaneously. The road works will run for the whole day. If it will be limited to nighttime, the repairs will take 15 days, there will be heavy traffic,” said Artes, thus he urged commuters to use alternate routes, avoid EDSA during the repairs, or take the MRT. Also, Artes told motorists to plan their commute and if they finish the activities that would entail passing through EDSA this Thursday and Friday, for them to enable reducing the volume of vehicles. The MMDA said the repairs are also part of government efforts to prepare for hosting the FIBA Basketball World Cup in Quezon City to be held later this month. The roads that will be affected will be along these areas: Both directions of the EDSA Busway in Caloocan; Road along SM North Edsa to MRT Quezon Avenue station; in front of Corinthian Gardens past Camp Aguinaldo; In front of the BBM headquarters and near Ricoa in Mandaluyong City; four other areas are in Makati City, and from the Guadalupe Bridge to Rockwell Kalayaan Footbridge. Motorists traveling from North-to-South in Metro Manila are advised to use the Skyway as an alternative route while the repairs are ongoing. There are also 11 other alternative routes along the Mabuhay lanes which are posted on the MMDA website. Artes said the agency will deploy additional enforcers to guide motorists during the repairs. The post Expect EDSA road repair gridlock — MMDA appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
15 kalsada sa Metro Manila ‘sarado’ sa August 4 to 9, magsasagawa ng ‘emergency road repairs’
DAHIL sa pinsalang dulot ng Bagyong Egay at Hanging Habagat, aabot sa 15 na kalsada sa Metro Manila ang sasailalim sa “emergency road repairs.” Ayon sa Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), nakatakda silang magsagawa ng “asphalt overlay” at “reblocking” sa kahabaan ng EDSA Busway. Ito ay mula sa Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue […] The post 15 kalsada sa Metro Manila ‘sarado’ sa August 4 to 9, magsasagawa ng ‘emergency road repairs’ appeared first on Bandera......»»