Manila #publictransit unreliable and incompetent

BusinessMirror - Public transportation: Making difficult choices: "But we know the cause: The failure of the government to provide an effective regulatory structure for a public-transportation industry that is unable to give commuters reliable and competent service."

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Car traffic is draining the Philippine economy

Traffic everywhere! | Business, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com: "The losses due to traffic are estimated by experts at P150 billion in time savings per year, plus about P20 billion more in vehicle operating cost. I would add the physical abuse we all impose on our personal health from inhaling all that poisonous air as well as in our psychological well being.

We continue to suffer because we have refused to bite the bullet and do some very difficult but sensible things to make our worsening traffic problem bearable. "

How much longer will we tolerate the #climate deniers [delayers]?

Philippines typhoon death toll surpasses 5,200: government - Australia Network News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "The number of people confirmed dead from typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines has surpassed 5,200, the country's government said, making it one of its deadliest natural disasters."

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Cars cause CO2 emissions, which cause storms, which cause destruction

Cars

Cause storms

Which cause destruction

#Climatechange disaster in the Philippines. This is the true cost of the auto culture.

AP

SFGate: "TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — As many as 10,000 people are believed dead in one Philippine city alone after one of the worst storms ever recorded unleashed ferocious winds and giant waves that washed away homes and schools. Corpses hung from tree branches and were scattered along sidewalks and among flattened buildings, while looters raided grocery stores and gas stations in search of food, fuel and water."

The true cost of the auto and sprawl culture: #climatechange

BBC News - Typhoon Haiyan death toll 'tops 100' says Philippine official: "At least 100 people have reportedly been killed by Typhoon Haiyan in one city, according to a Philippine official."

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Super typhoon Haiyan closes in on Philippines, among strongest storms ever

Hemispheric view of Haiyan (EUMETSAT Facebook page)

WashingtonPost: "The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has increased its estimate of Haiyan’s maximum sustained winds to 195 mph with gusts to 235 mph. The storm is now within a few hours of landfall in the central Philippines at peak intensity as among the most powerful storms witnessed anywhere in modern times. Widespread destruction, unfortunately, seems inevitable."