alternate route from marikina to alabang without compromising fuel

[innoBOB[09JmtG]]

currently taking the c5 then SLEX

baka may iba pang way, same fuel consumption but without the toll fee

any suggestions ka-tsikotistas?

thanks!

[1D4LV]

pag galing ako sa mga inlaws ko (from diliman), i usually take C-5, go inside the Fort, go out of EDSA, airport road. pero las pinas lang ako eh.

i think that from C5 to alabang, walang ibang alternatives except SLEX. mapapalayo ka kung mag via-las pinas or sucat ka. and besides, you need to have some village stickers too.

[hansypattucci]

i usually take the east service road.

from marikina, i take c5 from end to end. when i reach the forked entrance to slex, i hang a right going to the service road.

the service road goes all the way to alabang (in the vicinity of metropolis mall).

with the slex construction going on, sometimes i breeze through the road while cars on slex are at a standstill.

PROS: you save around 66ish++ bucks toll, distance is more or less the same because you're travelling parallel to SLEX

CONS:

usual vein-popping bottlenecks are bicutan, *&%^$*& jeepney stops, pedestrians, bikers, and slow trucks. the two-way situation can be a major stressor at times as well.

cheers!

[innoBOB[09JmtG]]

pag galing ako sa mga inlaws ko (from diliman), i usually take C-5, go inside the Fort, go out of EDSA, airport road. pero las pinas lang ako eh.

i think that from C5 to alabang, walang ibang alternatives except SLEX. mapapalayo ka kung mag via-las pinas or sucat ka. and besides, you need to have some village stickers too.

thanks for this bro!

i usually take the east service road.

from marikina, i take c5 from end to end. when i reach the forked entrance to slex, i hang a right going to the service road.

the service road goes all the way to alabang (in the vicinity of metropolis mall).

with the slex construction going on, sometimes i breeze through the road while cars on slex are at a standstill.

PROS: you save around 66ish++ bucks toll, distance is more or less the same because you're travelling parallel to SLEX

CONS:

usual vein-popping bottlenecks are bicutan, *&%^$*& jeepney stops, pedestrians, bikers, and slow trucks. the two-way situation can be a major stressor at times as well.

cheers!

thanks, might consider this sometime to test..

by the way, is this the same road to take to take the west service road instead?


also how about the other way around? from alabang to marikina? same route?

thanks!

[niky]

thanks for this bro!



thanks, might consider this sometime to test..

by the way, is this the same road to take to take the west service road instead?


also how about the other way around? from alabang to marikina? same route?

thanks!

SLEX is really the easiest.

The service road trick works only sometimes... during rush hour... at other times, you will be stuck for half-an-hour or more on the service road while jeepney drivers block both lanes of traffic picking up and dropping off passengers. And if you're unlucky enough to be behind a jeepney that's stopping at a construction bottleneck...

There's hope in the upcoming C6 project that will go around the Laguna Lake area... but that's years from completion, sadly.

[innoBOB[09JmtG]]

SLEX is really the easiest.

The service road trick works only sometimes... during rush hour... at other times, you will be stuck for half-an-hour or more on the service road while jeepney drivers block both lanes of traffic picking up and dropping off passengers. And if you're unlucky enough to be behind a jeepney that's stopping at a construction bottleneck...

There's hope in the upcoming C6 project that will go around the Laguna Lake area... but that's years from completion, sadly.

my goal is to find some ways to somehow lessen my fuel expenses, during rush hour, panalo sa service roads...

badtrip talaga ung mga jeeps na full stop, 1st gear, 2nd gear cycle.

will try this route still to have hands on comparison