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MMDA plans 1 more week of HOV lane trial

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) plans to extend for one more week the test run of a traffic scheme designating a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane along Edsa. MMDA operations supervisor Bong Nebrija said the extension was…

Heavy-tinted car windows confuse MMDA enforcers

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Monday had a hard time checking the compliance of motorists with its “high-occupancy vehicle” (HOV) lane due to the heavily-tinted windows of over 60 percent of cars using the lane.…

MMDA sets HOV lane on Edsa; dry run starts Dec. 11

The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced that it would allot the innermost lane on EDSA for high-occupancy vehicles (HOV), or vehicles with at least two passengers including the driver, as a way to ease traffic.…

MMDA will limit ‘driver-only’ cars to 2 Edsa lanes

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will test starting Monday a traffic scheme on Edsa that will limit “driver-only” vehicles to just two lanes while allotting the highway’s innermost lane for vehicles carrying two or more persons…

Uber launches carpool service in PH

UBER has upped the ante in the on-demand ride-sharing business as it announced the launching of a carpool service in Metro Manila to combat worsening traffic. Uber said the service, dubbed uberHOP, will be initially available for…