Members and leadership structure
- The Secretary of Public Works and Communications serves as Chairman.
- The Chief of the Motor Vehicles Office serves as a Member.
- The Deputy Chief of Constabulary serves as a Member.
- The Chief of Police of Manila serves as a Member.
- A representative of the Public-Service Commission serves as a Member.
- Civic/industry representatives serve as Members, including: the President, Manila Rotary Club (or representative); the President, Manila Liens Club (or representative); and the President, Manila Junior Chamber of Commerce (or representative).
- Transport and safety-sector representatives serve as Members, including: the President, NALATROA (National Land Transportation Operators Association); the President, Philippine Motor Association (or representative); and the Executive Director, Philippine Safety Council (or representative).
- An official or employee of the Department of Public Works and Communications serves as Executive Secretary.
Core functions and duties
- The Commission must compile traffic data throughout the Philippines for all kinds of vehicles, including motor or animal-drawn, using national roads, interprovincial roads, provincial and city roads, and municipal roads.
- The Commission must compile information on accidents since the liberation that caused injuries, loss of human lives, and damages to property, and must document the volume of traffic by kind of road, with special attention to populated centers.
- The Commission must compile the number of human lives lost, the value of damages caused to property, and the time of day and night when traffic volume is heaviest.
- The Commission must conduct thorough studies of ways and means to enforce effectively all traffic laws and traffic rules and regulations, and must coordinate and correlate the functions and duties of different offices toward effective enforcement.
- The Commission must implement its enforcement studies by organizing and conducting, with the cooperation of government and private agencies, a nation-wide campaign to inform the public of the basic provisions of existing traffic laws and the necessity of their due observance.
- The Commission must disseminate public information through tools that include: distribution of posters and pamphlets, issuance of press releases, installation of traffic safety signs, radio broadcasts, audio-visual exhibition, and other effective media to promote public consciousness for compliance with traffic laws, with the aim of minimizing or preventing injuries, deaths, and property damage from traffic accidents.
- The Commission must recommend enactment of adequate legislation to promote orderly traffic, safety travel, and the solution of traffic accidents, and to regulate traffic movement for efficiency and economy.
Authority to obtain assistance and records
- The Commission is authorized to call upon all departments, bureaus or offices, agencies, and government-owned or controlled corporations, and provincial, city, and municipal governments to furnish technical and clerical assistance, as well as data and information needed for Commission work.
- The Commission has access to and the right to examine books, documents, papers, or records of covered governmental entities in connection with its performance of duties.
Reporting deadlines and schedule
- The Commission must submit semi-annual and annual reports of accomplishments to the President of the Philippines.
- The Commission must submit its first report not later than January 31, 1953.
- The Commission must submit subsequent reports every six months thereafter.
Date of issuance and effectivity rule
- Executive Order No. 536 was issued on October 21, 1952 by President Elpidio Quirino.
- The order is considered duly enacted as signed at Manila on the 21st day of October, 1952 and countersigned by the Acting Executive Secretary Marciano Roque.