The energy crisis resulting from the US war vs. Iran has led to a reduction in travel attributed to people reducing unnecessary trips. This was basically to save money that would otherwise be spent to cover increasing fuel prices. Reduced travel or trips mean less traffic along our roads and so has led to reduced travel times. People were sharing that it took them less than an hour from Quezon City to Antipolo Simbahan during a typical afternoon. Fortunately, too, the increasing prices coincided with the end of school for most school across the country and so students were already going on their breaks – further reducing trips.

The past days though, it seems traffic is back as the usual traffic congestion has been observed along major roads. While there have been reductions in fuel prices the past weeks, the prices are still higher compared to pre-crisis prices. So the question now is whether people have already adjusted to the expensive fuel prices one way or another? Not everyone can purchase an electric or hybrid vehicle. Not so many would have shifted from private vehicles to public transport. And not so many will be limited in their desire to travel for whatever purpose including recreational trips.

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