QuestionsQuestions (MMDA REGULATION NO. 96-005)
It cited Republic Act No. 7924, particularly Sec. 6, which mandates the MMDA (through the Metro Manila Council) to set policies on traffic in Metropolitan Manila, coordinate and regulate traffic management programs, and institutionalize a system to regulate road users.
It stated that while speeds increased on critical roads, vehicles crowded into alternative routes causing heavy congestion, and that ongoing transport infrastructure projects (rail, expressways, roads/interchanges) further pressured the traffic system; it also noted that the opening of classes would worsen congestion.
It adopted a unified program and explicitly amended by superseding and repealing MMDA Regulation Nos. 95-001 and 96-004 accordingly, while repealing or modifying inconsistent issuances.
Motor vehicles, including tricycles and motorcycles, both public and private, whose license plates end in specified digits (1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-0) are covered.
From 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., during the corresponding day of the week indicated for the plate-ending numbers.
It uses a plate-ending schedule: 1 and 2 = Mondays; 3 and 4 = Tuesdays; 5 and 6 = Wednesdays; 7 and 8 = Thursdays; 9 and 0 = Fridays.
All national, city, and municipal roads in Metropolitan Manila.
Violation is penalized with a fine of Three Hundred (₱300.00) pesos per offense, to be paid at the official redemption centers of the MMDA.
The regulation lists many exempt categories, including: cargo trucks and other heavy vehicles under the referenced truck ban; ambulances, firetrucks, police patrol cars, military vehicles; government commandered vehicles directed by persons in authority or for emergency/military relief purposes; vehicles carrying persons needing immediate medical attention; diplomatic vehicles; government vehicles with agency markings or appropriate LTO stickers; duly enfranchised school buses and company shuttles; official media vehicles; MMDA-accredited tow trucks; vehicles delivering perishable goods; vehicles used by medical practitioners in an emergency; and vehicles carrying relief goods to calamity/depressed areas.
Diplomatic vehicles with diplomatic plates are exempt. Government vehicles with government plates or appropriate LTO stickers/markings expressly showing the agency or office are also exempt.
The exemption is tied to existing definitions and the separate truck ban framework: cargo trucks and other heavy vehicles as defined in Sec. 2 of MMC Ordinance No. 78-04, as amended, continue to be covered by MMDA Ordinance No. 5 series of 1994 governing truck ban.
Under Section 3, the MMDA Chairman shall issue implementing guidelines and may grant exemptions when extremely necessary and as the situation warrants.
It took effect on June 18, 1996.
Section 3 states that the MMDA Chairman shall issue necessary guidelines and rules to implement the regulation, and may grant exemptions when warranted.
‘7 and 8’ correspond to Thursdays. So, it would be prohibited on Thursdays from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., unless it falls under an exemption.
Plate ending ‘9 and 0’ corresponds to Fridays; prohibition applies from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.