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Transcript
00:00There will be a long line of people who will pass through EDSA this evening.
00:04The traffic is still heavy because people from the province,
00:10workers, and shoppers are coming home at the same time.
00:13From EDSA North Avenue, my live report, Vaughn Aquino, Vaughn.
00:20Atom, the Christmas rush here in Metro Manila is already felt
00:24because this evening, the traffic was tight in several parts of EDSA
00:28in front of the big malls in Quezon City and Mandaluyong City.
00:36Past 6 p.m., the traffic was slow in EDSA Northbound Lane in front of two malls.
00:42This part of EDSA becomes a bottleneck because of the cars coming out of the mall.
00:47It was hard for the mall goer, Myla, to ride.
00:50It was hard because I've been booking for an hour and there's still none.
00:53Now, it has arrived.
00:55At 7 p.m., the traffic was tight in EDSA Cubao Southbound Lane.
01:00There were also several provincial buses coming out of their station.
01:04In EDSA Ortigas, the traffic was slow in front of a mall, especially in EDSA Northbound.
01:08But after this, the traffic was allowed but it was slow again when EDSA Santolan arrived.
01:13In Kuha ng Drone, you can see the look of EDSA Northbound,
01:17which is red because of the heavy traffic.
01:20According to the MFDA, the volume of cars coming from work and malls is at the same time.
01:25Even the motorcycle taxis that are stuck in the middle of the traffic,
01:29it is also hard for passengers to pick up.
01:32It's hard because of the traffic.
01:35And it's small.
01:36When it comes to the pick-up point, the passengers will also cancel because we arrived late because of the traffic.
01:44Atom, here in EDSA Northbound, the traffic is still slow.
01:48Because the volume of cars here in EDSA is thick,
01:51it is at the same time with the cars coming out of the malls here in EDSA Quezon City.
01:58Atom?
01:59Thank you very much, Vaun Aquino.
02:13Transcribed by ESO. Translated by —

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