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Number coding back in NCR August 15

BY FRANCIS EARL CUETO

THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said that the number coding scheme will be reimposed in the National Capital Region (NCR) starting Monday, August 15, in preparation for the opening of face-to-face classes on August 22.

MMDA Resolution 22-14, series of 2022, states that the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) will take effect in the NCR from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays except holidays.

Under the scheme, vehicles with license plates ending in 1 and 2 are prohibited on Monday, 3 and 4 on Tuesday, 5 and 6 on Wednesday, 7 and 8 on Thursday, 9 and 0 on Friday during the said hours.

“From August 15 to 17, we will start the dry run and will only remind motorists of the expanded number coding scheme. From August 18 onward, the MMDA will start apprehending and will issue traffic violation tickets on ground and through our non-contact apprehension policy,” Acting MMDA chairman Carlo Dimayuga 3rd said, adding the decision was made during a Metro Manila Council meeting.

“Exempted from the UVVRP are public utility vehicles (including tricycles), transport network vehicle services, motorcycles, garbage trucks, fuel trucks, marked government vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances, marked media vehicles, and motor vehicles carrying essential and/or perishable goods,” he added.

The MMDA said the reimplementation of the number coding scheme will reduce traffic volume in the NCR by 20 percent during peak hours.

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the average number of vehicles plying EDSA daily was estimated at 405,000.

Based on the latest vehicle volume count conducted by the MMDA Traffic Engineering Center on August 4, 387,000 vehicles traversed EDSA. The volume is expected to balloon to 436,000 or higher than pre-pandemic level.

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