By Aie Balagtas See The Philippine Star Updated January 16, 2012 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is planning to build rotundas in problematic roads to ease traffic problems in the metropolis.
Chairman Francis Tolentino said these rotundas are similar to the one they put in...
By Mike Frialde The Philippine Star Updated January 12, 2012 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)has approved the design for the 3.8-kilometer “skybridge,” which is being pushed by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) as an alternate highway that would link Makati...
The parking brake: If it is on the floor of your vehicle it can be difficult to reach if you had to use it while driving and your brakes failed.
The reason is, the pedal is so far to the left and lower than your standard brake pedal, and you would be using your left foot to reach it, which most people don't use for the floor pedals, making it an awkward movement to do quickly.
To get practice reaching the parking brake quickly, go to an empty parking lot, high schools usually have large, empty parking lots outside of school hours.
start at one end of the lot (giving yourself plenty of room), push the gas pedal all the way down for about 3 seconds, let up, and push the parking brake down as quickly as you can (without pushing your other brake pedal)
You will not only be testing to see how well your brakes work in an emergency, you are getting that left foot used to finding That brake pedal quickly!
The transport sector is bereft with gargantuan and yet antique problems, Problems dating back to up until anybody could and care to remember. Take this sorry story, an old, ti...
Ni Danilo Garcia (Pilipino Star Ngayon) Updated January 24, 2012 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Umaasa ang Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) na mauumpisahan na ang rehabilitasyon ng 30-taong gulang na LRT Line 1 sa darating na Marso upang mapataas ang kalidad ng serbisyo at seguridad ng milyong pasahero nito.
Sinabi ni LRTA spokesman Hernando Cabrera na limang lokal na korporasyon at isang dayuhang kompanya na ang nagpahayag ng pagsali sa bidding para sa P1.06 bilyong kontrata sa naturang rehabilitasyon.
Kabilang dito ang DM Consunji Inc. (DMCI), Pilipinas Hino Inc., Jorgman Development and Planning Corp., Joratech Corp. at Miescorrail Inc. ang mga lokal na kompanya habang Japanese industrial giant Sumimoto Corporation ay nagpahayag din ng interes sa proyekto.
Nabatid na may limang bahagi ang planong rehabilitasyon sa LRT Line 1 na inumpisahan ang konstruksyon noon pang taong 1981 sa panahon ni dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos.
Melenco Vargas, president of 1-UTAK, said the conversion of EDSA into a tollway would be similar to a scheme practiced in Singapore, wherein motorists are charged upon entering a designated zone in business districts during peak hours.
He said the proceeds of the toll should be used to maintain EDSA, upgrade the Metro Rail Transit and perhaps for the construction of a “second level” of the highway.
Vargas said there should also be a parallel effort to develop alternate routes for those who do not want to pay the toll.
