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MMDA to adopt four-digit number coding

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, or most commonly known as MMDA, is planning to implement a four-digit number coding system which aims to ban your vehicle for two days in a week.

EDSA

If implemented, vehicles with plate numbers ending with the following digits will be banned on the assigned days:

  • 1, 2, 3, 4 banned on Mondays
  • 5, 6, 7, 8 banned on Tuesdays
  • 9, 0, 1, 2 banned on Wednesdays
  • 3, 4, 5, 6 banned on Thursdays
  • 7, 8, 9, 0 banned on Fridays

MMDA believes that the new system should cut the number of vehicles on the road by 40%. “In 2010 we only had around 1.9 million of registered vehicles in Metro Manila, but now it will reach 2.3 million so maybe we can adopt what is being implemented in Rio de Janeiro sa Brazil which are implementing the four-digit number coding.” said MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino.

The new number coding system is just one of the solutions that the agency is considering to ease the traffic in the Metro.

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This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.

38 Responses

  1. Avatar for Adrian Adrian says:

    Yung mga FX may expiration age na, bawal na bumiyahe yung 13 years pataas.. sana sa BUS at Jeepneys ganun din patrapik na nga tapos dilapidated pa tsk tsk

  2. Avatar for commuter commuter says:

    1 bus in edsa is equals to 2 cars that can occupy that space. 1 bus swerving to occupy 2 lanes in edsa is equals to 4 cars occupying that space. 1 bus swerving to occupy 3 lanes (eto laging nangyayari) is equals to 6 cars which should be occupying that space in edsa. Take out these buses and you free up that enough space to accomodate private vehicles. That is the reason kaya maluwag ang edsa tuwing may transport strike. Why can’t MMDA observe these realities? What happens to the road users tax that the government collects from motorists tapos di mo naman magamit yung vehicle mo? Babawasan ba ng government yung taxes natin if they implement this new scheme?

    • Avatar for a wiser commuter a wiser commuter says:

      Take out the buses? Let’s try to analyze that.

      One bus can hold around 40 to 50 passengers. An SUV can hold around 5 to 10. Sedan, maybe 4 or 5. But, in reality, ilan ang nakikita mo sa EDSA na SUV or sedan na puno? Usually driver lang, dalawang kasama. Now tell me, alin ang mas efficient?

      Disiplina ang kelangan. Better law enforcement, stricter laws (both traffic laws and franchising laws), and higher penalties pag lumubag. Wag puro drivers ang sisihin, operators should be responsible for their drivers and buses also.

      Pero para sa akin, more trains ang kelangan. The government should invest heavily on this, hindi lang inter-Metro, pero pati mga papunta sa mga probinsya. Sabi nga nung sa quote, “A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars, it’s where the rich use public transportation”. Hindi yung kada isang tao naka isang sasakyan. Eh di congested nga talaga mga kalsada nyan.

    • Avatar for Smokescreen Smokescreen says:

      a wiser commuter  – Have you actually seen a bus having 40-50 passengers. I drive in EDSA everyday. It’s been years since I saw even an almost full bus. Average wise I say 10 to 20 at most passengers per bus ply EDSA.

  3. Avatar for babyface babyface says:

    basta ang sagot lang dyan, stricter implementation of rules lalo na sa mga PUV, dahil pasimuno ng trapik yan.

    limitahan ang pag mamay ari ng maraming kotse, lalo na sa mga mayayaman na parang showroom ng kotse ang parking lot…haha

  4. Avatar for Quacker Quacker says:

    Wow, so now people who can buy cars to avoid this will just not buy cars! They will gladly follow this scheme and take the already over-populated public transportation system! Ngayon mas matraffic na rin sa madaling araw dahil lahat tayo gustong maabutan ang window.

    Money-making scheme lang yan ng MMDA para mas maraming makahuling naka-coding dahil ang labo din ng number-to-day allocation. Hulihin niyo kaya yung mga jeep at bus sa EDSA na lumalabag sa traffic rules, esp. Guadalupe.

  5. Avatar for 'em says:

    Pabor ako dito. Affected lang naman nito kasi yung mga isa lang ang kotse na hinuhulagan pa nila kaya nanghihinayang na di magamit.

    OR

    Magpatupad na 10-15 yrs lang ang duration ng pag gamit ng isang private vehicle para hindi tumatambak. Aminin natin na madami na din talagang private vehicles.

    Huwag lang natin i-push yung mga changes sa public transpo kasi hindi yun fair. Kailangan lahat tayo may part na isa-sacrifice para sa isang common goal na maging maayos ang bansa natin.

  6. Avatar for JOE JOE says:

    bad suggestion. there are so many low-hanging-fruit options which can be done, such as:

    – stricter implementation of loading / unloading schemes, traffic laws
    – promotion of “christmas lanes” while ensuring that cars who don’t have their own parking slot are NOT allowed to park along a publicly owned road
    – car pooling program (e.g. exemption from coding if a sedan has 4 passengers, etc.)

  7. Avatar for haha haha says:

    yung mga nag aagree jan sa bagong patakaran MMDA un ang mga walang kotse….bili bili din kayo pag may tym para maranasan niyo ang nakakaboyset na coding na yan isang araw pa nga lang n coding nakakaboyset na lalo pa pagdadalawang araw ang coding. Go to hell MMDA!!!!! di namin kasalanan na magka traffic.

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