MMDA to reinforce no loading, unloading policy along EDSA for provincial buses starting Monday

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will reinforce the no loading, unloading policy along the whole stretch of EDSA for provincial buses starting Monday, April 22, its general manager said at a press conference on Tuesday.

“Starting next week after Holy Week, yung sa mga provincial buses nation, we will strictly implement, reinforce...Hindi na po sila puwedeng magbaba sa EDSA,” MMDA general manager Jojo Garcia said.

Garcia said provincial buses should pick up and drop off passengers only designated at terminals.

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Jojo Garcia (center) tells reporters on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 that the agency will reinforce the no loading, unloading policy along the whole stretch of EDSA for provincial buses starting Monday, April 22, 2019. Garcia added that provincial buses should pick up and drop off passengers only in terminals. Joviland Rita

The MMDA will reinforce the policy to help ease the traffic problems in EDSA as loading and unloading of provincial buses along the thoroughfare causes traffic congestion, Garcia said.

Violating provincial bus drivers will be fined with P500, the MMDA general manager said.

According to Garcia, the no loading, unloading policy for provincial buses has been an old policy of the MMDA, but most bus drivers ignore the policy. — RSJ, GMA News