Implementation of MMDA Resolution No. 12-01, Series of 2012 (Establishing a Motorcycle Lane Along EDSA)

January 27, 2012

MMDA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 001-12

 

Quoted hereunder for the guidance of all concerned is MMDA Resolution No. 12-01, Series of 2012, "Establishing a Motorcycle Lane Along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA)," to wit: CAcDTI

"WHEREAS, the number of motorcycles traversing Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) has steadily proliferated; for the Year 2011, 6,559 were observed to ply the Northbound lane and 5173 along the Southbound lane on a daily basis, representing a nineteen percent (19%) increase from the Year 2010;

WHEREAS, motorcycles cause traffic congestion and endanger the safety of motorists and vehicle riders;

WHEREAS, from 2009 to 2010, there was a marked seventy-two percent (72%) increase in motorcycle-related accidents along EDSA that resulted in damage to property and physical injuries, both fatal and non-fatal;

WHEREAS, the number of motorcycle-related accidents only slightly decreased during Calendar Year 2011, and still represented a sixty percent (60%) increase from Calendar Year 2009; CHcESa

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to adopt additional measures to address the alarming increase in motorcycle-related accidents;

WHEREAS, last year, the MMDA established motorcycles lanes along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City and Macapagal Avenue in the cities of Pasay and Parañaque;

WHEREAS, the establishment of the said lanes resulted in the orderly flow of traffic along the said major thoroughfares;

WHEREAS, in line with this Authority's public safety and traffic management mandates under Republic Act No. 7924, there is also a need to reserve a special, non-exclusive motorcycle and scooter lane along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue as herein provided; AIHDcC

WHEREAS, Section 3 of Republic Act No. 7924 provides that the MMDA's scope of services include services which have metro-wide impact and transcend local political boundaries, including transport and traffic management which include the formulation, coordination and monitoring of policies, standards, programs and projects to rationalize the existing transport operations, infrastructure requirements, the use of thoroughfares, and promotion of safe and convenient movement of persons and goods; and the institution of a system to regulate road users;

WHEREAS, Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7924 provides that the MMDA shall set the policies concerning traffic in Metro Manila, and shall coordinate and regulate the implementation of all programs and projects concerning traffic management, specifically pertaining to enforcement;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved as it is hereby resolved, pursuant to Section 6 of RA 7924, that the Metro Manila Council hereby approves and adopts the following guidelines concerning the designation of a non-exclusive motorcycle lane along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) and imposing fines and penalties for violations thereof, as follows:

SEC. 1. Establishment of EDSA Motorcycle Lanes. — A non-exclusive lane for motorcycles and scooters is hereby established along both sides of EDSA, Northbound and Southbound (the EDSA Motorcycle Lanes), as follows: CTEDSI

1.1. One (1) EDSA Motorcycle Lane shall be on each of the Northbound and Southbound lanes of EDSA.

1.2. The EDSA Motorcycle Lane shall be the fourth (4th) lane from the right sidewalk.

1.3. The EDSA Motorcycle Lanes shall run the length of EDSA from Monumento, Caloocan City to SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, and vice versa.

1.4. To properly advise and inform the public of the location of the EDSA Motorcycle Lanes, the said lanes shall be identified with road markings and signages in accordance with international standards. AaIDCS

SEC. 2. The term "non-exclusive", when used in this Resolution shall mean that private vehicles, with the exception of Public Utility Buses (PUBs) may also traverse the EDSA Motorcycle Lanes. However, unless otherwise provided in Section 3 hereof or when necessitated by emergencies, motorcycles and scooters may not use the other lanes of EDSA.

SEC. 3. Motorcycles and scooters may deviate from the EDSA Motorcycle Lane when making a turn or U-turn at authorized streets or U-turn slots; Provided, that the said vehicles shall gradually shift to the side of EDSA without swerving, and shall begin shifting lanes not less than two hundred meters (200 m.) from the relevant street or U-turn slot, making the appropriate signals and observing all other traffic rules and regulations.

SEC. 4. The penalty for violation of Sections 1, 2 and 3 above shall be Php500.00.

SEC. 5. This Resolution shall take effect ten (10) days after publication in two newspapers of general circulation. aTEADI

DONE and CONFIRMED this 26th day of January 2012, in Pasay City, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines."

The foregoing MMDA Resolution shall be implemented beginning February 14, 2012.

For your information and guidance.

 

(SGD.) ATTY. FRANCIS N. TOLENTINOChairman