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Nigel Villarete
Nigel Villarete
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The 60 minutes and 60 seconds
by Nigel Villarete - January 14, 2025 - 12:00am
We use them 24 hours a day, the whole week, month, and the entire year all throughout our lives.
A question we ask ourselves at Christmas
by Nigel Villarete - December 17, 2024 - 12:00am
Christmastime is as good a time as any to take stock on how we teach our children the basic lessons in life and of conduct.
Tailgating creates traffic jams
by Nigel Villarete - November 26, 2024 - 12:00am
You’re sitting in your car barely moving or inching on your way to work in the morning, seething, and looking at what seems to be a huge parking lot.
The locations for BRT stations
by Nigel Villarete - November 19, 2024 - 12:00am
The construction of the lanes for the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is steadily proceeding, save for a few setbacks due to minor changes.
Options for the Cebu BRT
by Nigel Villarete - November 12, 2024 - 12:00am
After decades of preparation, the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is already in the final stages of being started.
The captain of my ship
by Nigel Villarete - November 5, 2024 - 12:00am
How many times have I said this in the past, and I’m sure you did, too.
How to plan for transport
by Nigel Villarete - October 22, 2024 - 12:00am
There are two words that are often used interchangeably --transport and traffic-- maybe because they refer to almost the same thing.
Quo tendimus?
by Nigel Villarete - October 15, 2024 - 12:00am
I am not really good at Latin, a few phrases I know can be counted with the fingers of my hands.
Roundabouts revisited
by Nigel Villarete - October 1, 2024 - 12:00am
I have already written some thoughts about roundabouts around five years ago, but I think it would be good to revisit this again.
CSCR’s EIRR Revisited
by Nigel Villarete - September 24, 2024 - 12:00am
This column’s title is in acronyms simply because they’re quite long and might not be proper as a title.
Metro Cebu Expressway?
by Nigel Villarete - September 3, 2024 - 12:00am
I have always maintained my advocacy for public mass transportation as the key to better urban economic growth.
The BRT is “green”
by Nigel Villarete - August 27, 2024 - 12:00am
Someone sent to me the idea of having electric buses to be used for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system.
BRTs don’t/can’t solve traffic
by Nigel Villarete - August 20, 2024 - 12:00am
???????As the initial stretch of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit system is nearing completion along Osmeña Boulevard, social media is full of diverse opinions on what to expect, with the majority hoping that traffic...
Why read the Bible
by Nigel Villarete - August 13, 2024 - 12:00am
Before you put down this paper (or search another site on the net), spare a minute or two to read a little longer.
Jeepneys – the end of an era
by Nigel Villarete - August 6, 2024 - 12:00am
Are we seeing the end of an era for jeepneys? Hopefully not! Most of us, especially the “senior” ones grew up with i
Cebu’s worsening traffic outlook
by Nigel Villarete - July 30, 2024 - 12:00am
Again, with a pre-statement --when we say “traffic” here we will mean “traffic congestion”.
LLEX
by Nigel Villarete - July 23, 2024 - 12:00am
One of the more exciting news items over the weekend was about the construction start of the planned Lapu-Lapu Expressway, or what we call simply as LLEX.
You are what you think …
by Nigel Villarete - July 16, 2024 - 12:00am
When you read the title of this column, you start thinking: what is this all about?
Traffic and the BRT…
by Nigel Villarete - July 9, 2024 - 12:00am
It might be repetitive trying to talk about the same things over and over again, but the way the human mind works, oftentimes, that’s the only way many messages get across --by repetition.
Pedestrianization of downtown Cebu
by Nigel Villarete - July 2, 2024 - 12:00am
Pedestrianization is a strange term to many in the sense that we seldom use it or even read it in the myriads of texts we go through every day.
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