Living in Quezon City: Guide to your new home
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  • Traveling to and Getting Around Quezon City

    Travelling to Quezon City

    By plane

    Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL IATA) is to the south, straddling Pasay and Parañaque. From there, travelers generally take a taxi or bus.

    • Taxi: All three terminals have taxi stands, served by yellow airport taxis, which charge double as the white ordinary taxis, which can only be used on trips to the airport and can only be hailed outside. It is also possible to just use the ride-hail service Grab from the airport.

    • Bus: For comfort, there are premium point-to-point buses provided by UBE Express, which alights at Cubao. Cheaper, but can be slower due to Manila's perennial congestion are city buses with more frequent stops, which terminate near Terminal 2.

    By bus

    Provincial buses

    Cubao has most of the terminals for provincial buses coming from both north and south; see district page for complete listings.

    For trips from the north, the big players are Five Star, Victory Liner's twin, the PartasViron, and Dominion trio with trips to destinations in Ilocos Region, and Genesis to Central Luzon.

    From the south, the big names are DLTB and Philtranco. DLTB has excellent coverage of CALABARZON, Bicol but does not serve Mindoro and has limited service to Eastern Visayas. Philtranco, the long-haul brother of Jam, has trips to Mindoro (San Jose), Eastern Visayas (TaclobanOrmoc, and Maasin), and Mindanao (Davao and Cagayan de Oro).

    Only for trips from the north, it is possible to get down at Balintawak or North Avenue. From the south, it is only possible to get down near Robinsons Galleria.

    City buses

    A huge majority of Metro Manila's bus routes lead to Quezon City; general info is at Metro Manila#Get around

    Getting Around

    Several options are available covering various distances, and some areas are accessible only by certain means of transportation.

    By jeepney or bus

    Jeepney is the cheapest mode of transportation, and most major roads and destinations are covered by multiple jeepney routes. Public buses, operated by private bus companies, are also available on main routes and could be more convenient and roughly the same price as jeepneys.

    By taxi

    Metered taxis are probably the most comfortable option - just be wary of large taxi fares during rush hours and drivers being picky on their passengers (they try to avoid destinations in crowded areas).

    By tricycle

    Smaller lanes and roads in residential areas are plied with bicycles fitted with sidecars, termed padyak or traysikel.

    By train

    Finally, two lines of the metro system (LRT Line 2 and MRT Line 3) run through some main points along with the city. While their area coverage is limited - this is the best option for avoiding road traffic, especially during rush hour (the metro system is bound to get crowded as well, though).

    By car

    Quezon City has wide avenues, with the widest being Commonwealth Avenue, but driving is not advised for the faint of heart; the city has a high rate of road accidents, and driving habits tend to be aggressive, with worse offenders being bus or jeepney drivers, who drive at the klaxon to pick more passengers.

    While alternative routes are set up in areas of the city, many of them still have problems with parked vehicles or other road obstructions that are still prevalent despite the crackdown by local authorities.

    Source: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Quezon_City

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