To ease road congestion in the National Capital Region, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will assist the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in crafting a five-year traffic management action plan. In a statement Wednesday, Japan’s aid agency…
Starting today, August 31, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will no longer tow vehicles illegally parked on major thoroughfares and alternative routes. Instead, it will just slap a P500-fine on their owners. In a bid to…
Under the HOV policy which is being enforced without penalties for now by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), driver-only vehicles are banned from Edsa from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and between 6 p.m. and 9…
Even employees of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) are having trouble complying with its high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) scheme on Edsa. The InterAgency Council for Traffic (IACT) said on Saturday that it flagged down the vehicle of…
“We’re thankful. As many motorists will be thankful.” This was how Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III welcomed on Friday the decision of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to temporarily suspend the full implementation of the driver-only vehicle…
The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has suspended the full implementation of the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) scheme for Edsa on August 23. In a press briefing on Friday, the MMDA said they need to convene with the…
Amid mounting complaints from affected motorists, traffic experts and some lawmakers, Malacanñang called on the public to be patient and wait for the results of the weeklong dry run of the ban on driver-only vehicles on Edsa…
Senator Aquilino Pimentel III wants senior citizens to be exempted from the new traffic ban on Edsa. “Let’s exempt senior citizen from this rule,” Pimentel said in a statement on Thursday. “Exemption from this traffic scheme means they…
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Wednesday said it had asked the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to revoke the driver’s license of a public prosecutor who figured in a lengthy, heated argument with traffic constables who…
Traffic congestion on Wednesday shifted from Edsa to other thoroughfares after a new traffic scheme forced “single” riders to take secondary routes. Not surprisingly, the dry run of the ban on driver-only vehicles and provincial buses on…
