{"id":1300,"date":"2009-03-11T01:42:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T06:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2009-03-11T01:42:59","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T06:42:59","slug":"repostpublic-transpo-rantbusiness-prius-to-hit-philippine-roads-by-june-inquirernet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/11\/repostpublic-transpo-rantbusiness-prius-to-hit-philippine-roads-by-june-inquirernet\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost:Public Transpo Rant!:Business – Prius to hit Philippine roads by June – INQUIRER.net"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The mortgage of my parents latest vehicle is going to be paid by next year that’s why in total consumer cliche behavior we are beginning to think of our next car<\/a>. The Prius<\/a> is probably going to be very expensive hope my parents can afford it. As for me. Public transport<\/a> is still the best way to bring people with the least amount of carbon emissions<\/a> and gas usage. I may only be one but I vote with my peso and ride only the best busses to promote investment in this underserved sector of the Philippine services part of the GDP<\/a>. Hope more people do because as long as we tolerate overburdened, second rate, second hand<\/a> 20 year old buses from Japan, people who can buy cars would always prefer buying one.
\nIf public transport:
\n-ran just a little late (10 minute car ride becomes 20, versus the now, 10 car ride is an hour ),
\n-meant I get to sit down during rush hours(versus the forced to stand up)
\n-meant standard fares and intelligible fare matrices, so I don’t get irritated by rider and bus<\/a> conductors fighting over 1-4 peso difference in fare.
\n-meant exclusive lanes or congestion pricing. Because the volume of traffic in manila is unsustainable and old cars are just too cheap, we must discourage these jalopy or at least level the playing field. I like the way Singapore handles this. You have to have a garage and your car can only be used for a fixed number of years.
\n-meant less pollution , which means the Department Of Health would no longer warn the public from biking to work because of the health risk associated with lung\/repiratory diseases.
\nI could go on but I detect a mild rantiness in my writing probably due to me being very sick with fever and flu yesterday, and the ton of work I have to Do<\/p>\n

Prius to hit Philippine roads by June
\nBy Abigail L. Ho Philippine Daily Inquirer<\/a> First Posted 03:41:00 03\/11\/2009
\nFiled Under: Automotive Equipment
\nMANILA, Philippines \u2014 Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. plans to bring the Prius hybrid car to the Philippines by June, amid global efforts to come up with ways to limit carbon dioxide<\/a> emissions, a company official said.
\nThe company \u201cvery recently\u201d got the go-ahead from Toyota Motor Corp.<\/a> in Japan to bring the Prius over, its vice chairman Alfred Ty said.
\nBusiness – Prius to hit Philippine roads by June – INQUIRER.net<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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