Articles about Truck Ban

Here we go

It's not only the final month of the year that we're ushering in tomorrow: Effective December 1, 2021, the reimplementation of number coding will also kick in, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has confirmed. Merry Christmas.As mentioned in

Take note that the suspension does not cover the entire length of EDSA

Last week, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced that its truck ban in the metro will be suspended until September 7. The agency, however, has now extended this suspension until further notice.In its latest advisory, the MMDA said that the

Take note, motorists

Another extension

Heads up again, guys: The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has just released an update regarding the truck ban suspension.In a Facebook post, the agency announced that Metro Manila's truck ban will continue to remain suspended until September 7, which

To ensure the swift deliveries of essentials

The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced that the truck ban will be suspended along major thoroughfares during the upcoming enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), "to ensure the unhampered movement of essential goods."Metro Manila will be under ECQ from August 6

Also, will we soon see more drive-through vaccination sites?

The ban covers all trucks with a gross capacity weight of 4,500kg or less

In case you missed it, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has resumed implementing its truck ban in the capital effective Monday, May 17. This meant trucks will not be allowed to traverse all thoroughfares under the MMDA's jurisdiction from 6am

Trucks carrying perishables, agricultural products are exempted

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced that it will resume the implementation of the truck ban in Metro Manila on Monday, May 17. This comes following the shift of Metro Manila, Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, and Rizal from modified enhanced community

Here’s your weekly roundup of motoring news stories

A lengthy catch-up is in order, folks

Number coding remains suspended

Responding to the request of Metro Manila mayors, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will resume enforcing a 24-hour truck ban on EDSA beginning Monday, December 14, according to a report by CNN Philippines. Other major roads, meanwhile, will allow the

Also, the use of Stay Safe app will soon be mandatory at establishments

To help ease the Christmas rush traffic

On Thursday, December 3, Valenzuela City mayor Rex Gatchalian called on authorities to reimplement the number-coding scheme and the truck ban in the city due to heavy holiday season traffic.The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) suspended the said traffic schemes

These notorious road obstacles can throw you off your bike

Sometimes we are inclined to believe that some groups are behind a wicked attrition scheme to avert the overcrowding of Metro Manila. Defective traffic lights, open manholes, abandoned road diggings, and dangling electric post wires could be examples. The callousness among government

10 state leaders arriving in MM

With elaborate security measures already in place, a senior official of the PNP is appealing for understanding and cooperation from the public with regard to the traffic rerouting scheme, to be implemented in some parts of Metro Manila for the final phase

From midnight to 5am

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is once again allowing trucks to traverse Roxas Boulevard to help decongest the port area of Manila. But you need not worry too much because this new scheme runs only from 12 midnight to 5am until February

Do you have a better idea?

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has come up with a temporary solution to address the worsening traffic situation caused by the cargo trucks that congest the roads leading to the ports of Manila, particularly those coming from the north.Effective immediately, all

Will this help?

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has begun conducting a test run of a the single truck lane on C5 as a measure "to address traffic congestion caused by a huge increase in the volume of trucks" that pass through the highway."Studies

Fact or plain finger-pointing?

If you traversed C5 and Katipunan Avenue recently and noticed the heavy traffic in the area, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is clarifying that this is "an ill-fated outcome" of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board's lifting of the

To ease traffic for Iglesia Ni Cristo event

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has announced that a truck ban will be imposed on the North Luzon Expressway--from Balintawak to Angeles City, and vice versa--from July 26 to 28 to give way to the Iglesia ni Cristo centennial celebration,