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post May 8 2014, 10:01 AM, updated 10y ago

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Epic Gridlock Reigns Over Manila's 23 Million
By Karl Lester M. Yap Apr 10, 2014 2:55 PM GMT+0800


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Photographer: Jes Aznar/Bloomberg

Street vendors wait for customers as jeepneys and other traffic stand congested in Manila.

Joshua Mercado is waiting for a train at the end of a kilometer-long queue that snakes down three stories from Manila’s elevated Quezon Avenue station to the sidewalk below. It’s part of his five-hour daily commute.

“All I do is wake up, go to work, go home, eat, sleep,” said Mercado, 24, who rises at 4 a.m. for a trip by motorized tricycle, minivan, train and bus to his office in Makati, the capital’s business district. “All these hours of commuting and the frequent breakdowns are really stressing me out.”
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holy crap, 1 km long queue just to get on the train?
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post May 8 2014, 10:07 AM

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post May 8 2014, 10:10 AM

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QUOTE(munky @ May 8 2014, 10:10 AM)
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Yes, it's very bad. But still can't top Jakarta in term of traffic.
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post May 8 2014, 10:19 AM

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QUOTE(bananajoe @ May 8 2014, 10:15 AM)
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post May 8 2014, 10:20 AM

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Syukur la malaysia not like that
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post May 8 2014, 10:20 AM

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Epic sia.
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post May 8 2014, 10:21 AM

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fuuuu almost like the minions queue
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post May 8 2014, 10:22 AM

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QUOTE(tifosi @ May 8 2014, 10:17 AM)
Yes, it's very bad. But still can't top Jakarta in term of traffic.
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I used to think so until I started to go to Manila more often...

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post May 8 2014, 10:22 AM

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metro manila 22million pop vs greater klang valley 7million pop.


We are almost getting there son!
I haz a proud!

kampong edited me....

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I went there and saw it with my own eyes. U got no room to breathe in the train.
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post May 8 2014, 10:23 AM

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QUOTE(kinabalu @ May 8 2014, 10:22 AM)
metro manila 22million pop vs greater klang valley 17million pop.
We are almost getting there son!
I haz a proud!
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Klang Valley is 7 million plus.

2020 projection is 10.
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forgot source link http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-09/m...s-gridlock.html
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QUOTE(tifosi @ May 8 2014, 10:17 AM)
Yes, it's very bad. But still can't top Jakarta in term of traffic.
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Beg to differ. Manila jam is so bad, it makes our klang valley jam like peanuts. You move an inch every 20 minutes during peak working hours.
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all pack like sardin
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So sad, they were first in SE Asia to have LRT system but look at them now in gridlock. Fortunately for us the songlap industry has chosen infrastructure so at least we get some benefit out of it.
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QUOTE(anantha92 @ May 8 2014, 10:25 AM)
So sad, they were first in SE Asia to have LRT system but look at them now in gridlock. Fortunately for us the songlap industry has chosen infrastructure so at least we get some benefit out of it.
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The prob is different administration will stop previous administration's work and try a new project.
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QUOTE(bananajoe @ May 8 2014, 10:15 AM)
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QUOTE(bananajoe @ May 8 2014, 10:29 AM)
The prob is different administration will stop previous administration's work and try a new project.
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after all, who wants to raise someone elses' baby?
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QUOTE(empyreal @ May 8 2014, 10:33 AM)
after all, who wants to raise someone elses' baby?
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QUOTE(differ @ May 8 2014, 10:22 AM)
I used to think so until I started to go to Manila more often...
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I been to Manila and Jakarta a few times, and from what I observed, the traffic over in Jakarta is worse than Manila. At least, you still move by the inch in Manila, but in Jakarta, you can be in total standstill.

QUOTE(bananajoe @ May 8 2014, 10:25 AM)
Beg to differ. Manila jam is so bad, it makes our klang valley jam like peanuts. You move an inch every 20 minutes during peak working hours.
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KV is peanuts. Try Jakarta.
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why dont just walk back to home only if its nearby
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QUOTE(James Bum @ May 8 2014, 10:50 AM)
brownman90561495 why don't Filipinos use condoms?
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lol dont ask me. i use them. dunno with the rest.
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QUOTE(brownman90561495 @ May 8 2014, 10:55 AM)
lol dont ask me. i use them. dunno with the rest.
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Wait, u use Filipinos or condom ?
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QUOTE(bananajoe @ May 8 2014, 10:55 AM)
Wait, u use Filipinos or condom ?
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why not both?
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QUOTE(brownman90561495 @ May 8 2014, 11:01 AM)
why not both?
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but seriously. the whole metro manila is not a place for humans.

luckily for me i dont have to take the train going to work.
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QUOTE(tifosi @ May 8 2014, 10:17 AM)
Yes, it's very bad. But still can't top Jakarta in term of traffic.
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jakarta traffic is sporadic.

manila, it happens all the time. even at 3am in the morning, when i first arrived after driving around the whole Luzon island.
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QUOTE(brownman90561495 @ May 8 2014, 10:55 AM)
lol dont ask me. i use them. dunno with the rest.
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post May 8 2014, 11:31 AM

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Manila population = Malaysia population

syok or not?
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QUOTE(bananajoe @ May 8 2014, 10:15 AM)
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at least diorang queue la
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semua pakat guna emergency lane
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QUOTE(Scopio @ May 8 2014, 11:21 AM)
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QUOTE(spacelion @ May 8 2014, 11:31 AM)
Manila population = Malaysia population

syok or not?
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not that accurate but you can see the proportions

metro manila area = 638.55 km2
metro manila population (2011) = 11,855,975 (density = 19,000/km2)

malaysia area = 329,847 km2
malaysia population (2014) = 30,018,242 (density = 86/km2)

source: wiki

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BERSYUKURLAH WAHAI RAKYAT MALAYSIA KERANA ADA KERAJAAN YANG PRIHATIN SANGGUP TAMBAH TREN, BINA MRT UNTUK ANDA
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QUOTE(brownman90561495 @ May 8 2014, 11:36 AM)
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not that accurate but you can see the proportions

metro manila area = 638.55 km2
metro manila population (2011) = 11,855,975 (density = 19,000/km2)

malaysia area = 329,847 km2
malaysia population (2014) = 30,018,242 (density = 86/km2)

source: wiki
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then the topic is wrong? bcos it state 23 million.
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QUOTE(spacelion @ May 8 2014, 11:40 AM)
then the topic is wrong? bcos it state 23 million.
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or wiki is wrong.

i dont know. i dont know anything. lol
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QUOTE(spacelion @ May 8 2014, 11:40 AM)
then the topic is wrong? bcos it state 23 million.
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bloomberg used greater manila

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The population of Greater Manila, which includes the 17 cities and municipalities of Metro Manila,

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QUOTE(empyreal @ May 8 2014, 11:52 AM)
bloomberg used greater manila
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yep, that is the whole metro manila.

hmmm not sure now which is inaccurate.

unless we grew a +10million population within just 3 yrs. but that's absurd.
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QUOTE(tifosi @ May 8 2014, 10:45 AM)
I been to Manila and Jakarta a few times, and from what I observed, the traffic over in Jakarta is worse than Manila. At least, you still move by the inch in Manila, but in Jakarta, you can be in total standstill.
KV is peanuts. Try Jakarta.
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Maybe because the girls are prettier in Jakarta, that's why I rank Manila lower, haha...
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