At certain times of the day where there are very few buses traversing EDSA, traffic is light. But once you have the buses criss-crossing the lanes, that’s when the traffic mess begins. He maintained that corruption is the root of the traffic mess, coupled with the MMDA’s failure to work with local government units in clearing all side streets of obstructions. “I say that is not the main reason for our traffic mess. Because the police and traffic enforcers do not make arrests, they are hiding behind trees.

Source: Manila Times March 16, 2017 16:18 UTC