Aquino on EDSA Traffic

[Pipefish]

The president said this in Mandaue City today. Transcript came from Malacanang.

"... Maganda na ho siguro yung problema na pag tayo binabanggitan na matrapik sa EDSA, tama po yan, dahil marami pong nasa kalsada't buhay na buhay ang ating ekonomiya.

"Kesa naman walang trapik sa EDSA dahil wala nang makabili ng gasolinang patakbuhin yung kanilang sasakyan."

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[renzo_d10]

Hahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahaha

There are other ways to show that the economy is doing good. Ba't naman niya naisip yung traffic as an example? Hahahahaha

[stickers]

:hysterical: wahahahaha grabe talaga.. wala ko masabi sa President ng Pilipinas.

[Manilablock]

good for the economy daw ung traffic, hmmm, very productive siguro ung maipit ka sa traffic.

[ronki]

Eh kahit naman pangit ekonomiya natin noon, trapik padin sa edsa haha..

[dct]

ano bang klaseng dahilan yan. makasalita lang

[renzo_d10]

Sapul si Aquino pag sinagot mo...

"Walang traffic sa Singapore. Your argument is invalid." :D

[Chikselog]

magdasal na talaga kayo mga regular EDSA users dahil malapit na yun repairs 1 year gagawin...hehehe then every weekend daw isasara some lanes

OT: Repairs as in concrete reblocking buong EDSA?

[shadow]

OT: Repairs as in concrete reblocking buong EDSA?

full rehabilitation!

[Chikselog]

full rehabilitation!

Ahh ok. Panay kasi reblocking ang ginagawa sa EDSA last year.

[Pipefish]

Some businessmen with stores along the major road here in our place prefer the street to be congested. It brings more business. When the mayor made that street one way, dami nagsabi-sabi pero di naman makareklamo ng diretso sa mayor

The cigarette and peanut vendors must be making a killing on EDSA? >:->

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[niky]

One of our business partners from Vietnam asked for a promotional video for the Philippines. She asked specifically that we include pictures of traffic.

Wha...? Traffic?

Yes. Traffic. Because the sheer number of private vehicles and commuters on the road was seen as a sign of a bustling and prosperous economy.

Take that as you will, but it's true. Tignan mo... global financial crisis... super-expensive fuel... no traffic back in 2008. Recovering economy, booming stock market, booming car sales in 2012... what do you get?

[olidotcom]

One of our business partners from Vietnam asked for a promotional video for the Philippines. She asked specifically that we include pictures of traffic.

Wha...? Traffic?

Yes. Traffic. Because the sheer number of private vehicles and commuters on the road was seen as a sign of a bustling and prosperous economy.

Take that as you will, but it's true. Tignan mo... global financial crisis... super-expensive fuel... no traffic back in 2008. Recovering economy, booming stock market, booming car sales in 2012... what do you get?

honestly.. sir niky has a point.

[CVT]

One of our business partners from Vietnam asked for a promotional video for the Philippines. She asked specifically that we include pictures of traffic.

Wha...? Traffic?

Yes. Traffic. Because the sheer number of private vehicles and commuters on the road was seen as a sign of a bustling and prosperous economy.

Take that as you will, but it's true. Tignan mo... global financial crisis... super-expensive fuel... no traffic back in 2008. Recovering economy, booming stock market, booming car sales in 2012... what do you get?

I can agree with this point of view too, no matter how 'ridiculous' it is to most of us....

I am saying this because I heard the same comment directly from the mouth of one of the most successful persons (one of the founders) in Silicon Valley,- our CEO, during the heavy traffic (controlled chaos) last December along EDSA and Roxas Blvd....

He even loved the traffic in NAIA Terminal 1!!! (According to him,- real sign of a booming economy... )......

Now, let's have more road discipline and let's build more roads!!!

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[niky]

Make no mistake. It's a big problem. And it probably costs us billions of pesos of lost productivity every year.

But the resurgence of private vehicles and the huge number of commuters in Manila are signs of economic activity. Which means more domestic consumption, which... hopefully... means more jobs and opportunities for the poor and the service sector.

The challenge is, and has always been, how to get that economic activity to move out of Manila and into the nearby provinces. A lot of the new housing developments in our area stalled due to the financial crisis, but seems like some of them are picking up again.

The bigger challenge, though, is to rekindle the manufacturing sector. Something which this administration hasn't done in an appreciable manner, yet. Really hope they can persuade more companies to move here, especially with the political tension in China and the rising wages there.

[CVT]

The bigger challenge, though, is to rekindle the manufacturing sector. Something which this administration hasn't done in an appreciable manner, yet. Really hope they can persuade more companies to move here, especially with the political tension in China and the rising wages there.

Again, and this time, I fully agree with you on this, bro.niky.

We need to have a manufacturing (employment) base to be able to sustain what we have now and bring everything up to the next level.

After China, let them look nowhere other than the Philippines,- this is the greatest challenge to our current government.

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[stickers]

One of our business partners from Vietnam asked for a promotional video for the Philippines. She asked specifically that we include pictures of traffic.

Wha...? Traffic?

Yes. Traffic. Because the sheer number of private vehicles and commuters on the road was seen as a sign of a bustling and prosperous economy.

Take that as you will, but it's true. Tignan mo... global financial crisis... super-expensive fuel... no traffic back in 2008. Recovering economy, booming stock market, booming car sales in 2012... what do you get?

hindi ba better sign of booming economy ang moderate traffic seen in a modern road infrastracture. si Pinoy mema talaga eh...

[boybi]

hindi ba better sign of booming economy ang moderate traffic seen in a modern road infrastracture. si Pinoy mema talaga eh...

If this was said by a different President I think you would have a different opinion.