Traffic!

For several days already during the past two weeks, the stretch of Katipunan beside UP becomes filled with cars, trucks and jeepneys as early as seven in the morning. From social media posts, the traffic seems to stretch up to the end of C5 and the same thing is happening to other major thoroughfares like EDSA.

No one was spared and the slow crawl was aggravated by the onset of the Habagat. The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the city mayors blamed the orders of the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) that relaxed the rules on bus routes and removed the truck ban.