i drove at nlex last nite

[momoyster]

kahapon lang uli ako nakapag-highway driving. in fairness, ang laki ng improvement ng road quality sa nlex. kaya nga lang, when they added more lanes to both the northbound and southbound lanes, the 2 opposite lanes are now merely separated by concrete barriers, these are the ones we normally see on the u-turn slots all over metro manila. i personally think that the height of each barrier is not enough because at night, if you drive on the fast lane, hence leftmost lane, all the headlight glare from the opposite vehicles on the fastlane is really blinding. i hope hindi ito yung permanent barrier na gagamitin at palitan ng mas mataas na bakod to shield drivers on opposite sides from the headlight glares. ;)

[odell]

ganda na nga ng road dyan momoyster.. dyan nag euro run.. wala na sablay

[kiper]

tinipid na naman nila ung bakod..milyones kasi gastos dun eh.

[hagiber]

Baka ganun talaga yung design nun, para walang tatagal masyado sa passing lane :-)

[pissword]

tsaka isa pa, yung ganoong barrier eh flexible pag may kelangan ayusin, pag may kelangan ilagay na uturn or something hehehe if in case lang naman... sobrang dami naman kasi ng ginawa nilang ganoon eh sayang naman kung iisangtabi nalang although i agree kulang ang height niya...

[GlennSter]

you have a point...nakakasilaw nga lallo na ngayon....hmmm...

[silver_corolla]

kaya nga hanggat maari maaga o may araw pa kung bumyahe ako papauntang norte para di ako masyadong hassle sa NLEX at kita mo din agad kung sisikip ang 4 lanes to 2 lanes.... marami kasing nadidisgrasya pa din dyan sa roadwork na yan.

[benchph1]

kahapon dumaan kami dito..laki nga ng improvement..syempre pati presyo ng toll nag improve din. nagmahal..

[pissword]

hindi pa nga masyadong nagmahal ang toll eh.. 200% increase daw yan dba pag katapos na lahat

[mazdamazda]

piss, ang alam ko around 300% increase.

pero reasonable naman - considering the level of quality that they've put in there.

but what pisses me off is that they will install imbedded speed traps and monitor your average speed to deter speeders.

but what about those slowpokes who can't manage to run 60kph? and they are the ones hogging the passing lane.

[hagiber]

The increase when the construction is all over is more like 600%... and that's just adjusting for inflation daw... so after this, may additional increases pa yata...

[109]

...meaning yung dating P10 magiging P60?

wala kayang discount pag tsikoteers? :bwahaha:

[hagiber]

The new rate effective this December is P2.49 per kilometer

[gearspeed]

Mahal na talaga ng toll dyan...kaya hindi na tuloy ako makapagbakasyon sa bulacan dahil sa toll dyan
Kawawa din bus dyan dahil aabot hanggang P400 ang kanilang toll fee nila from balintawak hanggang dulo na..

Sana naman pagnatapos na lahat yung ginagawa dyan eh may ilaw na ang daanan hindi tulad ng SLEX nagtitipid ng ilaw lalo na kapag rush hour sa gabi kala mo brownout..

[FrankDrebin]

Feeling ko marami ang mag-rereklamo sa toll-increase ng NLT sa december.

[Ungas]

As usual bus operators will file a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), and have it bring down by a couple of centavo per kilometer. Kasama na yung price increase nila ang buffer. Alam na kasi ng MNTC (take note, hindi na PNCC) na ibababa pa nila ang price. Kaya papayag sila na magbaba ng kaunti para sa kapakanan ng mga gagamit.

Pagkatapos nun... tatahimik na ang mga operators kasi nga naman nagbaba ng toll prices. Ang hindi nila alam, mas malaki pa rin ang kinikita at hinahakot ng presidente ng kumpanya at union.

[hagiber]

Yung latest balita nga is that slightly lower yung rates per kilometer nung provincial buses, pero slightly higher ngayon yung sa private vehicles to compensate for the loss of revenue sa public vehicles.

[CtrlAltDel]

wala kayang discount pag tsikoteers?

Pare, kumporme ako dyan, hehehe.

I use the North Luzon tollways almost everyday for 5 years. Alam ko ang condition ng tollways before the reconstruction. 4-lane highway now compared to only 2 before, dilapidated pa and terribly dangerous kung uulan. Ma-aawa ka sa sasakyan mo sa dami at lalim ng potholes!

I experienced the many highs and lows of that highway, including the first traffic standstill during reconstruction which lasted for almost 8-hours due to flood. If you only use the NLEX once in a while you'll probably not appreciate the improvements. Kahit nag-taas na ng toll fee ang NLEX, di hamak na mas mura pa rin 'yan kesa sa toll fee sa SLEX for the same distance. Kung pwede nga lang huwag ng mag-increase, hehehe.

Tama yung sabi ng isang Tsikoteer. Milyones ang gastos dyan. It's only fair na bumawi naman yung investors for the benefit they invested. Pero yung fair toll fee, huwag naman taga!

[pissword]

dapat nga hulihin ang slowpokes hahahaha ansama... feeling ko naman pag ganyan nangyari eh discrimination na yan...

[baiskee]

ganyan lang naman dyan..lamangan. :D