Motorists can now forget about traffic congestion along the perennially clogged C-5 road with the recent completion of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)’s revolutionary elevated U-turn interchange, the first of its kind in the Philippines , and perhaps in the world. [Not so.]

Completed in a record time of four months, the Phase 2 (South Side) of the C-5/Kalayaan Urban Interchange will be inaugurated today, a testament to the MMDA’s commitment to relieve Metro Manila of its decades-old problems on traffic.

The man behind the elevated U-turn project – MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando – likes to think of it as the newest traffic engineering solution that has so far been conceived to address the metropolis’ traffic situation.

“With the opening of the second C-5/Kalayaan Interchange, we can now further free up traffic along C-5 and Kalayaan Avenue , as well as speed up travel towards Quezon City and southern part of Metro Manila,” Fernando said.

The C-5/Kalayaan Urban Interchange project will easily connect the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) in Taguig City to the north end of C-5, the McArthur Highway in Valenzuela City and the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), according to Fernando.

And unlike the conventional flyovers and tunnels, an elevated U-turn does not take up much road space, making it more applicable in urban areas with relatively small land area, he stressed.

“With the limited urban space in Metro Manila, the C-5/Kalayaan Urban Interchange requires only minimal space, “Fernando said.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will formally grace today’s formal inauguration of the U-turn interchange near the C-5/Kalayaan Avenue intersection in Makati City, along with the mayors and congressmen of the six cities that straddle the 19.7-kilometer C-5 road – Quezon City, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Marikina, Makati, Taguig and the municipality of Pateros.

“An innovation in road engineering” was how MMDA Assistant General Manager for Planning Dr. Corazon B. Cruz, the project director, describes the recently completed elevated U-turn.

AGM Cruz said billions of pesos in fuel and time savings, vehicle maintenance, and government expenses on personnel, equipment, and electricity will be saved with the full operation of the elevated U-turn interchanges.

The first elevated U-turn interchange, located at the north bound lane of C-5, was completed in August 2008, after only six months of construction. The second phase commenced four months later, on December 2, 2008 and completed on April 17, 2009.

The full operation of the two elevated U-turn interchanges is expected to increase travel speed at the C-5/Kalayaan corridor up to 43.61 kilometer per hour (kph), a dramatic improvement to the days when the C-5/Kalayaan intersection was still a four-phase traffic.

“By removing the traffic signal lights and closing the ( C-5/Kalayaan Avenue ) intersection, traffic flow is now continuous, providing motorists an unimpeded travel,” Fernando said in explaining the U-turn traffic concept.

Developed in view of the MMDA’s continuous effort to seek new alternatives to improve the metropolis’ traffic condition, the elevated U-turn scheme underwent rigid traffic simulation tests conducted by the agency’s Traffic Engineering Center (TEC) and the National Center for Transportation Studies (NCTS) of the University of the Philippines .

The elevated U-turn interchange was chosen over the original proposal to construct a vehicular underpass ortunnel along the C-5 road, which proved to be more impractical and expensive.

Fernando said the elevated U-turn interchange does not entail the utilization of traffic signal lights, 24-hour lighting, or traffic enforcers, and is not prone to flooding compared to a tunnel.

“We conducted numerous studies for this project and we found out that the elevated U-turn is much more viable and would be of great help in reducing traffic gridlock in the area,” Fernando said.

Fernando said C-5 road is now the best alternative for motorists using Edsa, thus freeing up traffic volume in the 24-kilometer national highway.

“There is nothing like this in the world,” Fernando said of the elevated U-turn interchanges.

Posted Wednesday, May 06, 2009

source:
http://bayan-natin.blogspot.com/2009/05/mmdas-elevated-u-turn-interchange-in.html

http://www.mmda.gov.ph/DSC_3932sm.JPG

:cheers:

Mabilis talaga magtrabaho ang MMDA, concrete reblocking in libis area are done in a day. friday night, road are excavated, saturday morning concrete pouring, curing till sunday, monday morning, roads are open.

^^ugh? There are elevated U-turn slots in Thailand, right?

nasa news.....inopen na siya ni pgma....ramdam ang kaunlaran...o walang kokontra...:lol:

^^ugh? There are elevated U-turn slots in Thailand, right?

Maybe he's referring to the design. :lol:

“There is nothing like this in the world,” Fernando said of the elevated U-turn interchanges.

Talagang walang ganito sa ibang bansa :crazy:! Dahil Boxy kasi un design nya at sobrang compact, Habang sa thailand ay large scale at may kurbada.

Maybe he's referring to the design. :lol:
Talagang walang ganito sa ibang bansa :crazy:! Dahil Boxy kasi un design nya at sobrang compact, Habang sa thailand ay large scale at may kurbada.OO nga noh. Baka kaya niya binago yung design at ginawang may corners ara masabing walang ganun sa buong mundo. :lol:

Mas mabuti nga ang elevated u-turn keysa sa tunnel proposed ng dpwh na 600M itong elevated u turn eh 350M lng.

Kaya hindi kagandahan yung design eh nagtitipid ang mmda, kaya may kanto yung u turn.

Pero subukan nyong umakyat sa elevated u-turn, doon nyo makikita yung curve. yung guide sa road, yung painted white sa kalsada.:)

Nagamit na namin un unang u-turn dyan, nakakatakot! Nakakalula pag un pababa ka na :lol:

repost ko lang:

The elevated U turn really works! This morning, at 9 AM, I passed by the area, it was raining, rush hour, and to my surprise, I travelled 40 to 60 kph from Tiendesitas to Bagong Ilog flyover, all the way to the Fort. There were so many vehicles/cars at this time.

Thanks to the proponent of this project. What a relief.

To the detractors of this project, please go to C5 and see for yourself the improvement.

Fernando, who has been very vocal about his desire to run for President in next year's elections, has been saying that he is the Lee Kuan Yew of the Philippines for having a political will.


Lee Kuan Yew ng Pilipinas? i hope he's joking.. :ohno::ohno:

repost ko lang:

The elevated U turn really works! This morning, at 9 AM, I passed by the area, it was raining, rush hour, and to my surprise, I travelled 40 to 60 kph from Tiendesitas to Bagong Ilog flyover, all the way to the Fort. There were so many vehicles/cars at this time.

Thanks to the proponent of this project. What a relief.

To the detractors of this project, please go to C5 and see for yourself the improvement.

mag drive kamo sila ng malaman nila ang pagkakaiba.....

Lee Kuan Yew ng Pilipinas? i hope he's joking.. :ohno::ohno:

walang masama...magaling naman si likuan u....:lol:...walang basagan ng pangarap....:lol:

MMDA is the only Goverment Agency i like! :banana:

http://www.mmda.gov.ph/DSC_3932sm.JPG

:cheers:

Mabilis talaga magtrabaho ang MMDA, concrete reblocking in libis area are done in a day. friday night, road are excavated, saturday morning concrete pouring, curing till sunday, monday morning, roads are open.

Whomever came up with this idea.... :applause: :applause: :applause:

sana gumawa din sila in other places na may traffic gridlock wala atang mga lamp post dyan ok lang ba yan dapat katulat ng mga flyovers sa thailand ata meron d b?

Bayani Fernando’s U-TOT and online ‘burol’ (http://http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/05142008/opinion04.html)


Of late, traffic has been heavy at the intersection of C-5 and Kalayaan Avenue given the ongoing construction of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) latest infrastructure project, an elevated U-turn ramp or a U-Turn On Top, or U-TOT. This latest project of MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando, a first in the metropolis, aims to eventually ease traffic flow at this very busy intersection by shutting it down, literally, and forcing east- and west-bound motorists to instead make wide U-turns along C-5 to get to their destination.

As a motorist, I was never fully in favor of the MMDA initiative to shut down many traffic-light intersections by instituting more U-turns—a poor man’s alternative to building a series of circumferential roads with single-way traffic flow. Quezon Avenue is one perfect example of how this monstrous U-turn project is not working out. The problem, after all, is not so much traffic management as road space. Simply put, there are just too many cars on the road—or too narrow roads for the volume of cars in use. And not even a metropolis of U-turns can fix that.

It is a good thing the MMDA finally had enough sense, and budget, to put a lot more thought to the C-5/Kalayaan Avenue U-TOT. To be effective, U-turn slots should actually be at the outer lanes—and not at the inner lanes like on Quezon Avenue. This results in crisscrossing motorists, as well as a much slower left lane—which should be the fast lane. It also results in a further narrowing or roads, and thus exacerbates the problem of road space.

By putting the U-TOT on-ramp and off-ramp at the outer lanes, inner lanes are kept free flowing for south- and north-bound vehicles—with the left lanes maintained as fast lanes. Vehicles on Kalayaan Avenue heading east can also turn right to C-5, stick to the right, get on the ramp and then off, and then turn right again to head east without having to cross the paths of south- or north-bound motorists. This, obviously, makes more sense than having the same cars block traffic by cutting through C-5 just to make their way to the inner/leftmost lane to make a U-turn, and then cut through C-5 once more to make their way to the outer lane to turn right.

The sad part is that C-5 may be the first and last place to see the rise of the MMDA U-TOT. Putting up an elevated U-turn ramp is both difficult and expensive. It takes time to build, and, obviously, requires plenty of space. But given the recent widening of Commonwealth Avenue, some parts can already accommodate the construction of a U-TOT. Perhaps the MMDA can look into it. Such construction can result in lasting benefits.

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^^ After Lee Kuan Yew, they have another catchy term: U-TOT (U-Turn On Top) :lol::lol:

parang ang bantot pakinggan pero ok lang

sana gumawa din sila in other places na may traffic gridlock wala atang mga lamp post dyan ok lang ba yan dapat katulat ng mga flyovers sa thailand ata meron d b?

new lamp posts were installed.. sobrang liwanag na including the pedestrian flyover.

^^ speaking of lamp posts. the ones erected by Jun Bernabe are all not working, to consider these were installed ony this year. papogi na proyekto lang, aksaya na naman ng perang taong bayan.

Bayani Fernando’s U-TOT and online ‘burol’ (http://http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/05142008/opinion04.html)

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Bayani Fernando’s U-TOT
hahaha.. :lol:


anyway.. Nice one again BF... :cheers:

lilinis pa kaya maynila... ......

U-TOT....Ang Baho! :nuts: :lol:

^^ Di kaya maglikha ng air pollution yang U-TOT? :lol:

nakarating na rin yang sign na yan sa quezon ave :lol::lol::lol:

Lee Kuan Yew ng Pilipinas? i hope he's joking.. :ohno::ohno:

what if he's not joking..

hindi si BF ang lee kuan yew.. si echiveri (did i spelled it right):lol::lol::lol:
:cheers:

can you give a name of a politician who can compete BF accomplishments?
-peewee,oreta,malonzo,binay?:cheers:

is there any better MMDA chairman than this guy? for those who are not satisfied...
let's see after he's out as the chairman..

how if he's not joking..

hindi si BF ang lee kuan lee.. si echiveri (did i spelled it right):lol::lol::lol:
:cheers:

can you give a name of a politician who can compete BF accomplishments?
-malonzo?:cheers:

uhm... wala ako maisip eh... hehe.. :lol::lol:

basta alam ko maraming nagawa si BF... sobra...

but only a few can be compared to Lee Kuan Yew's accomplishments...

uhm... wala ako maisip eh... hehe.. :lol::lol:

basta alam ko maraming nagawa si BF... sobra...

but only a few can be compared to Lee Kuan Yew's accomplishments...

have you heard of a place named Marikina?..:lol:
maybe he's not that popular as MMDA chair because of hardheaded manilenio but ever been there? knew something from that place? pero kung hindi pa i understand and i also respect your opinion.:)

have you heard of a place named Marikina?..:lol:
maybe he's not that popular as MMDA chair because of hardheaded manilenio but ever been there? knew something from that place? pero kung hindi pa i understand and i also respect your opinion.:)

sorry ah... never been there yet... :)

grabe sa marikina... tlagang pinatutupad ang batas and ndi lang basta pina22pad sinusunod nmn 2 ng lahat ng taga marikina... ndi nmn aq taga marikina taga QC aq pero iba tlaga dun sa marikina... once nung pumunta kami sa marikina shoe expo[tama ba? ndi q po sure once plang aq nakapunta dun] dun sa pedestrian wla kang makikitang 2matawid pag stop... pinapa2pad pa ata nila ngaun ung pag nahuling nagjaywalking pinaparecite ung lupang hinirang

^^That's true. When I went there several times before, I've noticed that many people are crossing the street in proper ped xing's. That's very unusual in other parts of the Metro. Aside from that, it is my usual hobby to count some trash on their sidewalks. Of course, there would be some trash but it is very very minimal, just some few cady wrappers and such.

