#hov policy

The fifth or left most lane on Edsa will be reserved for High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV) or vehicles with two or more passengers. During their meeting on December 5, the Metro Manila Council (MMC) signed and approved the implementation of the HOV Lane policy. According to MMDA Assistant General Manager Jojo Garcia, they introduced the HOV lane in order to ease traffic along the busiest road in the Metro. A one-week dry run will be conducted starting next week December 11, Monday in order to test the effectiveness of this new policy. Apart from HOVs, Motorcycle riders are also permitted to use this lane aside from their own designated Motorcycle lane. During the dry run, traffic enforcers are not yet tasked to apprehend drivers who violate the HOV policy, but once this scheme is implemented violators will be charged with a Php 500 fine. The idea of a Fair Use Policy is nothing new and has been enforced, albeit discreetly, by telcos on a case to case basis. Both Smart and Globe have their own version of the Fair Usage Policy for their network services, be it SMS, calls and mobile internet. Read more in our articles including "HOV lane on EDSA to be implemented by the MMDA, dry run starts Dec.11" and "Fair Use Policy: Globe vs. Smart compared ".