Re: [4c-math94] COLOR CODING LIFTED THIS SUMMER

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:53:39 -0800

Suspension of color coding scheme still on hold
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=34404
Several Metro Manila mayors have yet to approve a proposal to suspend the unified vehicular volume reduction program (UVVRP), popularly known as color coding, for two months, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Friday.
MMDA General Manager Robert Nacianceno said the MMDA needs the unanimous approval of all the mayors in Metro Manila to implement the two-month suspension.
He said several members of the Metro Mayors' Council had approved the proposal in "principle" in a meeting with MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando on Wednesday.
He added that Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay and Pasay City Mayor Wenceslao Trinidad only sent representatives who did not have the power to vote during the meeting.
Fernando proposed a suspension of the UVVRP from April 3 to June 2. He said the two-month suspension could lessen by as much as 20 percent the number of vehicles using major roads in Metro Manila.
The vehicle reduction program was introduced in 1996 through MMDA Regulation 96-005 in order to have only one law for private and public utility vehicles.
Under the program, all motor vehicles including tricycles and motorcycles, both public and private, are prohibited to operate on certain days of the week in all national, city and municipal roads of Metro Manila, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Atienza, in a separate DZMM interview, scored Fernando for creating a rift among mayors in Metro Manila by announcing that he, Binay and Trinidad did not attend Wednesday's meeting.
Atienza did not say whether he would sign the resolution being passed for the suspension of the UVVRP, but said "we will always consider what is best for our communities."
He said Fernando did not coordinate properly with local government units. He said the MMDA chief removed the traffic chief in Manila without the mayor's consent.


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Here's the good news for motorists, including drivers of public utility vehicles.
They can now use their vehicles seven days a week during the dry season because the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is set to suspend the enforcement of the unified vehicular volume reduction program, popularly known as color coding, starting next week.
The move was proposed by MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando at the regular meeting of the Metro Mayors' Council held Wednesday at the MMDA office in Makati City.
Fernando said the proposal to lift the UVVRP this summer was approved in principle by the mayors and the representatives present at the meeting and no objections were made.
Under the resolution, the MMDA will temporarily suspend the implementation of color coding from April 3 to June 2.
MMDA General Manager Robert Nacianceno explained that the two-month school break could lessen by as much as 20 percent the number of vehicles using major roads in Metro Manila.
"This could give other vehicle owners a chance to maximize the use of their vehicles during the summer season and we believe that traffic will remain manageable even without the [reduction program]," said Nacianceno in an interview.
The vehicle reduction program was introduced in 1996 through MMDA Regulation
96-005 in order to have only one law for private and public utility vehicles.
Under the program, all motor vehicles including tricycles and motorcycles, both public and private, are prohibited to operate on certain days of the week in all, national, city and municipal roads of Metro Manila, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The ban will depend on the last digit of the vehicle's plate number: plates ending in 1 and 2 are banned on Mondays; 3-4 on Tuesdays; 5-6 on Wednesdays; 7-8 on Thursdays and 9-0 on Fridays.

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