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MMDA’s Updates Traffic iOS App
Published on 8 Jan, 2012 at 10:58 in Featured Auto News, Traffic, Fuel, Infrastructure | | No Comments
Motorists can now navigate Metro Manila’s major thoroughfares with their iPhone and iPad devices again, after the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)’s updated app made it to Apple’s App Store.
The MMDA’s updated app, version 2.0.3, went live on the App Store as of Wednesday morning, Manila time.
“MMDA iOS app v2.0.3 is out. Update fixes…
Foreign Companies Eyeing Investing in Local E-Vehicles
Published on 2 Jan, 2012 at 21:54 in Featured Auto News, Traffic, Fuel, Infrastructure | | No Comments
The country’s alternative fuels industry has drawn support from several notable foreign companies, including LG Corp., Nissan Motor Co., Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., Yamaha Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., a government official said.
Energy Undersecretary Loreta Ayson said Friday Ricardo plc, an engine and electric vehicle maker based in the UK, had expressed interest in the…
Department of Energy Supports Filipino-Designed E-Vehicle
Published on 9 Nov, 2011 at 21:33 in Featured Auto News, Philippine Auto News, Traffic, Fuel, Infrastructure | | No Comments
In line with its alternative fuel campaign, the Department of Energy has thrown full support behind the Gitano electric sports car, a Filipino-designed vehicle that is expected to make waves in the European motoring scene.
In a letter addressed to Gitano designer and prototyper Michel Motorsport’s president Jan Kierulf, Energy Secretary Jose Rene…
MMDA Launches Internet-Based Traffic Navigation System for Metro
Published on 19 Jul, 2011 at 21:02 in Featured Auto News, Traffic, Fuel, Infrastructure | | No Comments
Commuters and motorists may now get real-time traffic updates from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) with its new Internet-based traffic navigator system.
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said the system can help motorists and public utility drivers make informed decisions on what routes to take.
“They can now avoid heavy-traffic areas, which will be a great help for…
Quezon City Planning to Impose Speed Limits on More Major Roads
Published on 30 May, 2011 at 21:11 in Featured Auto News, Traffic, Fuel, Infrastructure | | 1 Comment
The Quezon City government has plans to impose speed limits on two or more major thoroughfares to make them safer and to instill discipline among drivers.
Mayor Herbert Bautista has directed the city’s Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS) to study recommendations to impose speed limits on Quezon Avenue and Mindanao Avenue and other major thoroughfares…
MMDA Fields More Traffic Enforcers along ‘Killer Highway’
Published on 18 May, 2011 at 20:29 in Traffic, Fuel, Infrastructure | | 1 Comment
Following a series of deadly accidents there this month, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has deployed added traffic enforcement teams along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.
In a radio interview Wednesday, MMDA spokesperson Tina Velasco said the added personnel are to be at their posts 24 hours a day, even as she said they had apprehended 74…
Shell, Petron Join Unioil in ‘Big’ Fuel Price Rollback
Published on 15 May, 2011 at 14:32 in Traffic, Fuel, Infrastructure | | 2 Comments
Several oil players enforced “big-time” reductions on their pump prices at different times Saturday even as one of them hiked its price for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
The weekend price movement was initiated by Seaoil Philippines, which at 12:01 a.m. Saturday pulled down prices of diesel and kerosene by P2 per liter.
The rollback also covered prices of premium and unleaded gasoline,…
MMDA Lists Alternative Routes as Makati Flyover Rehabilitation Starts
Published on 6 May, 2011 at 15:50 in Traffic, Fuel, Infrastructure | | 1 Comment
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) advised motorists to take alternate routes as repair work on the Buendia-Osmeña Flyover in Makati City begins at 9:00 p.m. on Friday.
In its advisory, the MMDA said the northbound lane of Osmeña highway (crossing Buendia Flyover) will be partially closed because the Department of Public Works and Highways is set…
Unioil Philippines Offers Holy Week Price Discounts
Published on 23 Apr, 2011 at 9:40 in Traffic, Fuel, Infrastructure | | No Comments
While the other oil companies seesawed on price adjustments this week, independent player Unioil Petroleum Philippines Inc. went on with its own marketing strategy by offering price discounts over the Holy Week duration.
In a statement, the company noted that for every P1,000 petroleum product purchases at its participating stations, the customer can avail of P50 worth of discount.
In…
MMDA Lifts Color-Coding Maundy Thursday and Good Friday; Resumes April 25
Published on 14 Apr, 2011 at 16:27 in Traffic, Fuel, Infrastructure | | 1 Comment
The Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) will be lifted on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said yesterday.
The number coding scheme will resume on April 25.
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said the four-day suspension of UVVRP will provide motorists an unhampered mobility while going to and from the provinces during the Lenten season.
Tolentino…