^^ Di kaya maglikha ng air pollution yang U-TOT? :lol:

:lol::lol::lol::lol: :lol:

oo nga...

nde pa ako nakakapag drive sa parte ng yan..now that the elev uturn has been opened...musta na kaya ang traffic dyan meron bang improvement...bumilis ba?

Hmm, Passed by the UTOT ( :lol: ) last night. Pumunta kami ng Greenhills...

Northbound, bumagal ng kaunti dahil nagbuildup dun sa may Bagong Ilog bridge kaso un takbo namin was around 10 to 20kph kaso non stop. Kaunti palang ang gumagamit ng Second U-TOT.. Mga 7PM un..

Ngayon, Southbound mga 9PM from Greenhills..May kaunting buildup dun sa ilalim dahil masikip kaso ang speed was around 20 to 30kph none stop except when some cars go right to Kalayaan avenue. Kaso, paglampas mo, mabilis uli takbo mo.

parang ang bantot pakinggan pero ok lang

Parang!? Parang!? It freakin' is!

di ba sila aware na ang baho ng palayaw:lol:

kaya cguro un ung gnawa nilang name for it to be catchy...

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2488/dsc00282ufb.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00282ufb.jpg)

notice that the old footbridge is slowly being demolished.
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5156/dsc00283m.jpg (http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00283m.jpg)

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3695/dsc00284uwy.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00284uwy.jpg)

notice how some FX drivers plying the C5 route wait for passengers below right impeding traffic flow. paging, MMDA.
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/3652/dsc00292q.jpg (http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00292q.jpg)

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4941/dsc00285jeg.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00285jeg.jpg)

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1940/dsc00286nic.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00286nic.jpg)

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3419/dsc00287blw.jpg (http://img11.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00287blw.jpg)

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3079/dsc00288jia.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00288jia.jpg)

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9017/dsc00289sij.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00289sij.jpg)

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6571/dsc00290t.jpg (http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00290t.jpg)

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9012/dsc00291w.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00291w.jpg)

landscaping below the elevated U-turn
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4026/dsc00294nyi.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00294nyi.jpg)

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6867/dsc00296try.jpg (http://img11.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00296try.jpg)

beware of the following hole underneath the U-turn (2nd phase). paging, BF.
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/7830/dsc00297tnw.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00297tnw.jpg)

^^ Great photos bledzoe! :)

nice ang linis tignan wala kasi pa traffic eh hope to see more of that

yup ang linis ha....parang wala akong nakitang kahit isang papel na kalat....parang hindi sa pinas...ha....:banana: galing mo talaga bf....idol...iboboto kita.....

^^nice photo set and info :) bledzoe.
thanks!!!

landscaping na lang sa mga gilid ng daan maganda na talaga yan parang d na sa pinas talaga

baka bagong linis lang....kasi i had this experience na nakadaan ako sa edsa one sat morning na napakalinis ng edsa...pati pasay side....para akong namalikmata....padating cguro ng tanghali marumi na naman dahil mga salaula nating kababayan magkakalat na ng balot ng kendi...upos ng yosi..at kung ano-ano pa...:bash:

di ko ma appreciate talaga ang colored pink for road & traffic/pedestrian signs..... sa dami ng kulay dyan bakit pink pa pinili ni kolokoy..... meron namang green, red, white, and yellow dyan, or even blue! somehow pink seem to be unfilipino and pink is too gay and too cheesy..... :no:

Because they thought it is the most attention-grabbing.

^^ Isn't pink an internationally-adopted color for a specific set of signage? I forgot what that set was.

^^ Incident warning, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_sign

^^ Well, "WALANG TAWIRAN NAKAKAMATAY" is incident management, so it seems sufficient enough to warrant a pink-colored sign.

Indeed. :D

^^ I forgot to add this smiley to my previous statement: :lol:

di ko ma appreciate talaga ang colored pink for road & traffic/pedestrian signs..... sa dami ng kulay dyan bakit pink pa pinili ni kolokoy..... meron namang green, red, white, and yellow dyan, or even blue! somehow pink seem to be unfilipino and pink is too gay and too cheesy..... :no:

Tiis ka nalang, atleast meron silang ginagawa and i actually like the Blue and Pink, It's catchy and people knows what it is. Unless you want Binay again as MMDA Chair and turn EVERYTHING IN METRO MANILA BLACK AND GREY like in the 90's :nuts: !

^^ Isn't pink an internationally-adopted color for a specific set of signage? I forgot what that set was.

Tiis ka nalang, atleast meron silang ginagawa and i actually like the Blue and Pink, It's catchy and people knows what it is. Unless you want Binay again as MMDA Chair and turn EVERYTHING IN METRO MANILA BLACK AND GREY like in the 90's :nuts: !

I really appreciate his good deeds that serves the best interest of our people. :cheers:

The only thing that bothers me is how they mixed the used of color pink in almost every aspect of the traffic & pedestrian signs. How I just wished they referred from the Manual of Traffic Signs first before implementing the color pink. Because every color has it's own representation and meaning, and for them using the pink in non-incident/management purposes is just rediculous. But then, the given link is the american version. And for the philippines who have been following a lot of american styles in the past is just unorthodox for not following this US-version sign colors, perhaps developing their own pinoy version. Still, the use of pink is unpopular.

MANUAL OF TRAFFIC SIGNS
http://www.trafficsign.us/about.html
http://www.trafficsign.us/signcolor.html

http://www.trafficsign.us/media/mots.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/red.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/flupink.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/coral.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/orange.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/yellow.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/fluylwgrn.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/green.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/ltblue.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/blue.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/purple.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/brown.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/black.gif
http://www.trafficsign.us/color/white.gif

Kaso, ang tanong, sinusunod ba natin yan? :lol:

Sa pasig nga eh, meron DARK BLUE at DARK RED na signage eh. Halos hinde mo na mabasa :lol:

Kaso, ang tanong, sinusunod ba natin yan? :lol:

Sa pasig nga eh, meron DARK BLUE at DARK RED na signage eh. Halos hinde mo na mabasa :lol:



These traffic signs have to be maintained regularly to keep them readable and visible during day or night, foggy or raining or during in some extreme weather conditions at all times. Does discipline really starts from the use of flourescent pink? I think it's the implementation of the laws and enforcing it is the real deal to make people honor and abide the rules, and color has nothing to do with it. The colors have their own use for us to recognize it which type of rules are placed. So i don't think that it was the pink color that really grabbed the attention of the people to follow the rules, because i think anyone who have refurbished and repainted those traffic & pedestrian signs alone can attract enough attention.

So far, even from Mithril Cloud's given link, only the philippines as the only country that is using the pink color for most of the general traffic purposes.

The other thing is, does the color flourescent pink recognizable at night?

COLOR RECOGNITION of retroreflective traffic signs under various lighting conditions

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3724/is_n1_v55/ai_10911121/

Sign colors contribute substantially to correct sign recognition. While daytime color appearance is influenced somewhat by weather conditions (e.g., sun, clouds, rain, or fog) nighttime sign colors are greatly affected by the artificial lighting (headlamps, fixed sign lights, or a combination thereof) under which they are seen. For example, signs made from retroreflective materials reflect light from headlamps back to the driver very efficiently. Signs made from other than retroreflective materials (i.e., from opaque materials) are not adequately visible under headlights alone and must be illuminated by fixed lights to be visible at night. Fixed sign lights are also often used with retroreflective signs to improve the signs' conspicuity and legibility. In such cases signs are seen under a combination of fixed sign lighting and headlights. Depending on the spectral distribution of the light produced by the various types of sign lights and headlamps, the chromaticity of illuminated signs will shift markedly at night. The present research grew out of concern over possible changes in color appearance resulting from such chromaticity shifts as well as from changes in color specification. The study was conducted in 1990 at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center and was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as part of the Grants for Research Fellowships program.

These traffic signs have to be maintained regularly to keep them readable and visible during day or night, foggy or raining or during in some extreme weather conditions at all times. Does discipline really starts from the use of flourescent pink? I think it's the implementation of the laws and enforcing it is the real deal to make people honor and abide the rules, and color has nothing to do with it. The colors have their own use for us to recognize it which type of rules are placed. So i don't think that it was the pink color that really grabbed the attention of the people to follow the rules, because i think anyone who have refurbished and repainted those traffic & pedestrian signs alone can attract enough attention.

Kaso, ang problema ay, ayun talaga un kulay ng signage na ipinakalat ng Pasig Traffic Management Office. Dark blue and Dark Red.

Kahit ilawan mo pa o imaintain mo pa, hinde parin mabasa sa malayo :nuts:


The other thing is, does the color flourescent pink recognizable at night?

Actually, IT IS. Kahit madilim sa EDSA, kitang kita mo un pink.

^^ Well, "WALANG TAWIRAN NAKAKAMATAY" is incident management, so it seems sufficient enough to warrant a pink-colored sign.

Then the use of the controvarsial said color for that sign maybe valid. :)

What about those pedestrian guard railings? Would that be enough as an incident management control policy?

Yes, dahil pag binakuran mo un sidewalks, walang tatawid na tanga sa EDSA.. Thus, saving a stupid person's life :lol:

Kaso, ang problema ay, ayun talaga un kulay ng signage. Dark blue and Dark Red.

Kahit ilawan mo pa o imaintain mo pa, hinde parin mabasa sa malayo :nuts:



Actually, IT IS. Kahit madilim sa EDSA, kitang kita mo un pink.

Are those reflective signs?

There should be a philippine version regarding the traffic sign colors law somewhere out there for us to read and verify their use of flourescent pink.

I heard they were using pink to elsewhere aside from the pedestrian walkways and railings. Pls verify or give the link or pages of this forum, i wanna read it myself.

Yes, dahil pag binakuran mo un sidewalks, walang tatawid na tanga sa EDSA.. Thus, saving a stupid person's life :lol:

True to that. Then yes maybe that one is considered as an incident management... But then again, the use of pink is an american version and they do have their own description of Pink use for their traffic signs, and they do use flourescent green for their pedestrian walkways and most of it's guard rails. The problem here, are we abiding with the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals? :)

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6571/dsc00290t.jpg (http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00290t.jpg)


may question lang ako... hindi ba nagkaka-bottleneck dito?? yan ung road na galing edsa diba?? from 5 lanes magiging 2 lanes na lang ata...

:cheers:

Are those reflective signs?

There should be a philippine version regarding the traffic sign colors law somewhere out there for us to read and verify their use of flourescent pink.

I heard they were using pink to elsewhere aside from the pedestrian walkways and railings. Pls verify or give the link or pages of this forum, i wanna read it myself.

The Philippine version is in the DPWH Road Safety Design Manual released in 2004. This manual should serve as a guide for all LGUs including the MMDA and it follows the guidelines set in the Vienna Convention that the Philippines is a signatory to. LGUs may adopt local signs and even have a translation (in the local language or dialect) as long as they are consistent with international standards (e.g., size, shape, font, color, reflectivity, etc.).

I really appreciate his good deeds that serves the best interest of our people. :cheers:

The only thing that bothers me is how they mixed the used of color pink in almost every aspect of the traffic & pedestrian signs. How I just wished they referred from the Manual of Traffic Signs first before implementing the color pink. Because every color has it's own representation and meaning, and for them using the pink in non-incident/management purposes is just rediculous. But then, the given link is the american version. And for the philippines who have been following a lot of american styles in the past is just unorthodox for not following this US-version sign colors, perhaps developing their own pinoy version. Still, the use of pink is unpopular.


Are those reflective signs?

There should be a philippine version regarding the traffic sign colors law somewhere out there for us to read and verify their use of flourescent pink.

I heard they were using pink to elsewhere aside from the pedestrian walkways and railings. Pls verify or give the link or pages of this forum, i wanna read it myself.

