The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is planning to expand the number-coding scheme in an effort to reduce the volume of vehicles plying EDSA and other major roads.
Under the current number coding scheme, vehicles are banned from EDSA and other major Metro Manila roads from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m, depending on the last digit on their license plates.
Vehicles with plate numbers ending in 1 or 2 are barred on Monday; 3 and 4 on Tuesdays; 5 and 6 on Wednesdays; 7 and 8 on Thursdays; and 9 and 0 on Fridays.
The new proposal from MMDA chief Francis Tolentino seeks to bar four numbers instead of two per day.
Plate numbers ending in 1, 2, 3, 4 would be barred on Monday; 5, 6, 7, 8 on Tuesdays; 9, 0, 1, 2 on Wednesdays; 3, 4, 5, 6 on Thursdays; and 7, 8, 9 and 0 on Fridays.
Tolentino, meanwhile, said the proposal will still be discussed and decided upon by the Metro Manila mayors.--Source: MMDA/ABS-CBN News