VERA Files
Weighing the benefits over the risks, it looks like the motorcycle taxi is the riding public’s solution to the stressful Metro Manila traffic situation.
Free ride-hailing apps continue to grow in number. If they are left unchecked, transport regulators worry, incidents that may arise from their operations could taint the integrity of the pilot test established precisely to ensure road safety.
When ride-hailing platforms fail to match passengers with a ride to work on time, commuters turns to an unlikely website: Facebook.
Mali ang pahayag ni Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, ang dating Special Assistant to the President, na hindi nangako si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na lutasin ang pagsisikip ng trapiko sa Metro Manila.
Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, the former Special Assistant to the President, falsely claimed President Rodrigo Duterte did not promise to solve the traffic congestion in Metro Manila.
Mali si Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago sa pagsabing walang naitayo na anumang imprastraktura o ginawang paraan ang gobyerno para malutas ang matinding trapiko sa Metro Manila sa nakaraang 40 taon. Ang MMDA mismo ay itinatag 24 taon na ang nakalilipas upang matugunan iyon.
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago is wrong in saying the government has not built any infrastructure or made any effort to solve the traffic congestion in Metro Manila in the past 40 years. MMDA in itself was established 24 years ago to address that.
An online community of motorcycle taxi riders and drivers book rides all over Metro Manila through Facebook.
Papaano ito naging “nasa isip lang natin?”
Marami ang nagmamanehong hindi alam ang traffic rules. Kaya madalas nasasangkot sa away-trapiko.