MMDA vehicular volume reduction guidelines

Policy, purpose, and linkage to UVVRP

Section 1 provides implementing guidelines for the uniform implementation of the UVVRP under MMDA Regulation 96-005, as amended.
Section 1 establishes the implementing role of the MMDA Chairman through issuance of necessary guidelines and rules.
The program operates as a vehicular volume reduction measure on all national, city and municipal roads in Metro Manila.

Coverage and day-based vehicle ban

Section 2 applies the UVVRP to all motor vehicles, both public and private.
Section 2 prohibits operation on all national, city and municipal roads in Metropolitan Manila from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Section 2 limits the restriction to corresponding weekdays determined by the last digit of the vehicle’s license plate, with no UVVRP coverage on Saturdays, Sundays and Official Public Holidays.
Section 2 provides that license plates include Vanity License Plates (VLP) and the Optional Motor Vehicle Special Plates (OMVSP) issued by the Land Transportation Office (LTO).
Section 2 provides a plate-ending schedule:
- Plates ending 1 and 2: Mondays
- Plates ending 3 and 4: Tuesdays
- Plates ending 5 and 6: Wednesdays
- Plates ending 7 and 8: Thursday
- Plates ending 9 and 0: Fridays
Section 2 states that the last numerical digit of unexpired and valid conduction stickers issued by the LTO to newly acquired vehicles shall determine the day covered by the UVVRP, without prejudice to applicable LTO rules.

Window hours for private vehicles

Section 3 provides an exception to the weekday road ban for private vehicles covered by the UVVRP.
Section 3 allows private vehicles to use Metropolitan Manila roads during window hours from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Section 3 prohibits public utility vehicles from using roads during the window hours.

Automatic suspension and Chairman suspension

Section 4 provides that the UVVRP is automatically lifted or suspended upon issuance by the Office of the President of Metro Manila-wide memorandum circulars/directives.
Section 4 covers suspensions that announce non-working holidays in view of bad weather, flooding, transport strikes, rallies and other natural and man-made calamities/events.
Section 4 authorizes the Chairman to suspend the UVVRP in cases of extreme urgency and necessity.

Exemptions from UVVRP (automatic and application-based)

Section 5 provides specified vehicles exempted from the UVVRP under MMDA Regulation No. 96-005, as amended, including:
- Cargo trucks and other heavy vehicles, empty or loaded, as defined in Section 2 of MMC Ordinance No. 78-04, as amended, continuing to be covered by MMDA Ordinance No. 5, Series of 1994 governing truck ban
- Ambulance, firetrucks, police patrol cars, and military vehicles with permanent markings indicating their nature; privately owned ambulance/firetrucks with proper markings are also exempted
- Government-directed commandeered vehicles and vehicles commandeered for military relief or emergency purposes, including those directed by a person in authority or his agent, or by a medical practitioner
- Vehicles carrying persons needing immediate medical attention
- Diplomatic vehicles with diplomatic plates
- Government vehicles with government plates or appropriate LTO stickers with permanent markings showing the name of government agency or office, including vehicles of members of Congress using officially issued LTO Protocol plates while performing functions
- Duly enfranchised school buses, including those with provisional authority by the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB), with appropriate LTO stickers and markings; company buses/shuttle services ferrying employees for free with appropriate LTO stickers and markings are also exempted
- Official media vehicles marked with the media firm’s name/logo and duly registered under that firm, evidenced by valid registration papers
- Privately owned vehicles used by media personalities on official duties, attested by the concerned publisher/editor/station manager, provided written authority is carried and a signboard indicating the media establishment represented is conspicuously displayed on the vehicle
- MMDA accredited tow trucks, with accreditation papers carried and ready for presentation upon request
- Vehicles delivering perishable goods in commercial quantity, with perishable goods defined to include:
  - fresh vegetables, fruits, and flowers
  - raw meat, fresh seafood
  - ice products (ice, ice cream and the like)
  - baked products with shelf life of 24 hours
  - medicine/vaccine expiring within 24 hours
  - cooked food (catering)
- Vehicles used by medical practitioners in an emergency
- Vehicles on a mission to carry relief goods to identified calamity or highly depressed areas
- Motorcycles pursuant to MMDA Memorandum Circular No. 96-005B (1998), provided motorcycle drivers comply with Republic Act No. 10054 (“Motorcycle Helmet Act of 2009”) and MMDA Resolution No. 07-06, Series of 2007 requiring permanent use of daylight riding lights/headlights while on the road at any time of the day
- DOT accredited tourism vehicles expressly marked as such
Section 6 authorizes the Chairman to grant one-day exemptions on a case-to-case basis when warranted by circumstances, with requests filed at least a day before the requested exemption date.
Section 7 authorizes the Chairman of MMDA to grant additional exemptions or limit/withdraw exemptions pursuant to existing regulations based on highly exceptional circumstances.

