Shortest way from Pampanga to Alabang

[yuichi]

settling here in Philippines is good, but its not the sweetest.

been going back and fort pampanga-alabang , visisting our new office and looking for a place to stay temporarily. my usual route is Nlex, EDSA, Slex-Alabang. pero kakasawa minsan traffic sa EDSA lalo pag gabi or rush hours na. meron pa bang ibang ruta? medyo matagal na rin ako di nagdadrive sa MM area kaya usual way lang ako.

thanks!

[niky]

NLEX, EDSA to Cubao, go to C5 by making a U-Turn at Crame and going left on Boni Serrano to C5, or going left at Ortigas... then C5 to SLEX.

Or you could U-Turn at SM City and go straight to QC Circle, then go to Katipunan from there and on to C5, but that's complicated... it's easier to get out on Quezon Avenue, then to East, through the new shortcut to Araneta then C5, but it's even more complicated, and it's easy to get lost if you don't know the way.

Problem is, you can't get on the Skyway from C5, and the traffic is nearly just as bad as EDSA.

The best way to do it is to just go at off-peak hours...

[Syuryuken]

Ayos sana kung nagawa na yung c-6.

[niky]

Medyo malabo na yun...

[CaMoTe!!!]

NLEX - EDSA - take uturn at MUNOZ - enter CONGRESSIONAL all the way to the end - right turn at VISAYAS - uturn at MCDO visayas - turn right at CENTRAL all the way to commonwealth (before shell) - uturn at the fist uturn to go to OLD BALARA ROAD - enter OLD BALARA all the way to KATIPUNAN/C5/SLEX

option 2 (better if edsa/west is clear)
NLEX - EDSA - NORTH AVENUE - CIRCLE - UP - KATIPUNAN/C5/SLEX

[mazdamazda]

The C6 project will be underway soon! :clap:

[170kphlang]

NLEX - EDSA - Ortigas Flyover - C5 - SLEX. cuts your usual route time siguro by 20-30 mins. pagswerte baka 40 mins. - 1 hour pa

[roninblade]

The C6 project will be underway soon!

oh really? around 1994 pa ata napapagusapan yan.
i was even part of one team to survey the areas that will be affected.
pero kung matutuloy din sa wakas...
i wonder how long para matapos yung project.

[Syuryuken]

Alam ko nasimulan na kasi may pinakitang aerial view ang ABS-CBN at si Bayani Fernando.

[wildthing]

Off topic na kayo.

Back to topic....kung gabi, the best option is really to go EDSA.

On any other traffic days/nights (like storm, floods) always take EDSA...lagi itong moving.

Alternative roads from Pampanga to Alabang:

NLEX-straight to A. Bonifacio (don't turn to EDSA) - on the intersection go straight to MAYON st. - turn right to P. Florentino St. (one way lang ito and this is the second to the last street before reaching Welcome rotonda/Recto St) - pagdating sa dulo turn left sa Forbes Blvd - diretsohin mo lang ito - taking the overpass to Nagtahan Bridge and you'll end with Quirino Avenue then turn left sa SLEX. From there you can take the SKYWAY if you want.

This route is shorter than NLEX-EDSA-SLEX by about 10km pero pagnapatiempo ka sa truck time eh grabe ang trafic ng A. Bonifacio.

This route is not good during the morning rush pagpasukan kasi maraming schools na madadaanan dito during the early morning.

This is usually good on a North to south route than South to North route.

[niky]

Grabe nga yung route na yun... I used to pass there before.

Shorter, yes, but just as much hassle.

And, at least on EDSA or C5, you can still stop at a "boutique" gas station to have a snack...

[landlord]

Sometimes when I go north from Alabang and it's around 3 to 4 am, I take Slex all the way to Quirino left towards Taft all the way to Quezon Blvd (Quiapo) Dimasalang, A. Bonifacio towards Nlex.

Sometimes from Quirino I go straight towards Nagtahan, Gov. Forbes, Dimasalang A. Bonifacio, Nlex.

[cutedoc]

try to arrange your travel on an off peak hour=)

[pup2]

Wow. You do that everyday? If it were me and over a month mo kailangang gawin, i'd just rent a place kung meron.

[yuichi]

Thanks guys. i already tried 2 options...

1. Alabang-Zapote - Coastal rd/Macapagal Blvd - Quiapo - N.Cemetery - A.Bonifacio - NLEX. mabilis yung way and it only took me 2hrs 15mins to my house considering 9pm ako umalis sa ATC at Friday pa.

2. NLEX-EDSA-Ortigas/Rosario-C5-SLEX - 1hr30mins, but May1 yon, alang traffic sa EDSA/SLEX.

the best thing really is go on an off-peak hour.

Btw, what is this C6 all about?

[zeyvier]

oh really? around 1994 pa ata napapagusapan yan.
i was even part of one team to survey the areas that will be affected.
pero kung matutuloy din sa wakas...
i wonder how long para matapos yung project.

Ask ko lang po sir san po ang route ng c6? from ~ to?

cheers mate