Malls at uwian ng mga empleyado, nagpapabigat sa traffic sa EDSA

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Huling araw ng trabaho sa mga may holiday, kaya ang uwian nila na sumabay sa last-minute Christmas shopping, nagpa-traffic lalo sa EDSA.

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00:00The last day of work for those who have a holiday, that's why they went home and joined the last-minute Christmas shopping, causing traffic, especially in EDSA.

00:08Mark Salazar was tuned live.

00:11Mark.

00:15Emil, that's what happened.

00:17We saw yesterday that there were a lot of workers who still went in today,

00:22even though it's December 23, which is the weekend and Christmas.

00:27Aside from them, the last-minute shoppers, including you, still accompanied them.

00:31And aside from them, after the work hours, our countrymen went down to the terminal of the bus,

00:38which will go home to the provinces tonight.

00:45Just past 1 o'clock in the afternoon, traffic in EDSA, southbound or northbound, started to increase.

00:53You can see the volume of vehicles, which is the main reason for the traffic.

00:57At the end of EDSA, in the south, the road to EDSA and Rojas Boulevard Crossing is the heaviest.

01:03The traffic lights went out because the traffic is already locked here.

01:07But when the town rang, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, EDSA's northbound was really bumper to bumper,

01:14from Rojas Boulevard to the nearby malls on EDSA Show Boulevard.

01:20A lot of people went out to the malls, just like the motorists who wanted to park at the malls.

01:26At this point, the home of the employees at the bus carousel and MRT stations also accompanied them.

01:34After work, the number of passengers at the bus stations in Quezon City also increased,

01:39which also added to the slow traffic in EDSA.

01:42For about 30 minutes, we came from there and we went here just in case the bus is waiting for us.

01:48The taxi also didn't want to come, so we had to commute.

01:51There are a lot of people, a lot of people are doing groceries, so the employees need to come.

01:55At 25, we can enter.

02:06Emil, if you're going home to Northern Luzon, I'm here at North EDSA.

02:13Take note, the only choke point here will be the nearby malls at North EDSA.

02:18It will only be a short distance.

02:20If you cross Munoz, it will go straight to your destination.

02:24You will have to stop halfway to enter Balintawak.

02:27But it's just a short distance, and it's wide again.

02:31Emil.

02:32Thank you very much, Mark Salazar.

02:42For more information, visit edsa.gov

Malls at uwian ng mga empleyado, nagpapabigat sa traffic sa EDSA | 24 Oras

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