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15 Dec, 2013

Metro Manila traffic costs P140B a year – Manila Bulletin

Manila, Philippines – Traffic in Metro Manila causes the country to lose a whopping P140 billion annually, a figure that dwarfs the amounts lost via the controversial pork barrel scam. This was revealed by a new group called the Red Advocates composed of concerned citizens advocating “Respect Equals Discipline” or RED, on Philippine roads.

Brian Galagnara, president of The Red Advocates, said the traffic problem has a greater negative economic impact than corruption. “The success of concerned citizens and collective action in the abolition of the pork barrel” encouraged them “to mobilize efforts to address a problem that has an even greater negative economic impact than corruption: Traffic,” he said.

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