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What do you think about dedicated road lanes?
For one, really love the motorcycle lanes the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has placed in Commonwealth Avenue. I feel that it contributed much to the smoother traffic flow, and to the lessened (I assume) accidents in that “killer” highway. Now, if they can get those smoke-belching buses out of that high way and provide better roadside assistance plans like what they have in super highways, the better.
Speaking of roadside plans, I also love the dedicated bike lanes in Marikina City. Some …
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I’ve been doing a research on air pollution and found out that there had been an increase on motor vehicles contributing to air pollution in Metro Manila.
I am thinking it could be because there also has been a significant increase on the number of vehicles that have been registered at the Land Transportation Office (source: http://www.lto.gov.ph/Statistics/stats_2010.aspx#sum1). More vehicles plying the road (especially who have gotten no-show permits), the more pollution we have.
This is a serious problem as we all know how dirty air could affect us. You could get a …
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Check out these foldable bikes!
I learned about these super cool bicycles last Earth Day Jam, when these guys (I believe members of the Tiklop Society of the Philippines — the foremost organized folding bike society in the country) introduced the bikes to the crowd.
The foldable bikes are really quick to assemble (or shall I say fold and unfold?), and when folded, you could easily transport it, or even just push it like a cart inside malls. The guy (sorry, I missed the name) even said that the bikes are usually …
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Have you seen Boysen’s new tv ad? It features people who could barely breathe (hence, they’ve become blue) while outside, and when they get to this area with a wall being painted with Boysen’s KNOxOUT, they get their color back — all because of clean air.
… which is exactly what KNOxOUT promises — cleaner, better air from a paint that apparently breaks down NOx into a harmless substance. The paint also apparently has self-cleaning and anti-bacterial properties because of the “photocatalytic reaction” that it gets itself into. The word’s just …


