MMDA withdraws all truck ban exemptions except for TABS-booked trucks
All previous issuances covering exemptions on the truck ban, except those on trucks booked through the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS), have been indefinitely…
The recently formed Inter-Agency Council on Traffic (I-ACT) has launched a new traffic scheme along Epifanio Delos Reyes Avenue (EDSA) intended to decongest one…
DOTr, MMDA and HPG join forces to ease metro gridlock
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will now be working together with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) in…
MMDA to soon release list of approved towing rates
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is coming up with a unified list of towing rates to help truckers guard against overcharging towing companies,…
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Emerson Carlos has been re-assigned as officer-in-charge of the agency until a new chairman is appointed. Executive Secretary…
TABS protesters bent on work holiday starting March 7
A number of Manila port stakeholders that have banded together against the implementation of the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) said they will push…
PH Cabinet official defends online container booking system
Philippine Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras supported anew the implementation of the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) amid growing protest from stakeholders about the…
PH customs brokers seek stop to online booking system
The Philippine Society of Filipino Customs Brokers, Inc. (PSFCBI) is requesting government to discontinue the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) program, claiming it has…
PH online truck booking points payment scheme to start by mid-March
Manila’s international container terminals will activate by mid-March two additional functions under the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS)—the points payment system and the terminal…
Three additional key roads in Metro Manila have been placed by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) under its one-truck-lane policy as part of…
Truck ban exemption for TABS users eyed starting Feb 15
The full implementation of the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) may take effect on February 15, with trucks registered under the system getting exemption…
MMDA adopts truck ban for South route from Nov 17-20
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will temporarily implement a modified truck ban along the South route from November 17 to 20 to give…
One-truck lane rule on C-5, Katipunan extended until Jan 2016
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has extended the imposition of its one-truck lane policy along Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) and Katipunan for another…
Infrastructure best long-term remedy for PH road, port congestion—World Bank
The World Bank recommends investment in infrastructure as the long-term measure for the Philippines to solve the worsening congestion problems on roads and in…
