MMDA to issue new bus segregation scheme stickers

MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will replace bus segregation stickers it had issued to city buses with color-coded ones under the agency’s existing Bus Segregation scheme starting next week.

 

The MMDA said the step seeks to address the issue of the proliferation of fake labels or stickers on buses.

 

MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said the measure will ensure the efficient and effective implementation of the bus segregation scheme and solve the traffic congestion problem along Edsa.

 

"Bus operators and drivers have been resorting to using counterfeit stickers to defraud the enforcers so that they can load and unload passengers anywhere they please. It’s high time to put an end to bus drivers’ wanton disregard of the law,” Tolentino said.

 

Under a new Transport and Traffic Memorandum Circular, Bus A stickers shall be changed with Green Stickers; Bus B with Yellow Stickers; and Bus C with Orange Stickers.

 

In 2012, MMDA, in its Transport and Traffic Management Memorandum Circular Number 14, implemented the Bus Segregation scheme along Edsa.

            

Under the scheme, buses plying  Edsa have been tagged as Bus A, B, or C to minimize traffic congestion along the thoroughfare, particularly in loading and unloading areas.

 

Buses A and B can only use their designated A and B bus stops respectively.  “C” buses on the other hand, will be allowed to use all bus stops.

 

Buses with green stickers will load /unload on the following Bus A loading / unloading bays; Northbound: Magallanes, Buendia, Guadalupe, Shaw Blvd., SM Megamall, Boni Serrano, Cubao Farmers, and Ermin Garcia. Southbound: Ermin Garcia, Arayat Cubao, VV Soliven, Connecticut, Shaw Starmall, Guadalupe, Buendia Ave., and Mantrade. 

 

Meanwhile, yellow-stickered buses will stop at the following Bus B loading / unloading bays:  Northbound: Ayala Ave., Estrella, Pioneer / Boni, SM Megamall, Ortigas Ave., Main Ave., and Baliwag / 5 Star.  Southbound: Kamuning, Monte de Piedad, Main Ave., POEA Ortigas, Pioneer / Boni, Estrella, and Ayala Ave.

 

Buses with orange stickers or previously Bus C are allowed to load / unload on all bus stops.

 

Tolentino said MMDA will give bus operators for free the corresponding stickers via the Bus Management Dispatch system Office.