Back To School

Oh yes, it's back to school and it's back to heavy traffic, crowded stations, packed buses, and more people on the streets.

I wish the students a wonderful school year!

Sunday Traffic

What can I say about Sundays? Oh well, in general, Sundays are somewhat an easy day for traffic but there are some Sundays that are exceptions. As a saying goes, every rule has an exception.

Just like this morning, at around 8:00AM, a trip north-bound along EDSA from Kamuning-GMA MRT station to Monumento LRT station just took about 20 minutes. How is that for travel time? How I wish everyday was like that. It sure could save a lot of time, energy, resource, and even could lessen pollution.

Sunday morning traffic.. what an ideal scenario.

Seasonal Traffic Rush

Oh well, what can I say? It's the seasonal traffic rush on the road today. Just can't imagine how heavy the traffic is this few days. My usual going home duration is about 30 to 45 minutes and the past few days almost doubled.

Can't say enough.

Traffic Observation

Just would like to share my observation on the traffic situation from Timog to Ortigas, that's my usual commute route these days:

     - Without traffic - 15 to 20 minutes
     - With a little traffic - 30 to 45 minutes
     - With heavy traffic - 1 to 1.5 hours (yes hours)

That would be if you're driving by personal transportation. If by bus, maybe add about 10 to 20 minutes more on the above-estimates of travel times.

But the thing is, I have observed that if:

     - Traffic is slow from Timog to Santolan, expect that traffic is a little faster after that upto Shaw maybe;
     - Traffic is fairly moving from Timog to Santolan, expect that traffic is bumper to bumper after that upto Shaw maybe;

Nonetheless, heavy traffic is caused by the volume of vehicles on the thouroughfare and add that with unruly drivers and those "VIP" with escorts weaving left and right. That's my opinion.

No bright traffic future, I guess.

Holiday Traffic

The Yuletide season is in the air and I feel that it's hitting the roads too.

Just recently, my going home commuting time has lasted an hour to an hour and a half from just 30 to 45 minutes. That's a lot of time wasted on the road don't you think?

I can only think of one reason why this is so. What else, it's soon going to be Christmas and everyone is busy going to the malls due to weekend after weekend 3-day sale of these malls despite of the just recent calamity that hit Metro Manila. I guess it's our way Filipinos dealing with calamity -- let it pass and continue on with our lives. Hmmm..