MMDA: Only 2 Metro LGUs still to adopt ticketing system

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THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority yesterday said only two out of the 17 local government units in Metro Manila have yet to adopt the agency’s single ticketing system.

“Only two cities are not connected to the LTO yet, but the single ticketing system is being enforced,” MMDA Chairperson Romando Artes told Radyo 630 yesterday.

“We only lack two LGUs whose systems interconnectivity is still being customized with the LTO,” he added.

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Artes did not identify the two LGUs, saying they might be “bashed” if he named them.

The single ticketing system was initially launched in the cities of Manila, Caloocan, Paranaque, San Juan, Valenzuela, Muntinlupa and Quezon City.

Artes said the adoption and implementation of the single ticketing system in the metropolis now stands at “95 percent.”

He said even the city of Bacoor in Cavite has also signed an agreement with the LTO to adopt the system and interconnect its data with the LTO.

Once fully implemented, violators of the single ticketing system will pay a standard amount of fine regardless of where the infraction was committed in the metropolis.

The 20 most common traffic violations and their corresponding fines under the Metro Manila Traffic Code are disregarding traffic signs (P1,000 fine), illegal parking, both attended and unattended (P1,000 and P2,000, respectively), violation of number coding (P500), truck ban (P3, 000), reckless driving (P1,000 for the 1st offense, P2,000 for the 2nd offense, and P2,000 and seminar for the 3rd offense), tricycle ban (P500), obstruction (P1,000), dress code for motorcycles (P500 for the 1st offense, P750 for the 2nd offense, and P1, 000 for the 3rd offense), overloading (P1,000), defective motor vehicle accessories (P1,000), unauthorized modifications (P2,000), arrogance/discourteous conduct (P500), loading and unloading in prohibited zones (P1,000), illegal counterflow (P2,000 for the 1st offense and P5,000 for succeeding offenses) and P1,000 for over-speeding.

Earlier, the Supreme Court ordered Metro LGUs to stop issuing their traffic violation receipts and confiscating the driver’s licenses of erring motorists and told them to comply with the single ticketing system of the MMDA.

Last Wednesday, Artes said traffic enforcers of local government units in Metro Manila can still apprehend erring motorists and issue their citation tickets, adding the SC ruling is not yet final and executory.

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