Truck ban conduct passes (limited grant)

Section 8 provides truck ban conduct passes may be granted on a limited basis pursuant to MMDA Regulation No. 98-006-A.
Section 8 identifies the vehicles that may receive limited truck ban conduct passes:
- heavy vehicles delivering petroleum products
- heavy vehicles undertaking international messengerial services
- heavy vehicles utilized as garbage trucks
- emergency heavy vehicles of power and water companies
- heavy vehicles utilized by the government in construction of flagship projects identified by MMDA, subject to a valid certification and trip pass issued by the relevant government authority concerned such as DPWH, DOTC, LGUs, PEA, et al.
- heavy vehicles carrying perishable goods in commercial quantity

Exemption application requirements and documents

Section 9 provides that vehicles identified in Section 5(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (l) and (m) are automatically exempted and need not apply for exemptions.
Section 9 requires application for regulation, administration and verification purposes for vehicles identified in:
- Section 5(g) (school buses and company shuttle vehicles)
- Section 5(h) (media vehicles)
- Section 5(j) (vehicles for perishable goods)
- Section 5(k) (medical practitioners)
- Section 5(n) (DOT accredited tourism vehicles)
- and other vehicles wishing to avail of UVVRP exemptions
Section 9 requires applicants to submit an application letter and supporting documents including, but not limited to:
- OR and CR of the vehicles
- valid identification papers
- justification for the application
- employment certificate
- valid franchise
- business permits
- accreditation papers
- other documents necessary to support the application

Conditions, EDSA restriction, and cancellation

Section 10 requires exemption holders to strictly comply with the conditions stated on the certificates.
Section 10 provides that violation of any conditions stated on the certificates warrants immediate cancellation of the exemption.
Section 10 limits use of exemptions and conduct passes by providing that vehicle owners utilizing them are not allowed to use any portion of EDSA, except in extreme cases of emergency and necessity.

Fees for filing and processing

Section 11 requires applicants to pay filing and processing fees for exemptions and conduct passes as follows:
- Private individual owners: PHP 300.00 per vehicle
- Business purposes and/or vehicles owned by sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations: PHP 500.00 per vehicle
- Trucks (for truck ban conduct passes): PHP 500.00 per vehicle

Validity, certificate form, and carry-on requirement

Section 12 provides exemptions are issued semi-annually.
Section 12 sets validity periods:
- exemptions approved during the first semester of the year are valid until June 30
- exemptions approved during the second semester are valid up to December 31
Section 12 requires the MMDA to issue exemption Certificates signed by the Chairman.
Section 12 requires the original copy of the certificate together with the corresponding original copy of the Official receipt to be carried at all times in the motor vehicle and presented whenever required by traffic officials and enforcers.

Repeal, separability, and effectivity

Section 13 provides that all previous memorandum circulars inconsistent with the circular are modified, amended, or repealed accordingly.
Section 14 contains a separability clause requiring that if any part or provision is held unconstitutional or invalid, the unaffected parts remain in full force and effect.
Section 15 fixes effectivity on January 19, 2011.