Perfect elements of heavy traffic
First, it’s the weekend after payday. Second, it’s the weekend before Christmas. Third, multiple incidents around the metro. And fourth, it’s raining.
Combine all of these and you’ve got the perfect elements to lead to a heavy traffic.
Last Saturday, traffic has been excruciating in Eastern Mega Manila. And when I say east, I refer to Pasig, Mandaluyong, parts of Quezon City, Marikina, Cainta, Taytay and Antipolo. Usually, travel time from our office to home is an hour and a half, if it’s during the day. That day, it was three hours and a half.
I traversed Manggahan and then Pasig Greenpark all the way to Junction in Cainta. That in itself took more than an hour. Another neck to neck battle in Tikling in Taytay due to a vehicle downtime.
When I came back to work, I learned that my officemates were late for work. One even walked in the rain because there were no vehicles to take on.
Come to think of it, we’re just complaining about traffic while on the other side of the Philippines, there’s being devastated by typhoon Sendong.
