Grinding to a halt: Unclogging Metro Manila

Metro Manila comprises 17 cities and municipalities. According to official statistics, the city of Manila is the most densely populated urban area in the world, with twice the population density of Dhaka in Bangladesh.

And I do say that although official statistics record Manila as having a population of 1.65 million, it is, no doubt, a lot more than that if you take into account the inaccuracies involved in census-taking and the fact that the homeless are not counted in. Of the 39 most densely populated urban areas in the world, eight are parts of Metro Manila.