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Time for ‘solve PH traffic crisis’ challenge

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 17 08:22 PM

We're done with the "commute challenge." It's time to have a traffic solutions challenge, agree on the best ideas, and implement them.  Read more »

How affordable housing can help solve Metro Manila's traffic problem

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 10:21 AM

In this edition of #MattersOfFact, congestion charges, affordable housing, and more elevated walkways. These are the suggestions of urban planner Felino Palafox Jr. on how Metro Manila could possibly solve its traffic problem. Palafox says traffic management is not enough to solve the issue. Read more »

Palafox traffic fixes: 8 LRT lines, EDSA-long walkway, no more MM gov't offices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 04:06 PM

Plans to improve mass transportation in Metro Manila are 40 years behind schedule, according to renowned architect and urban Planner Felino “Jun” Palafox Jr., who said "catastrophic traffic and lack of decent housing" were already predicted as early as 1976. Read more »

Why one-way scheme works in Manhattan but not for EDSA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 03:16 PM

The proposed one-way scheme works in Singapore as well as in Manhattan in the US due to ample parallel roads accessible to motorists, urban planner Jun Palafox told ABS-CBN News. Read more »

Boracay rehabilitation would take years, urban planner says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 12:00 AM

Architect Felino Palafox says he is putting forward "100 recommendations" and that there's a plan to build a 7-kilometer tramway on the island. Read more »

Why urban planner opposes casino-resort in Boracay

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 04:39 PM

MANILA- Architect and urban planner Felino "Jun" Palafox on Saturday criticized the plan to build a casino-resort in Boracay island amid government's efforts to rehabilitate the top tourist destination. Read more »

Metro Manila growing more walkable, one footbridge at a time

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 03:24 PM

Call center agent Jeff Fajardo walks to work on an elevated bridge, high above a cramped highway where thousands other pedestrians used to risk their lives just to cross the street.   Read more »

Mala-'Hiroshima' na lugar sa Marawi, iminungkahi ng isang arkitekto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 07:57 PM

Imimungkahi ng isang arkitekto na, sa halip na pabalikin ang mga residente, magtayo na lamang ng bagong siyudad sa paligid ng Marawi. Puwede raw gawing pook na gumugunita sa dinanas ng Marawi ang lugar ng bakbakan, tulad ng "ground zero" sa Hiroshima, Japan. Read more »