Number coding scheme suspended for Undas

MANILA, Philippines – The Inter-Agency Council on Traffic (i-ACT) will lift the unified vehicular volume reduction program (UVVRP) or the number coding scheme on Monday, October 31 and Tuesday, November 1, in line with the observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.

I-ACT also said it is extending the lifting of the number coding scheme for provincial buses until Thursday, November 3.

The implementation of the extended number coding hours (from 7 am to 8 pm) and the expanded coverage of the no window hours policy will take effect starting Wednesday, November 2.

The roads that have no window hours are:

• EDSA 
• C5 
• Recto Avenue
• Quirino Avenue
• Araneta Avenue
• C6 
• Roxas Boulevard
• Taft Avenue (Caloocan)
• SLEX 
• Shaw Boulevard
• Ortigas Avenue
• Magsaysay Boulevard
• Aurora Boulevard
• Quezon Avenue
• Commonwealth Avenue
• A. Bonifacio Avenue
• Rizal Avenue
• Del Pan
• Marcos Highway
• McArthur Highway
• Alabang-Zapote Road (Muntinlupa)
• Samson Road
• A. Mabini Street (Caloocan)

Vehicles that are automatically exempted from the UVVRP, per MMDA Memorandum Circular No. 3 Series of 2011, are the following:

• ambulance, fire trucks, police patrol cars, military vehicles with permanent marking indicating the vehicles as such;
• vehicles commandeered by the government directed by a person in authority/or by a medical practitioner for military relief or emergency purposes;
• vehicles carrying person/s needing immediate medical attention;
• diplomatic vehicles with diplomatic plates;
• government vehicles with government plates or appropriate LTO stickers with permanent markings expressly showing the name of government agency or office, including those vehicles of members of Congress with officially issued LTO Protocol plates while being utilized in the performance of their functions;
• MMDA accredited tow trucks provided that the accreditation papers must be carried and ready for presentation upon request;
• vehicles on a mission to carry relief goods to identified calamity or highly depressed areas;
• motorcycles provided that motorcycle drivers are complying with the prescribed motorcycle helmets under the Republic Act 10054; and
• official and marked media vehicles.

I-ACT also said that the operators of the following vehicles may apply for an exemption from the UVVRP:

• school buses and company shuttle vehicles;
• unmarked vehicles of media practitioners; 
• vehicles of emergency care doctors;
• vehicles of persons with disabilities;
• vehicles for perishable goods; and
• Department of Tourism accredited tourism vehicles. – Rappler.com