Blog Posts on manila traffic

Taxikick for abusive taxi drivers by Meynteyn on Jan 2, 2012The newest police enforcer is YOU. Taxikick is a free online app that lets you submit reports of abusive taxi drivers anywhere in the country. According to their website, Taxikick is a simple tool that allows passengers to report a taxi driver in th...

Manila Traffic by Pinay Traveller on Jan 30, 2011So I just got back from Aklan and let me tell you, that trip just added to the ten thousand posts that I need to start writing ASAP.  I know, I know… my mountain of backlog is just piling up! Bad blogger.  Bad, bad blogger! Seriously, it was...

The economics of bus accidents and traffic by FOO Law and Economics on Sep 28, 2010Here comes a proposal to change the way bus drivers, especially on EDSA, are paid.  Supposedly, if they were on fixed salary, drivers would behave better and cause fewer accidents and traffic jams. The incentives to drive recklessly in search of a...

Solving Metro Manila’s monster traffic problem by Bloggista.com | Ramblings of a Newbie Blogger on Jul 7, 2010Time for some rants and ramblings, and it's about one of Metro Manila's perennial problem - traffic. We Filipinos, particularly those living in Metro Manila have been used to spend a significant time of the day in traffic.

Who was Epifanio de los Santos? by FOO Law and Economics on Apr 8, 2010Ambeth talks. But seriously, before EDSA it was Highway 54.  Why did the Americans call it that?  Perhaps because it was 54 kilometers long.  But that doesn’t make sense because Americans do not use kilometres (remember Miles Standish and th...

Manila Traffic by Blogging Rights on Nov 30, 2009Everytime I go to Divisoria I make it a point to be there by nine in the morning and be out by lunch time. Unfortunately this last experience I had no choice but to go there late in the afternoon on a saturday. The only thing that was awful was the t...

The meaning of VIP, according to C! And how to stop “road bullies” (re-post) by FOO Law and Economics on Aug 31, 2009After I stumbled on this video uploaded by James Deakin, I looked up PD 96, a 1973 decree of then Pres. Marcos.  Here’s what I found: (1) the text of PD 96; and (2) a report on an Administrative Order by the President regarding the enforcemen...

Tagaytay and my Siblings by Razzle Dazzle Rizzy on May 26, 2009Last Sunday, our parents tricked us into going to Tagaytay with them for their annual UST-college "family" reunion. It turned out, all the other "children" were either married and have their own lives, or old enough that their parents could no longer...

the car pool by the drunken diaries on Mar 12, 2009the classes were dissmissed early for *seemingly* no reason at all, our professor was no where to be found and all the law students are left dumbfounded and aimlessly wandering by the sudden suspension - i almost cried, but all of that was just tea...