Merry Christmas, Metro Manila motorists. Number Coding is back effective today, Wednesday, December 1, 2021.
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December 1, 2021
Number Coding, Light Truck Ban Starts December 1
Merry Christmas, Metro Manila motorists. Number Coding is back effective today, Wednesday, December 1, 2021.
November 29, 2021
Number Coding Makes A Comeback Starting This Week
UPDATE: Number Coding takes effect December 1, 2021 (11/30).
The Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or better known as the “Number Coding” scheme is making a return starting this week.
November 5, 2021
You Can Now Pay Your Mandaluyong City Traffic Tickets Using PayMaya
Mandaluyong City tapped digital financial services leader PayMaya to enable its Electronic Ordinance Violation Receipt (e-OVR) app, the first electronic traffic management app with integrated digital payments invoicing in the country.
August 31, 2021
What Went Wrong With Metro Manila?
With San Miguel Corporation (SMC) partnering with Palafox Associates to masterplan its new “aerocity” development in Bulacan, Felino “Jun” Palafox, Jr. outlined what exactly went wrong with the country’s major Central Business Districts or CBDs.
August 5, 2021
PNP Now Allowing Hatid-Sundo Of APORs
Update: check out the full list of APORs here (8/6).
Following the public uproar created by the strict rule against picking up and dropping off (hatid-sundo) of essential workers during the NCR’s August 6 to 20 Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), the Philippine National Police has backed off, offering a set of requirements instead that fetchers need to bring with them at all times outside their residences.
August 1, 2021
Quarantine Checkpoints Are Back Starting Today
Five days before the National Capital Region heads back into the strictest form of community quarantine—Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), the Philippine National Police or PNP has put border controls in the region effective today to ensure that only Authorized Persons Outside of Residence (APOR) can cross borders.
July 20, 2021
A Vast Majority Of Motorists Have Experienced Road Rage
A new study reveals that a vast majority of drivers have experienced road rage at some point. In a study commissioned by Citroen of 2,000 UK motorists in March, they found that 62 percent admit to having experienced road rage themselves, and 47 percent say they have been a victim of another drivers’ road rage.
July 14, 2021
Skyway Stage 3 Traffic Eases As Operator Admits To Day 1 Collection Woes
Skyway O&M, operator of the Skyway system and a unit under San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) SMC Infrastructure, expects more seamless movement along the new Skyway Stage 3 with the implementation of new measures to avoid congestion on access and exit points following the first day of toll collection on the elevated expressway.
July 12, 2021
MMDA Thinks About Bringing Back Number Coding
Just one bad morning rush hour traffic has the MMDA thinking of bringing back the United Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or better known as “number coding.”
July 8, 2021
Skyway Stage 3 Vs EDSA: Do You Actually Save Money?
With San Miguel Corporation moving to collect toll for Skyway Stage 3, several motorists quickly balked at the idea of having to pay hard-earned cash just to avoid the traffic hell known as EDSA. Truth be told, that reaction is instinctive because P 264 is quite pricey. Or is it?
Tall Vans, Trailers Take Note: Skyway Stage 3 Is Exclusive To Class 1 Vehicles Only
With Skyway Stage 3 starting to collect tolls on Monday, July 12, operator San Miguel Corporation has declared that the elevated 18-kilometer toll road will be exclusive to Class 1 vehicles with Autosweep RFID stickers for safety reasons.
July 7, 2021
Skyway Stage 3 Will Charge Up To P 264 One-Way Starting July 12
After providing the public free use of its 18-kilometer Skyway Stage 3 project for nearly seven months, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) will start collecting toll on the new elevated expressway starting Monday, July 12, 2021 using a revised toll fee matrix that is lower than the original proposed toll fees, particularly for motorists traveling shorter distances.
June 7, 2021
Please, Always Remember To Wear Your Seatbelt
Here’s another friendly reminder: always wear your seatbelts when in a vehicle. This can’t be stressed further as U.S. traffic deaths soared, hitting the highest yearly total since 2007. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or NHTSA, this can be attributed to more Americans “engaging in unsafe behavior.”
February 18, 2021
SMC Accelerates Skyway 3 Construction, Alabang SB Tollgate to Close Starting February 20
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is expediting work on the Skyway Extension project that will make the Skyway System even more accessible to motorists from the south as the company announced road closures to usher construction works at the southbound section starting midnight on February 20.
January 13, 2021
Manila Traffic, Noise One of the World's Worst
Despite community quarantines being in effect since March 2020 over the National Capital Region, Manila still holds the dubious honor of being one of the most traffic congested cities in the world. The Traffic Index 2020 by TomTom showed that Manila as having the fourth worst traffic in the world.
December 28, 2020
Skyway Stage 3 Open to Motorists Starting December 29, 2020
San Miguel Corporation promised, and they delivered. Despite delays due to rains and a collapsing girder, the Skyway Stage 3 will be partially open to the public starting Tuesday, December 29, 2020.
December 18, 2020
DOTr Backtracks on Cashless Policy, Brings Back Cash Booths at Expressways
After another messy implementation (remember ADDA?), the Department of Transportation (DOTr) is backtracking on their 100 percent cashless policy at expressways. The government agency has now said that cash booths will make a comeback, and a no penalty policy will be implemented at tollways.
November 16, 2020
EDSA Busway to Become Permanent with Construction of Concourses
The pandemic has spurred the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to finally modernize the bus routes plying EDSA. The best bit of news: it looks like it’ll be permanent.
November 10, 2020
Select EasyTrip RFID Sites Now By Appointment Basis
November 4, 2020
Autosweep RFID Enrollment Moves to By Appointment Basis
With several of its RFID installation sites getting overcrowded (some have even been told to temporarily close due to social distancing violations by the IATF), the management of Autosweep RFID has opted to make RFID enrollment by appointment basis only (click here to set an appointment).
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