The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is eyeing the resumption of the number coding scheme due to the expected increase in traffic flow in EDSA after Skyway Stage 3 started charging toll fees, MMDA chairman Benhur Abalos said.
About 100,000 vehicles pass through the Skyway every day and 80 percent of them use RFID, according to Abalos. This means nearly 20,000 of them could go through EDSA as an alternative, he added.
"That’s additional 20,000 vehicles. Ang capacity ng EDSA is more or less about 388,000 na tayo eh pero humi-hit pa tayo minsan ng 399,000," he said in an interview with ABS-CBN Teleradyo.
"Kung dadagdag itong 20,000, you could just imagine. Pinagaaralan namin kung ibabalik namin ang number coding."
"Titingnan namin ‘to, itong next several days. Pero please, sa mga nakikinig, tingnan niyo lang po itong mga tinatawag nating Mabuhay Lane. Kung mangagaling ka North you can take West Avenue, daan ka ng San Juan, pasok ka ng Makati, and then Pasay,” Abalos added, encouraging motorists to find alternate routes.
The number coding scheme was suspended last year due to the lack of public transportation during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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