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(File photo) MANILA - The Metro Manila Council (MMC) is eyeing a regular review of the uniform vehicular volume reduction program (UVVRP), commonly called number coding, to ensure its effectiveness in managing vehicular traffic in the National Capital Region (NCR). In a Laging Handa briefing on Friday, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Romando Artes said while the MMC is yet to make another change on number coding, they are eyeing a review of the traffic policy every three months or every quarter of the year. "Mayroon din naman pong panukala na every three months [ay] i-r...

(PNA file photo) MANILA - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will lift its Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP), commonly called number coding, from Holy Tuesday to Good Friday, allowing all private vehicles to pass through the National Capital Region (NCR) during the Holy Week. In an interview at the Paranaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX), MMDA Chair Romando Artes said the suspension of the number coding on Tuesday would allow the public to travel earlier and avoid heavy traffic, especially on Thursday and Friday-both regular holidays. "We are suspe...

EDSA (PNA file photo) MANILA - The average speed of motor vehicles plying the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (Edsa) has increased since the implementation of the new limited Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP). During President Rodrigo Duterte's Talk to the People on Tuesday, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair, Benhur Abalos Jr., said as much as 89 percent increase in average vehicle speed was recorded from the Timog Avenue to Quezon Avenue portion of Edsa from December 1 to 3. "Travel speed has indeed improved in some identified critical areas along E...