Well, for one, the Philippines does not have its own comprehensive version of the MUTCD (the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices). We have the DPWH manual, but it seems inadequate. Something tells me our congressmen our lazy. The lack of a local version up to the level of the MUTCD results in what we have today: an unregulated boom in the number of signs erected nationwide. That's why if you notice, everyone seems to have erected different signs using different typefaces and symbols: the MMDA, local governments, expressway operators and real estate developers are all using different sets of signage, with different typefaces and designs. On the one hand, at least there is an effort to impose a uniform standard: one is taking shape at the SLEX with the adoption of the Clearview typeface, and both San Juan City and Quezon City (albeit to a lesser extent) have done a very beautiful job adopting Highway Gothic (which should be the standard for signs outside expressways, highways and other similar roads, per the MUTCD) for all its street signs. On the other hand, you have cities in Metro Manila which have different signage for different localities. A good example of this is Makati, where street signs vary from barangay to barangay. This phenomenon also exists in Pasay and in cities with high concentrations of gated communities and subdivisions, such as Parañaque, Las Piñas and Muntinlupa.

In the provinces, the problem is even worse, given the arbitrary way local governments (and politicians in particular) erect signs. If you go to Quezon, for example, if you drive on the Pan-Philippine Highway to Lucena City, all those towns being crossed by the highway (Tiaong, Candelaria and Sariaya), as well as the city itself, have signs erected by Congressman Proceso Alcala and family. The majority of the signs he erected, which are directional signs pointing to different barangays and landmarks in the concerned municipalities (and city) are so small they're not visible from afar, unlike signs in the U.S. which serve the same purpose. They also use a different typeface for those signs, and below his signs is his campaign slogan: "Alcala Subok Na!"

It seems that traffic signs in the Philippines are regulated not nationally, but locally and, even more importantly, on the congressional district level. Congress really needs to convince the DOTC, the LTO, the MMDA and all other concerned entities to try and draft a new version of the road signs manual based on its American counterpart, pass it into law and enforce it nationwide. Then again, our congressmen and concerned agencies may just balk about the lack of money and/or actual need for such a manual on uniform traffic control devices. This is a political will thing, and if no one will urge them to budge, then it will not even see the light of day. :ohno:

Just as a bit of an add-on: all road signs should be in English and Filipino. Currently, they are all in English, save for the incident management signs of the MMDA.

The Philippine version is in the DPWH Road Safety Design Manual released in 2004. This manual should serve as a guide for all LGUs including the MMDA and it follows the guidelines set in the Vienna Convention that the Philippines is a signatory to. LGUs may adopt local signs and even have a translation (in the local language or dialect) as long as they are consistent with international standards (e.g., size, shape, font, color, reflectivity, etc.).

Well then, the Philippines miserably fails in meeting "international standards". We have different typefaces, colors, shapes, sizes and a lack of reflectivity (perhaps due to cost).

may question lang ako... hindi ba nagkaka-bottleneck dito?? yan ung road na galing edsa diba?? from 5 lanes magiging 2 lanes na lang ata...

:cheers:

hindi naman, kasi 2 lanes lang ang kalayaan ave. naging 5 lanes lang siya pagdating sa intersection.

Yes, dahil pag binakuran mo un sidewalks, walang tatawid na tanga sa EDSA.. Thus, saving a stupid person's life :lol:

actually ndi lahat once may nakita aqng pink fence ng mmda d2 sa may north edsa... may maliit na butas sa ilalim.. at pilit parin dinadaanan ng iba nating kababayan.. hay pinoy nga nmn.... may harang na nga... pilit pa rin dinadaanan... [pag may time aq tatake aq ng picture dun sa butas na un.... matatawa kau kc super liit pero pilit dinadaanan:lol::lol:]

^^ :lol:

That shows na sobrang tamad ang pinoy! :D

actually ndi lahat once may nakita aqng pink fence ng mmda d2 sa may north edsa... may maliit na butas sa ilalim.. at pilit parin dinadaanan ng iba nating kababayan.. hay pinoy nga nmn.... may harang na nga... pilit pa rin dinadaanan... [pag may time aq tatake aq ng picture dun sa butas na un.... matatawa kau kc super liit pero pilit dinadaanan:lol::lol:]

^^ :lol:

That shows na sobrang tamad ang pinoy! :D

Hindi katamaran ito ng ibang Pinoy. Isang malaking Katangahan...

Dapat hulihin o masagasaan ang mga walang utak na mga bobong tumatawid na yan!!:bash::bash:

crazy flips...:bash:

actually ndi lahat once may nakita aqng pink fence ng mmda d2 sa may north edsa... may maliit na butas sa ilalim.. at pilit parin dinadaanan ng iba nating kababayan.. hay pinoy nga nmn.... may harang na nga... pilit pa rin dinadaanan... [pag may time aq tatake aq ng picture dun sa butas na un.... matatawa kau kc super liit pero pilit dinadaanan:lol::lol:]

Mahilig talaga ang Pinoy sa challenges at thrill.:lol:

sayang si metro gwapo bf nde nag join dun sa anc leadership forum....nakita sana na mas magaling sya sa mga nandun....ot ba

Change which started in Marikina is now being embraced by Metro Manila. To those who still resist change – there is a compelling urge for them to be a part of the change revolution that then Mayor BF initiated which is now spreading like wildfire throughout the country. This is what we need to transform the lives of our poorer citizens so they can be a part of the progress that is to come. Hope is alive that the epidemic we have started will infect the whole country. And when that happens – BF as President will make us all proud to be Filipinos. -Part of State of the city address,Marikina mayor.

^^ +1...
I like it how BF did his job in Marikina as former Mayor then followed by his wife... :)
No non-sense gimmicks with the media... just pure job on transforming Manila.. :)


unlikely with Binay's... "Sa Makati....." campaign-slash-politic imaging... :ohno:

Dapat sagot ni BF kay binay ay:

"Walang traffic, malinis ang paligid, disiplinado ang mga tao, wlang basura. Ganyan kami sa Marikina..."

Dapat sagot ni BF kay binay ay:

"Walang traffic, malinis ang paligid, disiplinado ang mga tao, wlang basura. Ganyan kami sa Marikina..."

Add:

Ganito sana ang Pilipinas... :) :cheers:

kami rin dito sa piling lugar sa pinas...:lol:

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii236/bernardtardecilla/IMG_7604-1.jpg

^^Hong Kong City, Color PINK and BLUE din pala gamit nilang paint sa mga street signs. parang MMDA. good job BF!

^^ It looks good in HK but not in Manila. It makes the place look more dirty.

actually ndi lahat once may nakita aqng pink fence ng mmda d2 sa may north edsa... may maliit na butas sa ilalim.. at pilit parin dinadaanan ng iba nating kababayan.. hay pinoy nga nmn.... may harang na nga... pilit pa rin dinadaanan... [pag may time aq tatake aq ng picture dun sa butas na un.... matatawa kau kc super liit pero pilit dinadaanan:lol::lol:]
That just shows how undisciplined Pinoys are! MMDA needs to do more. They need to be more strict with these uncivilized people.

MMDA Hires New Workers As Part of the Agency's "Metro Gwapo Workforce"
May 07, 2009

At least 600 new workers have been hired by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in its continuing program of providing job opportunities for the poor and underprivileged residents of Metro Manila.

The 600 newly-hired employees took their oaths and signed their appointment papers today before MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando, who welcomed them in the agency’s "Metro Gwapo" workforce.

The hired workers were laborers, foremen, painters, carpenters, masons, and drivers, who will be assigned to work in the MMDA’s Landscape Management Office, Road Clearing Group, Traffic Engineering Center, and Construction and Equipment Maintenance Office.

Fernando said the 600 workers were hired from depressed areas such as Tondo, Manila, and Tatalon in Quezon City and will be fielded in worksites near their residences.

"We do not want them to spend more money in transportation fares so they will work near their place of residences. They could also just as easily get their baon from their houses," the MMDA chairman added.

The MMDA has announced that it needs about 1,800 new employees to fill its ranks for field operations and office works.

Fernando said a job at the MMDA is a good stepping stone for those who wish to land a higher-paying job abroad or in private companies in the future.

"We do not discriminate. With or without (work experience) we will accept everyone who is willing to work with us. We will even train you," the MMDA chairman said.

Fernando added that by hiring more workers, the MMDA is contributing to the government’s peace and order drive by preventing these jobless people by committing crimes.

"If they have a source of income, they could not think of doing anything wrong just to earn money," he said.

Illegal vendors who could hardly make ends meet due to their unstable income are also welcome to apply at the MMDA, according to MMDA.

Fernando added the MMDA’s hiring of new employees is continuous.

Aside manual labor, the MMDA also about 200 traffic enforcers to augment the ranks of the Traffic Operations Center (TOC), the MMDA’s traffic management arm.

For enforcement and administrative work, the MMDA also needs to fill up a total of 732 positions, from security officers, legislative staff assistants, clerks, computer programmers, accountants, and engineers.


Fernando said there are also vacant positions for architects, electricians, lawyers, storekeepers, planning and records officers, and public information officers.

To facilitate the hiring of workers, the MMDA has been dispatching mobile recruitment teams all over Metro Manila, especially in depressed areas in Tondo, communities along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, C-5/Taguig, and Camanava area.

The recruitment teams are dispatched to various cities in coordination with the city officials, Fernando said.

Goodjob MMDA! :D

Si BF talaga ang hulog ng lahit para sa Metro Manila :D

Hindi ko alam kung appropriate ba dito lagay tong rant ko pero since Taguig is part of the Metro, baka pwede na :lol: pasensha kung misplaced to...

This morning while going to DOST, PNP Taguig and traffic enforces were busy shouting at the pedestrians not to walk on the main road and use the pedestrian lane instead....what they forgot was the pedestrain lane is FULL of illegal vendors selling their goods...Grabe ang kitid din ng logic ng mga taong to. pano ka maglalakad sa bangketang mabaho, madumi, malansa at masikip??? Tapos yung PNP sinabasi pa na "dun po kayo sa bangketa dumaan, tax money nyo po yan, wag nyo sayangin"...meh mga tao ngang nagrereklamo na dun mo kami padadaanin eh kita mong masikip na nga. tsktsk...pagtawid ko papuntang DOST ganun na naman sa bangketa daw dumaan sabi ni traffic enforcer...gusto ko nga batukan eh, PUNO kaya ng mga ngbebenta ng kung anu anu yung sidewalk ng DOST. Kaya wala akong kalbilib bilib keh Tinga.

Eto talaga da best: naglagay pa ng mga GK mini kiosks sa bangketa mismo tapos sasabihin sa bangketa dumaan. ?????? o sha pasensha na kayo hehehe, trabaho na muna ulit, taxpayers money at work :lol:

Hahaha, that shows na hinde talaga pwedeng tawaging world class ang taguig :lol:

Hindi ko alam kung appropriate ba dito lagay tong rant ko pero since Taguig is part of the Metro, baka pwede na :lol: pasensha kung misplaced to...

This morning while going to DOST, PNP Taguig and traffic enforces were busy shouting at the pedestrians not to walk on the main road and use the pedestrian lane instead....what they forgot was the pedestrain lane is FULL of illegal vendors selling their goods...Grabe ang kitid din ng logic ng mga taong to. pano ka maglalakad sa bangketang mabaho, madumi, malansa at masikip??? Tapos yung PNP sinabasi pa na "dun po kayo sa bangketa dumaan, tax money nyo po yan, wag nyo sayangin"...meh mga tao ngang nagrereklamo na dun mo kami padadaanin eh kita mong masikip na nga. tsktsk...pagtawid ko papuntang DOST ganun na naman sa bangketa daw dumaan sabi ni traffic enforcer...gusto ko nga batukan eh, PUNO kaya ng mga ngbebenta ng kung anu anu yung sidewalk ng DOST. Kaya wala akong kalbilib bilib keh Tinga.

Eto talaga da best: naglagay pa ng mga GK mini kiosks sa bangketa mismo tapos sasabihin sa bangketa dumaan. ?????? o sha pasensha na kayo hehehe, trabaho na muna ulit, taxpayers money at work :lol:

^^Ang sarap sigawan ng mga yan.. at sabihin.. mga bulag ba kayo.. anu akala mo sa mga vendor mukhang sidewalk... :lol:

Baka naman parinig lang nila sa mga sidewalk vendor yon para husa na silang umalis at mahiya sa mga pedestrian... :lol:

There are 2 Taguigs, separated by C5. Tinga wants the city identified so much with the Bonifacio Global City but he really must focus on what to do with the old Taguig - the one with no sidewalks, tricycle-trains clogging the streets, not to mention narrow roads.

