Number coding lifted April 9 – MMDA
By Jamie Elona
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority reminded motorists on Monday that the number coding scheme will be lifted Tuesday, a regular holiday.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority reminded motorists on Monday that the number coding scheme will be lifted Tuesday, a regular holiday.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday for “authority to regulate the use of major thoroughfares in Metro Manila for political motorcades, caravans and other similar election activities.”

Next to long campaign speeches, the other pet peeve of the season must be a badly placed campaign stage.
A fake traffic constable was arrested by real enforcers after he was spotted flagging down a sport utility vehicle at the corner of Roxas Boulevard and Kalaw Street in Manila on Monday.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reminded the public that the number coding scheme remains lifted Monday.
How many government agencies does it take to change the light bulbs on Edsa? The answer: Quite a few, apart from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
To ensure the safety of our roads, we are conducting random drug and alcohol tests for bus drivers around Metro Manila. And we do have plans to implement this even beyond Holy Week. –Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Assistant General Manager Emerson Carlos, a day after a Bicol-bound bus driver tested positive for “shabu’’ when examined at the Araneta bus terminal in Quezon City.

As the exodus from Metro Manila began, President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday inspected ports, airports and bus terminals to ensure the safety of the travelers.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is eyeing the opening of a centralized bus terminal station at the Uniwide Coastal mall on Roxas Boulevard for southwest-bound provincial buses in June as part of the government’s plan to ease traffic on Edsa.

Traffic remains tight in several areas in Metro Manila even as flood waters caused by the downpour Friday afternoon have subsided, an official of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said.

In anticipation of an increase in the number of motorists who will go to the provinces this coming Holy Week, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Friday it would suspend its Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) for six days starting next week.

There will be no number coding for Holy Week, from March 27 until April 1, according to Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino.

Even in the absence of its traffic enforcers, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will still be able to keep tabs on motorists, including criminals, with its “electronic eyes.”