With the all day, everyday traffic in EDSA, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is considering on revising the number coding scheme to ease the traffic in the metro. MMDA is studying two proposals aimed at reducing the volume of vehicles plying EDSA and other major roads.
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The new proposal will bar four numbers instead of the current 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.
In the first proposal, it will bar vehicles with the mentioned plate numbers from using EDSA and other major Metro Manila roads from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The second proposal is to ban the vehicles along EDSA only, at the same specified time frame.
MMDA Claims that modifying the number coding scheme will improve traffic condition on the highway by as much as 40 percent.
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