Yes! Someone finally saw the real meaning of the rant i did in the BGC thread :crazy:

Fernando urges passage of resettlement bill
Philstar.com - - Metro Manila Development Authoriy chairman Bayani Fernando today appealed to legislators to immediately pass a bill allocating P3 billion for the housing of informal settlers along waterways.

In a radio program, Fernando said lawmakers should act on the bill filed by Manila Rep. Amado Bagatsing for the resettlement of the families living along riverbanks and under bridges.

"Kailangan ipasa sa madaling panahon itong bill na ito at humanap na ng housing at resettlement para sa mga taong ito," Fernando said.

The MMDA flood control unit has allocated P200 million for its operations, maintenance of equipment, and salaries of personnel.

Fernando said the bill, once passed, will benefit around 70,000 families along various waterways in Metro Manila. - By Dennis Carcamo (Philstar News Service, www.philstar.com)

Travel speed in C-5 improves by 86% (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/travel-speed-c-5-improves-86)
Friday, May 15, 2009


THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday said travel time along Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) has improved up to 86 percent.

Citing data collated by the agency’s Traffic Engineering Center (TEC), MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando said simulation tests and post-evaluation study at the C-5/Kalayaan Avenue intersection showed a dramatic increase in travel speed in the area, from the average 20.85 kilometer per hour (kph) in 2006 and 2007 to 38.84 kph or an improvement of 86.28 percent.

TEC director Noemi Recio said that due to the improved traffic condition, vehicular volume in the intersection has also increased from 120,135 to 151,907 following the opening of the Phase 2 (north side) of the C-5/Kalayaan Urban Interchange on May 6.

At the northbound lane of C-5, from Commando Link in Taguig to Lanuza, travel speed also increased from 28.85 percent to 52.89 kph and from 17.16 kph to 42.20 kph on the opposite southbound direction, according to Recio.

At the eastbound, from Lawton, Taguig to Buting, average travel speed is now 28.03 kph from 17.93 kph and 38.84 kph from the previous 20.850 on the westbound portion.

Fernando said the significant improvement in traffic condition at the C-5/Kalayaan intersection only proved that the elevated interchange project is "a huge success."

"Perhaps there is no other like this in the world. It has speed up travel time from both ends of C-5, from the SLEx to NLEx in McArthur Highway in Valenzuela City," he added.

"Traffic is non-stop, there is no need for human supervision or 24-hour lighting at wala pang baha (and no flood)," the MMDA chief said in describing the P300-million interchange project.

Fernando also said the government can save up to P1 billion a year that could have been spent on personnel and equipment, including electricity, that are necessary in the maintenance of traffic signal intersection and other more expensive traffic infrastructure projects.

He said plans are being drawn up to put another elevated U-turn interchange at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Batasan Road in Quezon City. (AH/Sunnex)

Good job BF and the rest of MMDA! Since this U-TOT is a stinking sucess, dapat dumami pa ito! Kaso, MMDA, dapat gandahan nyo ng kaunti un design! :D

"Perhaps there is no other like this in the world"
What? Diba thailand meron? I guess he's talking about our COMPACT Version of the thai U-TOT :lol:

Good job BF and the rest of MMDA! Since this U-TOT is a stinking success, dapat dumami pa ito! Kaso, MMDA, dapat gandahan nyo ng kaunti un design! :D

"Perhaps there is no other like this in the world"
What? Diba thailand meron? I guess he's talking about our COMPACT Version of the thai U-TOT :lol:

:lol: Nice one Arciga_01! :lol:

Good job BF and the rest of MMDA! Since this U-TOT is a stinking sucess, dapat dumami pa ito! Kaso, MMDA, dapat gandahan nyo ng kaunti un design! :D

"Perhaps there is no other like this in the world"
What? Diba thailand meron? I guess he's talking about our COMPACT Version of the thai U-TOT :lol:

yeah..ang thailand meron, and its bigger, ours is compact as you had said.

yeah..ang thailand meron, and its bigger, ours is compact as you had said.

and is better:D:D:D

and is better:D:D:D

lam nyo wala ba kayong napapansin sa mga project ng pinoy....usually functionality lang ang tinitingnan.....konti lang sa aesthetics....ang aesthetics palagi ang sinasacrifice sa mga projects na kapos sa budget...

pero yung sizze ng economy natin ngayon kasing lake na ng economy ng Thailand nung 90s when they started building their infrastructures so dapat ngayon kaya narin natin gumawa ng matitino at magagandang project.

lam nyo wala ba kayong napapansin sa mga project ng pinoy....usually functionality lang ang tinitingnan.....konti lang sa aesthetics....ang aesthetics palagi ang sinasacrifice sa mga projects na kapos sa budget...

I agree. Its should be both.

And in the budget, maintenance must be included.:cheers:

lam nyo wala ba kayong napapansin sa mga project ng pinoy....usually functionality lang ang tinitingnan.....konti lang sa aesthetics....ang aesthetics palagi ang sinasacrifice sa mga projects na kapos sa budget...

like what u said, kapos ung budget.... ano mas gugus2hin nio maganda pero non-functional or functional pero ndi masyadong maganda? dba... :):)

lam nyo wala ba kayong napapansin sa mga project ng pinoy....usually functionality lang ang tinitingnan.....konti lang sa aesthetics....ang aesthetics palagi ang sinasacrifice sa mga projects na kapos sa budget...
yes. Pinoys don't place much value on aesthetics due to:
- poor taste
- 'puede na yan' mentality
- corruption! the design is of every project is always being sacrificed.
- lack of budget (which i doubt. the gov't has the money ;) it just goes to reason no. 3)

I agree, Pinoys don't really care how it looks like as long as it's functional. We always settle for something simple/plain. (:()
:cheers:

gusto nyo maganda? sige maglagay ng kurtina at bulaklak:D:D:D

yes. Pinoys don't place much value on aesthetics due to:
- poor taste
- 'puede na yan' mentality
- corruption! the design is of every project is always being sacrificed.

I agree, Pinoys don't really care how it looks like as long as it's functional. We always settle for something simple/plain. (:()
:cheers:

i think its more on poor taste....:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Sa bidding palang talo na. Yung pinaka cheap ang pinipili. Di yong maganda ang proposal.

i think its more on poor taste....:lol::lol::lol::lol:
actually yes, jologs naman talaga taste ng mga Pinoy e hehehe :lol:

Sa bidding palang talo na. Yung pinaka cheap ang pinipili. Di yong maganda ang proposal.
yung cheap pinipili lagi pero lalakihan nila ang pondo para makapag kurakot :lol: di ko sinasabing sa MMDA ha, in general yan :D

Nung simulang hawakan ng mga pinoy ang budget ng gobyerno, magkaloko-loko na ang mga disenyo ng mga imprastraktura natin. Bakit nung panahon ng kolonya, ang gaganda ng mga gusali natin. Kahit di ako boto sa diktator, sa panahon lang ni Ferdinand Marcos nakaranas uli ang Pilipinas ng matatayog na proyekto.

Buti pa ang Hanoi. Metro Manila kaya, kelan?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=870728

actually yes, jologs naman talaga taste ng mga Pinoy e hehehe :lol:


yung cheap pinipili lagi pero lalakihan nila ang pondo para makapag kurakot :lol: di ko sinasabing sa MMDA ha, in general yan :D


^^ DPWH ba tinutukoy mo? Kaya nga sila ang pinaka corupt na ahensya eh.

pa ot:

hahah ang galing ngaun q lang napansin na manila pla ung nasa banner ng SSC.. ang tagal q un inabangan... hahaha wla lang...

pa ot:

hahah ang galing ngaun q lang napansin na manila pla ung nasa banner ng SSC.. ang tagal q un inabangan... hahaha wla lang...

last month meron palawan din.

Buti pa ang Hanoi. Metro Manila kaya, kelan?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=870728
napag iiwanan na talaga tayo. :ohno: pero di pa hulit ang lahat.

napag iiwanan na talaga tayo. :ohno: pero di pa hulit ang lahat.

ng lugar na to? no...ang layo layo pa nila sa infrastructure, comfort of life, malls(talo pa ang malls nila ng provincial malls natin, kahit ng sa Legaspi), access to health services like hospitals, wala silang mrt, lrt, nasa worst place to work/live sila around the world....not to downgrade the city, but this is true....maganda ang plano....pero plan pa rin to....

^^ You do have to consider though that Vietnam's economic development is progressing at a pace faster than that of the Philippines. I wouldn't be surprised if Vietnam becomes more developed than the Philippines in the next 15-20 years. We have a serious game of catch-up to play, and we already have our game plan: the Bagong Nayong Pilipino Entertainment City Manila (or is it?).

^ almost complete nga ang metro manila pero magulo pa rin. :(

^^ We know at least who to blame for that. Snow White and the Seventeen Dwarfs. Now I just need someone to fill the role of Snow White. :lol:

The major difference between cities like Hanoi and Manila is that unlike Manila, which does not have a third-tier provincial governmental structure, Hanoi does. If only Manila will be more like Tokyo: a city of 30 million with a metropolitan government. We need it, but some pompous mayors (ehem...Binay) won't budge. :ohno:

Well, for one, the Philippines does not have its own comprehensive version of the MUTCD (the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices). We have the DPWH manual, but it seems inadequate. Something tells me our congressmen our lazy. The lack of a local version up to the level of the MUTCD results in what we have today: an unregulated boom in the number of signs erected nationwide. That's why if you notice, everyone seems to have erected different signs using different typefaces and symbols: the MMDA, local governments, expressway operators and real estate developers are all using different sets of signage, with different typefaces and designs. On the one hand, at least there is an effort to impose a uniform standard: one is taking shape at the SLEX with the adoption of the Clearview typeface, and both San Juan City and Quezon City (albeit to a lesser extent) have done a very beautiful job adopting Highway Gothic (which should be the standard for signs outside expressways, highways and other similar roads, per the MUTCD) for all its street signs. On the other hand, you have cities in Metro Manila which have different signage for different localities. A good example of this is Makati, where street signs vary from barangay to barangay. This phenomenon also exists in Pasay and in cities with high concentrations of gated communities and subdivisions, such as Parañaque, Las Piñas and Muntinlupa.

In the provinces, the problem is even worse, given the arbitrary way local governments (and politicians in particular) erect signs. If you go to Quezon, for example, if you drive on the Pan-Philippine Highway to Lucena City, all those towns being crossed by the highway (Tiaong, Candelaria and Sariaya), as well as the city itself, have signs erected by Congressman Proceso Alcala and family. The majority of the signs he erected, which are directional signs pointing to different barangays and landmarks in the concerned municipalities (and city) are so small they're not visible from afar, unlike signs in the U.S. which serve the same purpose. They also use a different typeface for those signs, and below his signs is his campaign slogan: "Alcala Subok Na!"

It seems that traffic signs in the Philippines are regulated not nationally, but locally and, even more importantly, on the congressional district level. Congress really needs to convince the DOTC, the LTO, the MMDA and all other concerned entities to try and draft a new version of the road signs manual based on its American counterpart, pass it into law and enforce it nationwide. Then again, our congressmen and concerned agencies may just balk about the lack of money and/or actual need for such a manual on uniform traffic control devices. This is a political will thing, and if no one will urge them to budge, then it will not even see the light of day. :ohno:

Just as a bit of an add-on: all road signs should be in English and Filipino. Currently, they are all in English, save for the incident management signs of the MMDA.



Well then, the Philippines miserably fails in meeting "international standards". We have different typefaces, colors, shapes, sizes and a lack of reflectivity (perhaps due to cost).

Thanks for your crystal clear insights! I really appreciate your very informative explanation you had for us. I do agree to what you said, so i guess they better straight this thing up before our cities become more like chaotic than organized and beautiful. :ohno:

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii236/bernardtardecilla/IMG_7604-1.jpg

^^Hong Kong City, Color PINK and BLUE din pala gamit nilang paint sa mga street signs. parang MMDA. good job BF!

