Do the math, driving in Manila is horrendous for fuel economy hehe.

[theveed]

Yup, eventually yan ang bagsak natin hehe.

[laklak]

Ok sana ang bisikleta, kung may mga bike paths dito, kaso nga lang pag dating mo sa pupuntahan mo pawis pawis ka na

[theveed]

Marikina lang meron hehe...

Actually I'm planning to bike to work nalang pag di na tagulan... pwede ako maligo sa Big Bert's hehe...

Bad trip lang puros paahon ang papuntang Ortigas Center hehe.

[Helios]

Ahh, leg power. How else can u beat that. Europeans sanay dyan and encourages you to do the same. It becomes apparent and quite embarassing when you take a stroll with them. I can't believe how physically strong these people are. Inspite the odds we face locally, I'm sure we'll find a way. This thread may already had most of us pondering and perhaps see the bigger picture.

[midinite]

Ahh, leg power. How else can u beat that. Europeans sanay dyan and encourages you to do the same. It becomes apparent and quite embarassing when you take a stroll with them. I can't believe how physically strong these people are. Inspite the odds we face locally, I'm sure we'll find a way. This thread may already had most of us pondering and perhaps see the bigger picture.

Interesting nga. My euro business partners walk and bike a lot. Even the european girls make fun of the fact that pinoys are too spoiled. Could that be the reason why they are developed countries and we aren't? Tamad? Just a question. I remember kasi the oldies talking about a time of more self-reliance. And notice how we slid from being a top asian country?

[theveed]

Interesting nga. My euro business partners walk and bike a lot. Even the european girls make fun of the fact that pinoys are too spoiled. Could that be the reason why they are developed countries and we aren't? Tamad? Just a question. I remember kasi the oldies talking about a time of more self-reliance. And notice how we slid from being a top asian country?

Putik, nung mga 70-80yo pa lola ko nahihirapan panga ako humabol sa kanya maglakad sa HK hehe... Ermat ko naka tatlong kanto na ako naka dalawa palang hehe di nya ako hinihintay pag umuuwi ako sa HK.... and to think masipag pa ako maglakad...

One time I left my wallet sa bahay tapos di ako nagdala ng car and ang traffic sa Ortigas, I walked from Emerald Ave to my house sa may Santolan (Ligaya)... Pero olats padin ako sa lakaran compared to HK people.

[niky]

Yan ang hirap sa atin, marami ng dagdag na sasakyan... tapos ang problema wala naman additional roads. Tignan mo na lang yung papuntang North... dati nung early 80's yung Baguio kuha ng 4 hours, ngayon mabilis ka na pag nakuha mo ng 5-6 hours... gaano kadami ang petrol na dagdag dito. Haaaayyyy...

Hey, I can still do it in three hours... don't ask how much gas I'd use doing that, though. Last time I drove like that, one of my coworkers swore she'd never ride with me again...

Can't afford gas simple solution don't own a car.

Tried that... hated it... LOL

RE: Walking. I used to walk the five or six kilometers between my former girlfriend's house (now my wife) and UP Diliman... from our college building all the way to Araneta Center and then to her house. Took me something like 1 and a half hours, because of the damn traffic, dodging jeeps and tricycles, and watching my ass through the (former) squatter colony that used to straddle what's now a nice bridgeway between Kamias and Aurora (I suspect the fire was a government plot... hehe). I loved walking in high school, too (De La Salle Zobel, from the school to the gate of Ayala Alabang, 2 km every afternoon... after track practice, too).

I'm not sure how good it was for my health, though.

Most places in the metro are not conducive to walking, unlike Makati. Ever try walking from, say, EDSA to Katipunan along Aurora? You have to dodge street signs implanted in the middle of the sidewalk, vendors, prostitutes, beggars, prostitutes (did I say that already?) and the occassional jeep parked on the curb. Not to mention the smoke. If all our sidewalks looked like the ones in Marikina... a lot more people would be walking.

My problem is, as a probinsyano, that I'm used to taking the car wherever I go, merely because the shortest trip I take is over a dozen kilometers, and it'd be murder to tote my baby, her stroller and all her bags that far on a bike.

[Gumusut_Amige]

Hey, I can still do it in three hours... don't ask how much gas I'd use doing that, though. Last time I drove like that, one of my coworkers swore she'd never ride with me again...

:whoa: That's an average of 90 kph all the way to Baguio... Hmmmmm. Li'l bit curious here, what specific time and car you used. Might get a hint next time.
All I know is even odd hours it's too difficult to rake through the traffic jam on those major towns with all those pesky "king of the road" tricycles and jeepneys.

[ILuvDetailing]

ok lang yan dabid, pag work out mo puro upper body na lang hehehe

[oldblue]

ok din mag-commute. d ka mabilis tumaba coz of kalalakad. sa tsikot kasi parati ka nakaupo kaya tendency ng body mo lumaki.

[userfriendly]

Another reason ay 20 km per hour ang average driving speed natin. This taken from the trip computer from my Chevy Venture. Mataas na ito considering malimit pa akong mag highway - SLEX. Kung pure city driving baka wala pang 10kph, mag lakad na lang o bisikleta.

[midinite]

check the fireflies. they are looking for alternative transport sources here

[kimpOy]

korek nung nagaaral ako sa maynila nilalakad ko lang from sa inuupahan kong bedspace sa may san lazaro (sm tayuman na ngayon) to UST ang payat ko nun after kong mag graduate nag balloon ko dahil may tsikot na akong gamit...

[ILuvDetailing]

tamad mag lakad, dami niyan dito sa binondo kaya ang daming pedicab hehehe... sa HongKong sanay na sanay mag lakad mga tao dun, tignan mo mga legs toned na toned hehehe

[badsekktor]

baka hindi na maging tsikot.com to pag naglakad tayong lahat hehehe!!! lakad.com na!
kung lahat ng may sasakyan eh maglalakad na lang.... di na siguro magiging trapik

[theveed]

Pwede lakadkasimahalgas.com hehe

[GasJunkie]

Walking/cycling/public transport/ rent a car(for major distance traveling) every little bit helps. plus think of the less whining/bitching, like holy crap have you seen the price of gas, holy shiiiiiiiit my car only gets so and so mileage and damn it I'd better ease up on the gas so I can still show off on the weekend blah blah blah blah.......

[niky]

It's got to be three or four in the morning, gives you the best average speeds... can't do it in the current car, though, because my tires are too thin to ride the shoulders in Tarlac when we hit traffic.

Learned of the "three hour trip" from a University of Baguio driver when I convoyed with him. It's not a nice way to drive, though...

[e2fee]

It's got to be three or four in the morning, gives you the best average speeds...can't do it in the current car, though, because my tires are too thin to ride the shoulders in Tarlac when we hit traffic.

Learned of the "three hour trip" from a University of Baguio driver when I convoyed with him. It's not a nice way to drive, though...

You probably have to overspeed significantly on NLEX which I assume means high risk of being ticketed. Or is enforcement of 100 kph limit unlikely during early morning?

To compensate for slower speed on Marcos Highway (which I assume it would have, not Kennon), you probably have to average ~100 kph after NLEX. This requires sustained high level of concentration and is obviously not appropriate for the road conditions, even if deserted.

What is the blockade/holdup potential between NLEX and Baguio during the early morning time period?

[Dinxx]

Buti na lang Diesel Revo gamit ko. 10km/l city traffic

Pero kung gusto ko tipid talaga, I use my scooter. hehehe :bike: