The Metro Manila Council has officially passed a new regulation that completely bans street parking on national primary roads and permits parking on secondary roads during certain hours. According to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, the new regulation’s target implementation date is before the peak of the Christmas season.
MMDA Regulation No. 25-001, entitled ‘Harmonizing public street parking in Metro Manila and for other purposes,’ imposes a total street parking ban on the following thoroughfares:
Roads affected by the total street parking ban
- C1: C.M. Recto Avenue (from Roxas Boulevard to Legarda Street);
- C2: President Quirino Avenue (from Roxas Boulevard to R10)
- C3: Araneta Avenue (N. Domingo Street to R10)
- C4: EDSA (from Monumento Circle to Macapagal Avenue)
- C5: Katipunan/C.P. Garcia (Commonwealth Avenue to South Super Highway)
- C6: Southeast Metro Manila Expressway
- R1: Roxas Boulevard (P. Burgos Street to NAIA Road)
- R2: Taft Avenue (from Lawton to Redemptorist)
- R3: Osmeña Highway or South Super Highway (from Quirino Avenue to Nichols Interchange)
- R4: JP Rizal (from the intersection of Pedro Gil–Tejeron in Manila City to P. Zamora Street in Taguig City)
- R5: Ortigas Avenue (from Santolan to Imelda Avenue)
- R6: Marcos Highway/Magsaysay Boulevard/Aurora Boulevard (from Legarda Street–Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard to C5 Katipunan)
- R7: España Boulevard/Quezon Avenue/Commonwealth Avenue (from Carlos Palanca to Quezon Avenue to Commonwealth Avenue to Mindanao Avenue)
- R8: A. Bonifacio Avenue (from Blumentritt to EDSA Balintawak)
- R9: Rizal Avenue/MacArthur Highway (from Carriedo to Monumento in Caloocan City)
- R10: Delpan; 2nd Street to Navotas Terminal
- Bonifacio Drive; P. Burgos Street to 2nd Street
- Elliptical Road
- Mindanao Avenue
- Marcos Highway
- Dr. A. Santos Avenue (Sucat Road)
- Ninoy Aquino Avenue
- Shaw Boulevard
- Boni Avenue
- Alabang-Zapote Road
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Meanwhile, local government units in Metro Manila may allow street parking on national secondary roads “that have less foot traffic and won’t cause obstruction to traffic, especially emergency vehicles,” except from 7am to 10am and from 5pm to 8pm. In other words, street parking is banned on these thoroughfares during the MMDA’s number coding hours. Terminals of public utility vehicles located along primary and secondary roads are also prohibited.
The street parking ban exempts emergency vehicles such as fire trucks and ambulance units responding to emergencies. The prohibition likewise does not apply to stalled vehicles and “other authorized vehicles.”
LGUs must pass or amend their street parking ordinances to be consistent with MMDA Regulation No. 25-001. Violators will be subject to penalties in accordance with the Metro Manila Traffic Code of 2023 as issued by the Swift Traffic Action Group, which is now equipped with body cameras.
MMDA chairman Atty. Romando Artes said: “We acknowledge that illegal parking in public streets in Metro Manila is a major cause of traffic congestion, traffic-related incidents, hindrance to delivery of emergency and essential services, and revenue losses for business, and that regulating public street parking will promote general welfare, and maintain peace and order among residents of Metro Manila.”