It's more like redish pink to me, and it seems like those were not even traffic signs....! :lol: If you can notice the previous posted photos here, even the pilars for the pedestrian walkways have been painted pink! Looks so aweful man!

Hindi ko alam kung appropriate ba dito lagay tong rant ko pero since Taguig is part of the Metro, baka pwede na :lol: pasensha kung misplaced to...

This morning while going to DOST, PNP Taguig and traffic enforces were busy shouting at the pedestrians not to walk on the main road and use the pedestrian lane instead....what they forgot was the pedestrain lane is FULL of illegal vendors selling their goods...Grabe ang kitid din ng logic ng mga taong to. pano ka maglalakad sa bangketang mabaho, madumi, malansa at masikip??? Tapos yung PNP sinabasi pa na "dun po kayo sa bangketa dumaan, tax money nyo po yan, wag nyo sayangin"...meh mga tao ngang nagrereklamo na dun mo kami padadaanin eh kita mong masikip na nga. tsktsk...pagtawid ko papuntang DOST ganun na naman sa bangketa daw dumaan sabi ni traffic enforcer...gusto ko nga batukan eh, PUNO kaya ng mga ngbebenta ng kung anu anu yung sidewalk ng DOST. Kaya wala akong kalbilib bilib keh Tinga.

Eto talaga da best: naglagay pa ng mga GK mini kiosks sa bangketa mismo tapos sasabihin sa bangketa dumaan. ?????? o sha pasensha na kayo hehehe, trabaho na muna ulit, taxpayers money at work :lol:

Napaka inutil naman ng mga enforcers nayun.... :bash:

^^ We know at least who to blame for that. Snow White and the Seventeen Dwarfs. Now I just need someone to fill the role of Snow White. :lol:

The major difference between cities like Hanoi and Manila is that unlike Manila, which does not have a third-tier provincial governmental structure, Hanoi does. If only Manila will be more like Tokyo: a city of 30 million with a metropolitan government. We need it, but some pompous mayors (ehem...Binay) won't budge. :ohno:

I don't think they could catch up with us. But well as long as our economy will not get stumbled along the way, talagang mauunahan nila tayo.... :)

and Hanoi is suppose to be a communist and godless govt..

Villar facing not a jury of his peers, but of foes (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=468505&publicationSubCategoryId=64)

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POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr. Updated May 17, 2009 12:00 AM

What peers?: It looks hypocritical for the entire Senate, with its present membership, to sit as a committee of alleged peers and try Sen. Manny Villar on the complaint of a fellow senator.

Some of the senators asking for the head of Villar are not sitting in judgment as his peers. They are there as political combatants poised to pounce on him, being their rival for the presidency that is up for grabs in 2010.

The so-called “jury of his peers” should drop the charade. The Senate is tasked to enact laws for the general welfare, not serve as a UFC arena where “presidentiables” destroy one another on official time.

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Toss It To Court: As an elected senator, Villar should not submit to the inquisition. And Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, as a responsible elder, should not permit a farcical trial and even preside over it.

But what if Villar really did something wrong? Simple, file the proper charges in court.

With the core criminal complaint referred to the court, the remaining ethical concerns raised are best tossed to the people as political issues, not inserted into the regular business of the legislative chamber.

But if the majority insists on “trying” Villar despite the obvious bias, the complainant Sen. Jamby Madrigal should be disqualified from voting, and the presidential aspirants among the judges should inhibit themselves from speaking and voting.

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Mega Scandal: The storm kicked up by the bidding for a supply-service contract for poll automation in 2010 draws attention to the prior scandal involving 1,991 vote-counting machines now lying idle in a bodega.

Election lawyer Romy Macalintal suggests that the Comelec dust off the machines, sidelined by a Supreme Court ruling, and use them in 2010 in case of a failure of bid for automation equipment.

The machines purchased in 2006 from MegaPacific Consortium despite the SC’s nullifying the contract are now kept in the Maxilite warehouse on United Nations Ave.

The Comelec has not satisfactorily explained why it continues to pay around P3,980,000 a year for storing equipment that it does not own or use.

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Auditor Scot-Free: The Comelec under then chairman Benjamin Abalos (who later resigned in disgrace) hurriedly paid P1.2 billion of the P1.3-billion price when it became clear that the SC was going to void the contract.

The SC directed the Comelec to reject the machines and recover any payment already made. Abalos et al. defied the order. For its part, MegaPacific sued to collect the P100 million balance. (It would have looked odd if it did not sue.)

It seems the MegaPacific scandal has been consigned to oblivion. There are obvious violations of law, yet no charges have prospered. Will the government ever recover payments illegally made? Will any Comelec official go to jail?

Strangely, the auditor never figured in the investigation. The sordid transaction would not have happened had the auditor — who must approve delivery and payment — did his/her job. But the auditor is scot-free.

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Firm Hand: Friends say that MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando would be a good executive (read: president) because he has the will to get things done — but lament that in so doing he sometimes rubs people the wrong way.

Such comments find resonance in our thinking that what this country needs is a good manager, somebody who can hold the country firmly (even a benign dictator would do?) although not so tight as to stifle enterprise and freedom.

When we talk of “presidentiables” with demonstrated political will to get things done, we think of, aside from Fernando, the likes of Richard Gordon and Ping Lacson.

The problem with holding a tight rein on the population is that there are free spirits who resist and resent control. In the case of Lacson, people are wary of possible human rights violations. Gordon, an action man, has no such problem.

* * *

Discipline: The matter of discipline came to mind when I heard Msgr. Anton Pascual, executive director of Caritas Manila, a Catholic organization involved in feeding the poor and keeping children off city streets, talk about Fernando.

To Pascual (no relation, I think), the MMDA chairman is a “compassionate although stern leader.” If he demands obedience to the law, the priest explained, it is because discipline is needed to attain peace and progress.

Therein lies the dilemma of politicians and state managers. It is clear, for instance, that government land must be rid of squatters and streets of ambulant peddlers. But at what political cost to the executive?

Such a delicate task has fallen on Fernando. To his credit, he has acted firmly on such urban problems whereas his predecessors hesitated.

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Balancing Act: When the MMDA relocate squatters, many of them return to their old lairs or other vacant spaces. Fernando’s efforts have earned him a contrabida image, but he persists in his clearing and resettlement programs.

As for sidewalk vendors, the pressure of making a living makes hawkers defy the law. So we have the spectacle of Fernando’s operatives continually chasing ambulant vendors. Displaced vendors are not likely to vote for him, but he does it anyway.

The balancing act and his emphasis on discipline will test Fernando’s bid for the presidency.

If it is any consolation, he has earned points with his urban renewal (e.g., the sprucing up and greening of Metro Manila), his road/traffic improvement schemes, and fast-clip public works pursued despite the temporary inconvenience to affected sectors.

ng lugar na to? no...ang layo layo pa nila sa infrastructure, comfort of life, malls(talo pa ang malls nila ng provincial malls natin, kahit ng sa Legaspi), access to health services like hospitals, wala silang mrt, lrt, nasa worst place to work/live sila around the world....not to downgrade the city, but this is true....maganda ang plano....pero plan pa rin to....

I agree 100%. Philippines is way way ahead. Eventhough, they have a higher growth rate , their economic base is far lower than the Philippines. Siyempre, mataas ang growth dahil a few years ago, puro palay palay lang yan. Even during the dark years of the Marcos era, our country was 20 years ahead of them. In 15-20 years, ofcourse Vietnam will progress, but RP will still be pulling ahead by a distance.

^^ But it's not an excuse for Philippines to be complacent of its own growth.

Who is in charge of the traffic problem in EDSA Makati? MMDA or MAPSA. I regret I passed by EDSA Makati this morning...i should have used C5! or is it just the sheer number of vehicles, rush hour...but the situation is different at C5 with the new elevated U turn :)

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another one....this is so fu*@ed up. Jeepneys are parked in this u turn slot in Buendia Pasay used as illegal terminal. I even saw one driver sleeping in his seat. I think this is MMDA's job since the u turn and the lighting project in this part of Pasay were done by MMDA. Correct me if it's the responsibility of Mayor Pewee.

taken 5/18

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^^ haha...:bash:

i saw a report by mike enriquez (imbestigador) regarding those illegal terminals, LTO dapat...:ohno:
baka MMDA din, kasi jurisdiction din nila ang mga u-turn slots...

for the jeepney drivers though: dapat isumbong yan kay bong bong...:D

:cheers:

On EDSA Makati area, MAPSA holds that part since the MMDA vs Binay war and on Pasay, it's the same thing, MMDA vs Mayor Ihi...ehem...Peewee...

Since the war, pinabayaan na ni BF yan lugar nayan dahil nakikialam daw si BF sa palakad ni Peewee at Binay. Pansinin nyo, sa Mandaluyong at QC Area ng EDSA, hinde naman ganyan kagrabe ang scene sa EDSA dahil QC and Mandaluyong supports the MMDA. Infact nga, ang linis ng EDSA in Manda-QC area.

QC and Madaluyong mayors both come from Lakas right?

yan ang mga city na ayaw kay bf tapos pag nagkawindangwendang na si bf ang nasisisi.....anyway....mga walang magawa talaga ang mga execs na yan...tapos gusto pang tumakbo ng presidente...:bash:

Great, Tinira ng Reporter's notebook si BF.. Guess what? wala rin saysay dahil wala silang masilip, pinatulan pa un MMFF budget kaso rumesbak si BF na malinis talaga sya.

Haayy...Nanahimik si BF tapos gaganitohin pa nila..

On EDSA Makati area, MAPSA holds that part since the MMDA vs Binay war and on Pasay, it's the same thing, MMDA vs Mayor Ihi...ehem...Peewee...

Since the war, pinabayaan na ni BF yan lugar nayan dahil nakikialam daw si BF sa palakad ni Peewee at Binay. Pansinin nyo, sa Mandaluyong at QC Area ng EDSA, hinde naman ganyan kagrabe ang scene sa EDSA dahil QC and Mandaluyong supports the MMDA. Infact nga, ang linis ng EDSA in Manda-QC area.

^^Kaya pala laging mapanghe sa pasay... :lol::bash:

yan ang mga city na ayaw kay bf tapos pag nagkawindangwendang na si bf ang nasisisi.....anyway....mga walang magawa talaga ang mga execs na yan...tapos gusto pang tumakbo ng presidente...:bash:

^^Kailangan na talagang maging presidente si BF para wala nang masabi ang mga hudas na yan... :lol:

Mabaho at pangit talaga ang Pasay except yung nasa reclamation area at malapit sa Japanese embassy

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mga pollutants ( eye sores pa).

Ito yung mga hinahabol ng truck ng coke at pepsi...kasi gagawing tansan.

Once elected, Fernando mulls an engineering-based country
By Johna Baylon Updated May 20, 2009 04:21 PM

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=469595&publicationSubCategoryId=200

MANILA, Philippines – Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando intends to run an engineering-based country if he is elected as president in May 2010.

"The country needs engineering-based solutions," said Fernando, who was a guest at the 21st Induction Ceremony of the Confederation of Filipino Consultants Inc. this afternoon in Greenhills, San Juan City.

Fernando said a developing country like the Philippines needs to develop infrastructures such as roads and bridges in order to progress. While streets and sidewalks need to be cleared to improve traffic, he said people must also respect public property.

"If you want to change people's social behavior, you need to change his social environment," he said.

Claiming credit for the achievements of the MMDA, which under his leadership improved traffic infrastructures in Metro Manila, Fernando said the country "needs an engineer as president."

He added that he would provide more job opportunities for engineers when he becomes president.

View previous articles from this author.

GO BF! Makukuha mo boto ko :D

mga pollutants ( eye sores pa).

Ito yung mga hinahabol ng truck ng coke at pepsi...kasi gagawing tansan.
when will pinoys move on and stop calling the jeepney pinoy ingenuity at its best....its a smoke belching , engineering failure that should be removed since a collision means dead passengers.

malamang iboto ko rin sya....depende kung sino mga kalaban.....binabato na si bf ng putik ng mga estrada....malamang nag re-register na sa mga tao si bf....dahil...kung hindi....kung pipitsugin ka kagaya ni binay walang papansin sayo....pansin nyo ba si binay....nde pinakikialaman...bahala sya sa buhay nya sa makati.....wala namang kwenta kandidatura nya...:lol:

I agree. Aside from being pollutants, most of these jeepney drivers are very undisciplined too. I'm also for the eradication of jeepneys but I hope it would be gradual as many poor people rely on it for a living.

