APEC Week Traffic Advisory

[jut703]

Honestly I also have a lot of questions on the decisions made by the gov't for the summit. However, instead of just dismissing the people behind it as idiots (a lot of them are smarter and far more experienced than most of us after all), I'd like to hear their side of the story.

I've been flooding the Viber of my friend who's in the summit but it seems to be a busy night since he hasn't replied since this afternoon.


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[StockEngine]

Not everyone can afford to take a one week vacation.

I would have taken a vacation the whole week if only I did not have reports to finish.

Please excuse us stupid peasants who have to work for a living. I was stuck for 3 hrs to get to work.

Some travel 6 hrs 1way and some cant even take public transportation, some companies let their employees take a break coz of this event. Have you seen the commuters wait in vain for transportation?

Some are lucky theyre just burning fuel inside their air conditioned cars while others stand in the 38c heat.

Youre no peasant. I am sure of that.

I stil commend some people who took their previldge and escaped the metro. I would have done the same.

[badkuk]

EDIT: I choose to not jump into this pool of madness. Stressing over APEC won't do any good to myself or to anyone.

For what it's worth, i started the thread in hopes of informing fellow tsikoteers of traffic advisories during APEC. imho there's no use debating over something that the government has already decided for us. i only meant to mitigate the damage. Ako rin ayokong mastress sa APEC, but sometimes we don't have a choice to not be stressed -- i will be reporting for work Thursday :p

:peace:

[bryan19]

to lighten up some info.
Kaya hindi sa subic, cebu, or davao ginawa ang apec dahil they can't accommodate 10,000 people in one place. Like hotels and the venue. Not included un mga media pa dun kaya the best choice is metro manila. Kung dati sa subic ginanap un apec kung iisipin niyo iilan pa lang member ng apec nun. At estimate 4,000 people lang ang nandun. Ayun saka un security wise din. I think kaya traffic dahil hindi gano nasunod un mga alternative route na binigay o di na mandohan ng maigi. Baka kulang din sa alternative route. Oh I forgot kulang sa pag bibigay ng info para sa mga driver ng pulic transportation kaya ayun imbes dumaan sila sa alternate route dun sila sa same route nila. Saka commuters don't plan there travel yesterday and today or un driver lang ang may sala kasi di dumaan sa alternative route. Hmm basta may kulang hehe

[jut703]

I just wanna zone out and filter all APEC-related rants, but my social media feeds are 90% APEC, 5% Paris, and 4% Alma Moreno right now.

Not a good time to be online after a long day I guess. Way too much negativity.


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[chua_riwap]

Naloko na.....

[badkuk]

well i suppose that's one way of dealing with the traffic. If there was a younger crowd there....there'd be a street party ^_^

[Monty]

For what it's worth, i started the thread in hopes of informing fellow tsikoteers of traffic advisories during APEC. Like you said, there's no use debating over something that the government has already decided for us. i only meant to mitigate the damage. Ako rin ayokong mastress sa APEC, but sometimes we don't have a choice to not be stressed -- i will be reporting for work Thursday :p

:peace:

Your updates were quite helpful. Thank you.

[Egan101]

Waah! I left Makati around 730pm and took McKinley Road on my way to Sucat. C5 is a big parking lot but cars were crawling. The entrance to SLEX was really bad. I took the East Service road and took the slow but moving pace to get back into SLEX. I got home at 1030pm.

[MR_BIG18]

I left my office around 630pm, was home in 10mins

[BratPAQ]

biyahe kanina edsa NB 11pm. walang bantay sa apec Lane at bukas ito. pero walang masyado gumagamit. Nung pinasok ko dire-diretso lang biyahe. iwas traffic.

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[anonemus]

I left my office around 630pm, was home in 10mins

Ako I left my office and was home in 0 minute... work from home this week eh 😁

On a serious note, when veteran Tsikoteers here say it's one of the worst traffic experiences in their lives, then it must really be that bad.

Thanks for explaining why Subic isn't the venue again. Makes sense.

I still wish the government will come out with an aggressive propaganda campaign informing us of the (potential) benefits of APEC. It's not yet too late. See Inquirer's poll

Post from a modern day not-so-poor peasant, aka call center agent

[Manilablock]

I just remember, 10bil ang ginastos sa apec, malamang utang ito at kukunin ang pambayad sa income tax natin.

[Luap]

I just remember, 10bil ang ginastos sa apec, malamang utang ito at kukunin ang pambayad sa income tax natin.

Yup. 10 billion na utang na tayo magbabayad plus yung inconvenience na dulot nito sa mga gaya kong hamak na swelduhan lamang na kelangan mag lakad ng apat na oras makarating lang sa trabaho dahil di ko afford mabawasan ng isang araw na sweldo. Plus yung nawalang kita ng mga companies na nagsara muna. Ibig bang sabihin nito dahil tayo ang naging host dadami ang papasok na mamumuhunan sa ating bansa? Dadami ang trabaho? Luluwag ang traffic? Ano nga ba ang benepisyo na dulot ni sa pang karaniwang Juan Dela Cruz na kagaya ko? Kung ang 10billion na ginastos, ginamit sana sa mas makabuluhang project gaya ng infrastructure para maibsan ang traffic, baka mas makatulong pa yun para makahikayat tayo ng mamumuhunan sa bansa natin. Yan ay sa ganang akin lang naman.

[luis_]

Last monday I walked around 4kms going to work and 3kms going back home. Yesterday, I brought a car, it took me 30 mins going to work and 5hrs going home but it was very very less stressful compared to monday.

[badkuk]

raining here in Pasay. Good thing it's a holiday today, this would've added more misery yesterday/last Monday.

[dr. d]

how's MOA tonite?
...have to go there at 7 pm...

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how's MOA tonite?
...have to go there at 7 pm...

[Horsepower]

It's water under the bridge. Ok lang namn maglakad ng ilang kilometers. Wag lang siguro may kasamang bata. If you're single, pagkakataon mo na to meet a mate. hehe.

Seriously, we already spent 10 Billion on this event, might as well support and be happy about it while hoping na sana, sana may mag-invest man lang ng 10 billion para break-even man lang.

[JohnM]

Walked from Market Market to Greenbelt last night dahil mahaba pila sa jeep. Ayoko rin mag-BGC bus dahil baka ma-stuck ako sa EDSA and di pa naman sila pwede magbaba anywhere.

Took me less than an hour. It helped that a slim young thing with badonkadonks was a few paces in front of me walking in the same direction :naughty2:

C5 southbound last night was slow but moving even with a truck blocking a lane near Palar.

[Horsepower]

*JohnM, masaya nga yan. Pero tayong mga loyal hubbies e hanggang tingin na lang. haha