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    Manila Traffic Review

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    Manila has the worst traffic in the world according to a Waze survey, with an average commute time of 45.5 minutes. Manila scored very low on traffic satisfaction compared to other major cities. Countries like the Netherlands and Sweden reported much better traffic conditions. The major causes of Manila's traffic issues are overpopulation in the city leading to more vehicles on the roads and lack of adherence to traffic rules by many drivers. Improving discipline and following traffic laws could help alleviate some of the traffic problems over time.

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    Manila has the worst traffic in the world according to a Waze survey, with an average commute time of 45.5 minutes. Manila scored very low on traffic satisfaction compared to other major cities. Countries like the Netherlands and Sweden reported much better traffic conditions. The major causes of Manila's traffic issues are overpopulation in the city leading to more vehicles on the roads and lack of adherence to traffic rules by many drivers. Improving discipline and following traffic laws could help alleviate some of the traffic problems over time.

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    Manila has the worst traffic in the world according to a Waze survey, with an average commute time of 45.5 minutes. Manila scored very low on traffic satisfaction compared to other major cities. Countries like the Netherlands and Sweden reported much better traffic conditions. The major causes of Manila's traffic issues are overpopulation in the city leading to more vehicles on the roads and lack of adherence to traffic rules by many drivers. Improving discipline and following traffic laws could help alleviate some of the traffic problems over time.

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    Manila has the worst traffic in the world according to a Waze survey, with an average commute time of 45.5 minutes. Manila scored very low on traffic satisfaction compared to other major cities. Countries like the Netherlands and Sweden reported much better traffic conditions. The major causes of Manila's traffic issues are overpopulation in the city leading to more vehicles on the roads and lack of adherence to traffic rules by many drivers. Improving discipline and following traffic laws could help alleviate some of the traffic problems over time.

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    MANILA TRAFFIC

    ARTICLE REVIEW

    I. Title of the Article: Metro Manila has 'worst traffic on Earth,' longest commute – Waze

    II. Author of the Article: Lara Tan- CNN Philippines

    III. Reference: CNN Philippines, October 2, 2015

    IV. Vocabulary:

    CNN- Cable News Network is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel
    owned by the Turner Broadcasting System, a division of Time Warner. CNN was founded in
    1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner as a 24-hour cable news channel.

    GPS- The Global Positioning System is a space-based navigation system that provides location
    and time information in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an
    unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.

    Waze- is a GPS navigation software that works on smartphones and tablets with GPS support
    and provides turn-by-turn navigation information and user-submitted travel times and route
    details, while downloading location.

    V. Gist/Summary of the Article

    According to the survey, Manila, on a city level, ranked number one with the "worst
    traffic on Earth" with Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Jakarta not far behind. With 10 (satisfying)
    as the highest score to 1 (miserable) as the lowest, Manila scored a measly 0.4 in the traffic index
    and the Philippines ranked as the ninth worst place to drive.

    The survey said Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden, Czech Republic, and U.S. reported an
    easy and breezy driving experience. It said that globally, traffic — or the lack of it — is a key
    indicator of driver satisfaction.

    In terms of longest commute time, Manila again topped the survey for the longest
    minutes spent commuting from home to office with an average time of 45.5 minutes. The survey
    recorded Jakarta with 42.1 minutes of travel time.

    VI. Reflection

    I have learned that there are many problems that contribute to the traffic in Metro Manila,
    and the problems work like a loop. A problem will link to another. For example, there is taxi
    who stops in the middle of the road to take in a passenger. Then the car right behind notices that
    the taxi would stop and delay him, so the car cuts through the other lane. While cutting, he
    accidentally bumped the car behind him, leading to an accident, which would further cause
    traffic. This example starts with traffic and ends with traffic. It's just like a loop, but how do we
    stop this loop, or lessen the traffic it causes? There is no solution to completely eliminate this
    since Metro Manila is overpopulated. The best thing to do is to discipline ourselves. Follow the
    road rules with integrity. With this simple things, someday our country won’t be on that list
    again.

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