Once elected, Fernando mulls an engineering-based country
By Johna Baylon Updated May 20, 2009 04:21 PM

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=469595&publicationSubCategoryId=200

MANILA, Philippines – Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando intends to run an engineering-based country if he is elected as president in May 2010.

"The country needs engineering-based solutions," said Fernando, who was a guest at the 21st Induction Ceremony of the Confederation of Filipino Consultants Inc. this afternoon in Greenhills, San Juan City.

Fernando said a developing country like the Philippines needs to develop infrastructures such as roads and bridges in order to progress. While streets and sidewalks need to be cleared to improve traffic, he said people must also respect public property.

"If you want to change people's social behavior, you need to change his social environment," he said.

Claiming credit for the achievements of the MMDA, which under his leadership improved traffic infrastructures in Metro Manila, Fernando said the country "needs an engineer as president."

He added that he would provide more job opportunities for engineers when he becomes president.

View previous articles from this author.

malaking bagay na ang pagsasaayus lahat ng kalye sa bansa ha. I believe in his vision of social behavior and environ change. Anyway, OT na ako

I agree. Aside from being pollutants, most of these jeepney drivers are very undisciplined too. I'm also for the eradication of jeepneys but I hope it would be gradual as many poor people rely on it for a living.

why you want to eradicate jeepneys? it's a symbol of Philippines as tuktuk to Thailand. why you always want to destroy your own identity?

pollutant comes form jeepney is form the low grade diesel used by Philippines. what the government needs to do is, to change diesel grade to those european standard, EURO 2M or higher. it's much cleaner.

about the discipline, enforcement may work. and fresh laws as well.

OT: napili yung electric jeepney ng pilipinas nung discovery channel dun sa kanilang program para sa future... gagamitin ung electric jeepney ng buong mundo DAW sa future ,, ang gasolina daw e ung nangagaling sa basura,, methane gas ata,,, hehe,, nung january-february pa ata to :D hehe

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^^ Hmmm.... Parang may mali... :lol::lol::nuts::nuts:

^^ Agbayani for President? Why not! :rofl:

why you want to eradicate jeepneys? it's a symbol of Philippines as tuktuk to Thailand. why you always want to destroy your own identity?

pollutant comes form jeepney is form the low grade diesel used by Philippines. what the government needs to do is, to change diesel grade to those european standard, EURO 2M or higher. it's much cleaner.

about the declines, enforcement may work. and fresh laws as well.

ang suggestion q nmn since its a symbol of Philippines ndi sya completely i-eradicate,, ang gawin n lang i preserve ang operations nia sa mga historical area ang problema kasi madami ng jeepney sa pilipinas,,,

why you want to eradicate jeepneys? it's a symbol of Philippines as tuktuk to Thailand. why you always want to destroy your own identity?

pollutant comes form jeepney is form the low grade diesel used by Philippines. what the government needs to do is, to change diesel grade to those european standard, EURO 2M or higher. it's much cleaner.

about the discipline, enforcement may work. and fresh laws as well.
I'm talking about jeepneys ONLY in Metro Manila since this is a Metro Gwapo thread. If you'll live in Manila for years then you'll understand what we're talking about here. However, I still want jeepneys to exist in the other streets of the metro, suburbs and the provinces. Somewhere were it couldn't cause much problems.

Tuktuk can also be found in India if I'm not mistaken. About it being the symbol of Thailand, I cannot comment. For sure, it doesn't cause much problems unlike the jeepneys.

Discipline, enforcement, etc.=all of these have been done years and still no effect. What Metro Manila needs is an effective Bus system or other mass transport system like MRT's.

High grade diesel? For sure it costs higher than what jeepneys are using now and it will mean fare increase. Fare increase=higher price of everything. Again, poor Filipinos. Our government couldn't also afford it.

Jeepney could be one of the symbols of our country but we don't completely identify with it. It is a modified American vehicle. It has become a pollutant and most of them, nuissance to the roads of Manila. It is not our identity. The identity of Pinoys is willing to change whatever is already not effective to something better...like how we eradicated Calesas in the streets of Manila (as an effective mode of transportation).

Once elected, Fernando mulls an engineering-based country
By Johna Baylon Updated May 20, 2009 04:21 PM

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=469595&publicationSubCategoryId=200

MANILA, Philippines – Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando intends to run an engineering-based country if he is elected as president in May 2010.

"The country needs engineering-based solutions," said Fernando, who was a guest at the 21st Induction Ceremony of the Confederation of Filipino Consultants Inc. this afternoon in Greenhills, San Juan City.

Fernando said a developing country like the Philippines needs to develop infrastructures such as roads and bridges in order to progress. While streets and sidewalks need to be cleared to improve traffic, he said people must also respect public property.

"If you want to change people's social behavior, you need to change his social environment," he said.

Claiming credit for the achievements of the MMDA, which under his leadership improved traffic infrastructures in Metro Manila, Fernando said the country "needs an engineer as president."

He added that he would provide more job opportunities for engineers when he becomes president.

View previous articles from this author.

SINABI NIYA TO!?!?! Pinaghihintay ko ang araw na may kandidado na mag - iisip ng ganito! Most forward thinking candidate! Idol na idol !

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

YIPEE!

GO BF!

OT: napili yung electric jeepney ng pilipinas nung discovery channel dun sa kanilang program para sa future... gagamitin ung electric jeepney ng buong mundo DAW sa future ,, ang gasolina daw e ung nangagaling sa basura,, methane gas ata,,, hehe,, nung january-february pa ata to :D hehe

napanood ko rin yan. promising nga, pero maganda rin yung ibang in-cite dun tulad nung proto-type na plane.

Thanks for your crystal clear insights! I really appreciate your very informative explanation you had for us. I do agree to what you said, so i guess they better straight this thing up before our cities become more like chaotic than organized and beautiful. :ohno:

Why can't we be like these countries which have uniform signage? A new thread opened in the international forums about highway fonts and typefaces (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=874748).

^^Kaya pala laging mapanghe sa pasay... :lol::bash:



^^Kailangan na talagang maging presidente si BF para wala nang masabi ang mga hudas na yan... :lol:

yeah. tama ka pamanghe nga sa may pasay, either sa may lrt taft or sa may heritage hotel. nakaka hiya tuloy sa mga turistang dumadaan doon. sana tumulong naman at makiisa ang government ng pasay sa MMDA. :ohno:

Why can't we be like these countries which have uniform signage? A new thread opened in the international forums about highway fonts and typefaces (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=874748).

too much autonomy and power given to the LGUs...every town has their own interpretation of road signages and traafic signages, plastered with their motto in initials...

yeah. tama ka pamanghe nga sa may pasay, either sa may lrt taft or sa may heritage hotel. nakaka hiya tuloy sa mga turistang dumadaan doon. sana tumulong naman at makiisa ang government ng pasay sa MMDA. :ohno:

^^Balewala lang ang paglinis dyan kung mismong mga nakatira dyan ang nagpaparumi ng lansangan. Dapat magkaroon ng disiplina ang mga tao para matuto silang maglinis ng sarili nilang bakuran. Dami kasing squatters kaya wala silang paki alam sa kapaligiran nila.

Why can't we be like these countries which have uniform signage? A new thread opened in the international forums about highway fonts and typefaces (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=874748).

It may have something to do with a Filipino Dream, a pinoy way version.... BTW, i checked that thread and it's encouraging but i don't wanna be posting those pink signs there! :lol:

RUN BF RUN:D:D:D TOINK

Lets splash our country with pink developments and pink progress... hehehe :lol:

^^While at it. Let's make Malacanang pink... :lol:

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^^May mga nagtatayo nanaman ng mga structures sa estero. Dapat sa mga ito sinusunog!! :ohno::ohno:

^^ dapat magkaron ng PBB- hindi Pinoy Big Brother... PNR Death Squad :lol:

Office of the Chairman
Chairman Bayani F. Fernando
Tel. (632) 882-0854 loc 205; 882-0893; 882-0871; 882-2626
e-mail: bayanibf_fernando@yahoo.com

^^Binabasa kaya ni Chairman BF ang mga emails nya dyan? Nasubukan nyo na bang sulatan sya?

^^ dapat magkaron ng PBB- hindi Pinoy Big Brother... PNR Death Squad :lol:

so it's not PBB, it's PNR-DST or PNR Death Squad Team:):crazy:

^^Binabasa kaya ni Chairman BF ang mga emails nya dyan? Nasubukan nyo na bang sulatan sya?

diba sabi ni sky harbor dati pinakita nya kay BF itong SSC tapos pinamonitor pa nga daw ni BF sa isang tauhan nya... anu na kayang nangyari dun, baka naman andito pa, naglu-lurk lang...:D

^^ busy sa Samahan. :lol: j/k

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^^May mga nagtatayo nanaman ng mga structures sa estero. Dapat sa mga ito sinusunog!! :ohno::ohno:
wag naman sunugin. i-demolish na lang hehe

Hmmn it seems my previous long time post was recalled. We need a technically expertise leader to boost our economy not a talkative law field leader who just know how to write bills just by dreams but not implemented into reality. A technical man like BF who don't have much expertise in making laws made a dramatic change to MM through his actions will change the image of every Filipino in terms of mentality and living standards if he given a chance to to fulfill his visions for the whole country. Like what he said in one of his phrase quoted " If you want to change people's social behavior, you have to change his social environment". A previous squatter settlers who was relocated to a better housing place would not even dreaming of coming back where he came from.

Hmmn it seems my previous long time post was recalled. We need a technically expertise leader to boost our economy not a talkative law field leader who just know how to write bills just by dreams but not implemented into reality.


A previous squatter settlers who was relocated to a better housing place would not even dreaming of coming back where he came from.

right:okay:

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isang Molotov cocktail lang ang katapat nito... hahaha

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^^May mga nagtatayo nanaman ng mga structures sa estero. Dapat sa mga ito sinusunog!! :ohno::ohno:

this is insane...how come Mayor Lim and his barangay officials can tolerate this?:bash:

this is insane...how come Mayor Lim and his barangay officials can tolerate this?:bash:

malapit na 2010 kz:bash:

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^^May mga nagtatayo nanaman ng mga structures sa estero. Dapat sa mga ito sinusunog!! :ohno::ohno:

If I'm not mistaken, this is a rest area for construction workers. Structures like this are normally torn down after construction is complete.

^^While at it. Let's make Malacanang pink... :lol:

Argentina's presidential residence is called the Casa Rosada (Pink House). Let's not emulate them. ;)

If I'm not mistaken, this is a rest area for construction workers. Structures like this are normally torn down after construction is complete.


Its not a temporary shelter for workers. Kung titignan mo maigi sementado at may hollowblocks pa ung base ng structure. And besides may temporary shelter na ang mga workers malapit sa station ng pnr.

There's a difference between "rest area" and "temporary shelter". Sa bagay, maraming gulong ang nasa loob, and rubber tires are not meant for PNR operation. :lol:

^^While at it. Let's make Malacanang pink... :lol:

maganda un... hahah

US has white house
Korea has blue house
and sana
the philippines will have the pink house! oh san ka pa?

onli in d pilipins! hahahha

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hahha ay d na pla onli in d pilipins.. meron n pla sa argentina hahahha

ngaun q lang nabasa eh...

^^ Argentina already has the Pink House. This picture proves my point:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Casa_Rosada_-_Argentine_version_of_the_White_House.jpg

Let's choose another color, shall we?

^^ Argentina already has the Pink House. This picture proves my point:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Casa_Rosada_-_Argentine_version_of_the_White_House.jpg

Let's choose another color, shall we?

Iba naman yung pagka-pink nya sa color pink na nakikita natin sa Metro Manila...

^^ It looks similar to the pink the MMDA uses, but only in certain instances.

It seems to be of a lighter shade.

^^ It looks darker. Still, Argentina has the Pink House. We shouldn't copy Argentina. Besides, that house is more famous than Malacañang anyday.

Iba naman yung pagka-pink nya sa color pink na nakikita natin sa Metro Manila...

^^Tama!! Baby pink at baby blue ang ginagamit ng MMDA.
BTW, dumaan ako kanina sa R10 road. Ang laki na ng pinagbago ng area na yon. Malinis na ang side ng PPA at marami nang traffic signages na inilagay ang MMDA.. Good Job Chairman BF!!:cheers2::cheers::cheers2:

^^Tama!! Baby pink at baby blue ang ginagamit ng MMDA.
BTW, dumaan ako kanina sa R10 road. Ang laki na ng pinagbago ng area na yon. Malinis na ang side ng PPA at marami nang traffic signages na inilagay ang MMDA.. Good Job Chairman BF!!:cheers2::cheers::cheers2:

good to hear that....Does R10 road cover the North Harbor? How about the informal settlers? Inalis na ba esp. going to Moriones, Tondo? eyesore talaga yan pag pupunta ka ng pier.

good to hear that....Does R10 road cover the North Harbor? How about the informal settlers? Inalis na ba esp. going to Moriones, Tondo? eyesore talaga yan pag pupunta ka ng pier.

Yes it does cover the North Harbor. Some of the squatters are already removed. Except some parts in Zaragosa street up to Chesca street. But squatters along San Nicolas to Zaragosa is already removed. :D

talaga ha sana nga wala na iskwater dyan sa pier....pero mukhang naglipana pa rin sila dyan....

BF GETS IT DONE Photo Contest (http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=85240507182&h=HYw47&u=cugsr)

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Fri 5:27pm
Team Bayani Fernando invites all professional and amateur photographers to join the BF GETS IT DONE Photo Contest! Simply capture a photo from anywhere in the Philippines where Chairman Bayani Fernando was able to improve the situation of that area to join.

Visit www.bayanifernando.com.ph to know more!

^^Ang lufet ng Slogan ni Bayani Fernando :lol:

"Sa Political will, titino pa tayo"

Simple and yet straight to the point :lol:

cge iboto na....

^^ sana nga ma imagine ng mga tao yun..
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imagine the whole philippines would look like marikina that would be a miracle.
well in marikina we had a miracle why not the whole country?

BF for president!

MMDA projects ty youtube owners..
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"The law is kind and just, it protects people from their ignorance." - James Allen

BF for President in 2010

^^Tama!! Baby pink at baby blue ang ginagamit ng MMDA.
BTW, dumaan ako kanina sa R10 road. Ang laki na ng pinagbago ng area na yon. Malinis na ang side ng PPA at marami nang traffic signages na inilagay ang MMDA.. Good Job Chairman BF!!:cheers2::cheers::cheers2:

Street lights installed in Tondo

By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:29:00 05/23/2009

Filed Under: Poverty, Electricity Production & Distribution

MANILA, Philippines—Notorious Tondo in Manila brightens up as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) leads the ceremonial lighting of newly installed street lamps on two of its main roads.

MMDA chair Bayani Fernando said the streetlight project along Moriones Street, Road 10, and other dimly lit areas is part of the agency’s efforts to transform Tondo from one of the country’s most blighted districts to a more progressive community.

Aside from the MMDA, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim is expected to join the ceremonial lighting scheduled Friday night.

“We will make Tondo another Marikina,” Fernando said.

Yes yes!!!:cheers:

please do so chairman fernando

sana people of RP would have the same thoughts of what philippine would emerge after BF being a president.. SSC forumers are intelligent enough..

mga pilipino baka pag tumakbo si willy revillame manalo sya Hhahaha..

masasabi ba nating bayan ng mga mababaw ang pilipinas pansin ko lang..
hindi ko nilalahat pero sa TV shows,beliefs and choices iba talaga..
mag rarate kaya ang show kung mala CSI,heroes US series theme ang tv shows sa pilipinas? bka matalo ng dyesebel o wowowee ang mga ito..

may prediction ako na si Noli ang mangunguna sa survey magtanong ka sa mga kalye,esquinita squatters area siya ang top choice..:ohno:

sana gumawa din ng ad si bayani:

"ganito kami sa marikina, ganito rin sana sa buong bayan"

mas kapanipaniwala pa kaysa sa makati ni binay... at obviously nasasabi ni binay yun kasi nga naman financial capital sila... pero tignan nyo sa looban ng makati.. madumi din walang mga disiplina mga tao... di tulad sa marikina, tao pa mismo magsasabi sayo at sasaway na bawal tumawid dun sa hindi pedestrian lane...

sana people of RP would have the same thoughts of what philippine would emerge after BF being a president.. SSC forumers are intelligent enough..

mga pilipino baka pag tumakbo si willy revillame manalo sya Hhahaha..

masasabi ba nating bayan ng mga mababaw ang pilipinas pansin ko lang..
hindi ko nilalahat pero sa TV shows,beliefs and choices iba talaga..
mag rarate kaya ang show kung mala CSI,heroes US series theme ang tv shows sa pilipinas? bka matalo ng dyesebel o wowowee ang mga ito..

may prediction ako na si Noli ang mangunguna sa survey magtanong ka sa mga kalye,esquinita squatters area siya ang top choice..:ohno:

pero i think noli is also a nice bet because kahit papano malaki naitulong nya sa housing at PNR... maganda nga eh si Bayani VP nya... naisip ko din Villar- Noli at Bayani as senator or cabinet member (DPWH, DOTC) at least complete ang cast at boom ang infra at human devt

sana gumawa din ng ad si bayani:

"ganito kami sa marikina, ganito rin sana sa buong bayan"

mas kapanipaniwala pa kaysa sa makati ni binay... at obviously nasasabi ni binay yun kasi nga naman financial capital sila... pero tignan nyo sa looban ng makati.. madumi din walang mga disiplina mga tao... di tulad sa marikina, tao pa mismo magsasabi sayo at sasaway na bawal tumawid dun sa hindi pedestrian lane...

yepyep...yung mga side streets sa Makati, ginagawang parking lot kahit meh malaking "NO PARKING" sign, mga carienda at isawan asa kalsada na mismo at hindi sa bangketa...

kung gusto nyong magaya ang buong bayan sa makati...na puno ng iskwaters iboto niyo si binay....:lol:....pero sa pagbabgo....pwede si gordon...si noli...si bf lalo na...

^^I kinda like you now Kalbongdad:)

sana gumawa din ng ad si bayani:

"ganito kami sa marikina, ganito rin sana sa buong bayan"

mas kapanipaniwala pa kaysa sa makati ni binay... at obviously nasasabi ni binay yun kasi nga naman financial capital sila... pero tignan nyo sa looban ng makati.. madumi din walang mga disiplina mga tao... di tulad sa marikina, tao pa mismo magsasabi sayo at sasaway na bawal tumawid dun sa hindi pedestrian lane...

Agree, ibang klase talaga ang Marikina. Ang Marikina ang role model ng aming city.

OT: Sana pag gumawa ng ad si BF "Macho Gwapito" ang soundtrack sigurado kuha niya ang boto ng mga kababaihan at mga bading.:lol:

talaga ha sana nga wala na iskwater dyan sa pier....pero mukhang naglipana pa rin sila dyan....

Talamak pa rin ang squatters sa Tondo. Lalu na sa looban ng Zaragosa at Moriones. Isama mo pa yung tabi ng Pier2 sa North Harbor. Ang lalakas ng loob ng mga holdupers dyan. Nakikipag habulan pa talaga sa mga security ng PPA.

pero i think noli is also a nice bet because kahit papano malaki naitulong nya sa housing at PNR... maganda nga eh si Bayani VP nya... naisip ko din Villar- Noli at Bayani as senator or cabinet member (DPWH, DOTC) at least complete ang cast at boom ang infra at human devt

Bagay mag sama si BF at si Ka Noli.. Magiging pangalan nila ay si Kabayanihan... :lol:

OT:

nakita ko lang sa website ni BF..


Ano nga ba ang political will?

Is it kamay na bakal?

Hindi.

It is simply doing the right thing without fear of losing votes.

:cheers: :okay:

sana nga mataaman yung mga politikong na ewan ko lang...

^^ very well said BF :)

OT:

nakita ko lang sa website ni BF..



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3566015752_0ecf71cb7d_o.png

bayanifernando.com.ph (http://bayanifernando.com.ph/)

bayani will be lucky to get 3% of the national vote....same with binay. thats clear because they are only known in manila. one is a shame ..the other a relief.

bayani will be lucky to get 3% of the national vote....same with binay. thats clear because they are only known in manila. one is a shame ..the other a relief.

My friend there is such a word "CAMPAIGN"

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3566015752_0ecf71cb7d_o.png

bayanifernando.com.ph (http://bayanifernando.com.ph/)

^^ Bayani just used Obinay's "Ayala Center" :lol:

Anyway, i will still vote for him ! I liked what BF did to the entire metro! :naughty:

^^ Bayani just used Obinay's "Ayala Center" :lol:

Anyway, i will still vote for him ! I liked what BF did to the entire metro! :naughty:

Obinay?? FYI: Ang BF Group of Companies ang nagtayo ng ilan sa mga gusali sa Makati CBD. Hindi si Binay.

Kaya karapat dapat lang na si BF ang nasa litrato hindi si Binay. Pero alam natin na pag may ad ng Makati City (ehem Binay "sana ganito sa buong bayan"), sinong alkalde ang nakikita mo dyan? :ohno:

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Hmmm.... Sigurado na ako. Dahil labis na minamahal ko ang aking bansa, mangangampanya ako para kay Bayani Fernando. Dapat tanggapin natin na pagkatapos ng 2009, aalis na si BF at may magpapalit sa kanya kaya maghanda tayo. Kung aalis si BF at may bagong magpapalit sa kanya, sino ang maalala sa kanyang mga nagtagumpayan sa Marikina at sa Metro Manila kung malilimutin ang mga Pinoy? 2010 lang ang huling pagkakataon ni Bayani Fernando. Wala ng 2016.

BF GETS IT DONE Photo Contest (http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=85240507182&h=HYw47&u=cugsr)

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs085.snc1/4587_1012619371141_1694744925_21247_7073773_n.jpg

Fri 5:27pm
Team Bayani Fernando invites all professional and amateur photographers to join the BF GETS IT DONE Photo Contest! Simply capture a photo from anywhere in the Philippines where Chairman Bayani Fernando was able to improve the situation of that area to join.

Visit www.bayanifernando.com.ph to know more!

same version in berlin
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss58/tigsyboy/CIMG1796.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss58/tigsyboy/CIMG1793.jpg

^^ :rofl:

i think a noli bf tandem will be unbeatable.....btw....silang dalawa ang nagalis ng mga iskwater sa riles sa makati...hindi si binay.....

Kaya karapat dapat lang na si BF ang nasa litrato hindi si Binay. Pero alam natin na pag may ad ng Makati City (ehem Binay "sana ganito sa buong bayan"), sinong alkalde ang nakikita mo dyan?

di ko kasi makita... nagsasalita ba siya doon..? ngipin at barong lang kasi nakita ko doon.. :lol: :rofl:

same version in berlin
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss58/tigsyboy/CIMG1796.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss58/tigsyboy/CIMG1793.jpg

Hahahahaha ! :lol:^^


di ko kasi makita... nagsasalita ba siya doon..? ngipin at barong lang kasi nakita ko doon.. :lol: :rofl:

Ako rin, ang nakita ko lang ay un ngipin at un barong dun sa commercial. Si binay ba yun? hinde ko nakita eh....:nuts::lol:

pano ba naman kasi... Kung ano ang kulay ng kanyang balat, ganun din ang kulay ng kanyang budhi... whahahaa... :lol:

^^ hahah oi wag mo syang gnaganon! obama daw sya ng pilipinas...[ung color lang ha! hehehe ndi ung political will!]

hahahah OBAMA of The PHILIPPINES! hahahah

Sabi nila ang tagal daw inabot ng shooting ng infomercial ni Binay. Palagi daw nagkakamali.
Kasi naman daw imbes na "Ganito Kami sa Makati, sana ganito rin sa buong bayan" ang sabihin, eh "Ganito kami sa Makati, pero mas ok sa Marikina".:lol:

^^ wahahaha! ayos ah. hahaha! :lol:

BF GETS IT DONE Photo Contest (http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=85240507182&h=HYw47&u=cugsr)

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs085.snc1/4587_1012619371141_1694744925_21247_7073773_n.jpg

Fri 5:27pm
Team Bayani Fernando invites all professional and amateur photographers to join the BF GETS IT DONE Photo Contest! Simply capture a photo from anywhere in the Philippines where Chairman Bayani Fernando was able to improve the situation of that area to join.

Visit www.bayanifernando.com.ph to know more!
same version in berlin
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss58/tigsyboy/CIMG1796.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss58/tigsyboy/CIMG1793.jpg

The Berlin version looks more like a booth than just a trough. ;)

I wonder if they have the same conveniences for women as well. :dunno:

Post away folks! :colgate:

Link to Thread 3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=264800&page=151) in the Archives. :okay:

New thread! (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=879182) :colgate:



:lock:

http://www.mmda.gov.ph/metrogwapologo.jpg


Metro Gwapo
by Wells Avante (http://www.filipinowriter.com/metro-gwapo)


Sa overpass ng Philcoa,
Nagkaroon ng mga hita, binti at paa
ang lahat ng nakahimlay na paninda.

May dumungaw sa ibaba,
Dali-daling rumaragasa
ang asul na dambuhala.
Lalamunin ang lahat ng nakasisira
sa natatanaw ng mga mata.
Lahat ng abala sa kalsada’y
biglang mawawala.

Huminto na ang dambuhala,
Lumabas ang kanyang mga alaga.
Naiwang paninda’y nililimas.
Nagkulay bughaw ang buong overpass.

Sa gitna nito’y naiwang cellphone casing ay ibinulsa
ng mumunting batang papasok sa escuela.
Sa ibaba’y naroon ang ibang manininda.
Nagkubli pa sa likod ng pulis ang isa.

agree ba kau na metro gwapito na tayo or gwapiting pa lang...:lol:

^^ When everyone becomes a metrosexual, then maybe, yes! :rofl:

agree ba kau na metro gwapito na tayo or gwapiting pa lang...:lol:

Siguro pagnanalo si BF bilang presidente di lang tayo gwapito kundi "gwapito with brain".:cheers:

Pagnanalo sya, magiging hottrob na ang pinas :lol:

^^ Magiging BF ng bayan. :lol:

tama sa sobrang guapo niya, magiging metro rb na siya.

Nakita ko sa poster nila, Metro Guapito na ang Metro Manila.

Sino kaya ang susunod na MMDA chairman?

Vicky Belo? siguro ang tawag niya sa project niya eh "Metro Kikay".:lol:

Hayden Kho? siguro buong metro manila lalagyan niya ng CCTV camera.:lol:

^^Lahat ng pink urinals may CCTV sa loob... :lol:

Sino kaya ang susunod na MMDA chairman?

Vicky Belo? siguro ang tawag niya sa project niya eh "Metro Kikay".:lol:

Hayden Kho? siguro buong metro manila lalagyan niya ng CCTV camera.:lol:

:lol:

e pano kung si katrina?

^^ Metro Jologs!:lol:

^^ Metro Drama

^^:lol:

Sana BF pa rin sa MMDA:)

Press Statement
By Secretary and MMDA Chairman Bayani F. Fernando

I have decided to boycott the Lakas-Kampi merger convention at the Manila Hotel today for its lack of fairness and obvious preference of some party leaders for candidates who are not even Lakas or Kampi members and for ignoring party loyalists like me and other long-time card bearers.

I have no intention of attending my own funeral.

Several party leaders, in their press statements, could not contain their enthusiasm for their favorites like Vice President Noli de Castro and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, who are not even Lakas party members.

A high Lakas official was quoted as saying that the merger of Kampi and the Lakas-CMD will help members decide who between De Castro and Teodoro will make the better presidential candidate. So much for fairness and delicadeza.

By their statements and body language, these officials obviously want to influence the party in the choice of an official flag bearer. They are conditioning the minds of the public to accept an inevitable de Castro or Teodoro candidacy.

I am proud to say that I am a Lakas member, a loyal supporter and an advocate of its causes. Despite these, I am being treated as a non-entity by some party officials. My party thinks that I am invisible man.

Is this the kind of politics Lakas-Kampi will espouse?

I was willing to go through the selection process that Lkas-Kampi will adopt, but on the premise that we are starting with a clean slate. We ought to have, as the popular phrase goes, a level playing field.

If we accept the endorsements of some high party leaders, the question should be asked: Doesn’t party loyalty count anymore? Do principles still count in democratic politics?

This brings me to my second point.

The basic weakness of Philippine democracy is its failure to build a strong party system.

By this I mean a party that will not only mobilize popular support but will also stand consistently for a set of core values.

I am afraid that Lakas-Kampi fails by this standard.

Finally I want to challenge the leaders of Lakas-Kampi not to play party politics according to the old trapo rules but to bring into the party fresh ideas that will energize the government – should they win.

^^ so much for the politics.

Until now, the famous NAIA 3 airport landmarks na may pa contest pa ni BF ay WALA PA. No construction activity at the site. Streamer pa rin ni Pacquiao ang nakalagay.

mga street vendors bumabalik na sa bangketa...

That's politics for you...but I do remember then Marikina Mayor BF switching to Erap in 1998 only to return to Lakas in 2001. FVR didn't want to speak to him then as he was also perceived to be a balimbing. Perhaps he was assuming that Lakas will carry him but then he forgot Kampi's apparent dominance in this merger. Partido ng Lakas at Kampi (PaLaKa). Lot of room for leapfrogging here, hehe :)

^^:lol: PALAKA Party latest badge toinkhttp://s2000.com/forums/images/smilies/toothy9.giftoink

http://images.marketworks.com/hi/48/48430/arm0373.jpg

^^ Isn't that Kero Kero Keroppi?

^^yup:D KeroKeroPpi

Launching daw ngayon ng BF for President Movement

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^^ waw meron ngang ganyan???

^^ no its edited.... pero d po aq ung nag edit.... nakita lang yan sa net ng friend q....

^^ Reverse Psychology!! :lol:

Dapat meron yan sa C-5 Taguig Area! :D

edited nga yan.. izoom nyu halatang naka patung lang.. pero ayus yan..
baka matakut na tumawid mga pilipinong hindi nakakaintindi.

^^Naku kamura-mura talaga ang mga Pilipinong walang disiplina. Huwag sana humantong sa ganyan ang mga signs natin para lang maituwid ang mga pasaway. :ohno:

Come to think of it, that's a pretty effective sign. A lot of people would get the message, haha. Brutal but direct to the point and bagay sa psychology ng mga pasaway. :)

Wow I love that sign, that's the best message to those irresponsible jaywalkers. Like I remember in our accommodation in Saudi, we are 8 in one unit, some don't know how to sanitize the toilet they taught they still have the maid to clean for them, what I do I wrote to the door of the toilet, and I put there, "please clean the toilet after use". After that everyone who use, really clean the toilet. If you wont push them they wont take actions.

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Grabe... Ang sakit ng tiyan ko sa kakatawa...:lol::lol::lol:

This is a picture of a public toilet in Houston

http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f231349%5fAK2zo0IAAJOsSh95tgD0pkvPLEc&pid=1.2.2&fid=Inbox&inline=1&stationery=1

Now that you've seen the outside view, take a look at the inside view.....

http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f231349%5fAK2zo0IAAJOsSh95tgD0pkvPLEc&pid=1.2.3&fid=Inbox&inline=1&stationery=1

It's made entirely of one-way glass! No one can see you from the outside, but when you are inside it's like sitting in a clear glass box!
Now would you... COULD YOU....???

^^my golly! http://s2000.com/forums/images/smilies/tongue9.gif

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i4G4GQ9KIeo/SAXRRsLmRSI/AAAAAAAAAsU/-vH3D7x_Tnk/s400/houston,%2B1%2Bway%2Bglass%2Bpublic%2Btoilet%2B2.jpg

di kaya mapa-urong/atras ang mga nagpupumiglas na pwersa ng "Bataan" nyan:lol:

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dapat ganito mga portable toilets ni BF along EDSA:D at tatawagin itong "HAYDEN TOILET" :Dtoinkhttp://s2000.com/forums/images/smilies/toothy9.giftoink
http://polisnyc.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/picture-5.png

^^ang may balak gumawa ng scandal sa loob..malilibing nang buhay:D:rofl:

Share ko lang... Funny but has sense...

7HXJk0SIkug

isa lang ang problema ng pinas.....walang budget para sa magarbong trono....:) k8ung meron baka mas maganda pa na idea pa dyan ang sa pinas....baka yung wewe...irerecycle at gawin tubig na pang hilamos...:lol:..sa see through na wash basin at trono....:lol:

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Sumosobra naman yata na si BF. Tsk tsk tsk.... :ohno::no:

^^my golly! http://s2000.com/forums/images/smilies/tongue9.gif

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i4G4GQ9KIeo/SAXRRsLmRSI/AAAAAAAAAsU/-vH3D7x_Tnk/s400/houston,%2B1%2Bway%2Bglass%2Bpublic%2Btoilet%2B2.jpg

di kaya mapa-urong/atras ang mga nagpupumiglas na pwersa ng "Bataan" nyan:lol:

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dapat ganito mga portable toilets ni BF along EDSA:D at tatawagin itong "HAYDEN TOILET" :Dtoinkhttp://s2000.com/forums/images/smilies/toothy9.giftoink
http://polisnyc.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/picture-5.png

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Sumosobra naman yata na si BF. Tsk tsk tsk.... :ohno::no:

Don't take it seriously, it's obviously edited.

Honestly, NO matter how much I love and admire this "out of the box" thinker Bayani, his style(pink n blue) sucks ass! Man, If I brought one of my friends to Manila and he sees this, goddamn, I would be damned and put to shame coz he would be calling everything gay. footbrige....gay...pedestrian side walk.....gay...xpressway..gay....flyover..gay even the damn urinals would be called gay:lol:. Well, Bayani(if you are reading) if there's one color that I suggest you start using, it's PLAIN.

^^my golly! http://s2000.com/forums/images/smilies/tongue9.gif

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i4G4GQ9KIeo/SAXRRsLmRSI/AAAAAAAAAsU/-vH3D7x_Tnk/s400/houston,%2B1%2Bway%2Bglass%2Bpublic%2Btoilet%2B2.jpg

Clever! When I saw that picture I thought it was in Europe but Houston?!?...didn't expect these kind of things in the United States :nuts:

Honestly, NO matter how much I love and admire this "out of the box" thinker Bayani, his style(pink n blue) sucks ass! Man, If I brought one of my friends to Manila and he sees this, goddamn, I would be damned and put to shame coz he would be calling everything gay. footbrige....gay...pedestrian side walk.....gay...xpressway..gay....flyover..gay even the damn urinals would be called gay:lol:. Well, Bayani(if you are reading) if there's one color that I suggest you start using, it's PLAIN.

What colour is PLAIN??? :nuts:

Honestly, NO matter how much I love and admire this "out of the box" thinker Bayani, his style(pink n blue) sucks ass! Man, If I brought one of my friends to Manila and he sees this, goddamn, I would be damned and put to shame coz he would be calling everything gay. footbrige....gay...pedestrian side walk.....gay...xpressway..gay....flyover..gay even the damn urinals would be called gay:lol:. Well, Bayani(if you are reading) if there's one color that I suggest you start using, it's PLAIN.

So? Got problems with gay colours or gay's in general?? I honestly like the Blue-pink scheme since its abit different from the super dull grey theme of Metro Manila.

P.S.: I'm not gay, i'm a straight guy :lol:

Don't take it seriously, it's obviously edited.

It doesn't look like edited.

Honestly, NO matter how much I love and admire this "out of the box" thinker Bayani, his style(pink n blue) sucks ass! Man, If I brought one of my friends to Manila and he sees this, goddamn, I would be damned and put to shame coz he would be calling everything gay. footbrige....gay...pedestrian side walk.....gay...xpressway..gay....flyover..gay even the damn urinals would be called gay:lol:. Well, Bayani(if you are reading) if there's one color that I suggest you start using, it's PLAIN.

I concur. It's not that i'm against gay people, i don't even hate these people and i'm a straight man, but using PINK to those traffic signs and footbridges, etc., that really bothers me. He should have just used those common colors along with other foreign countries and in accordance with the geneva convention rules of traffic signs.

If some foreigners and tourists seen this, imagine what might they be thinking about the philippines. Weird man.... :no: