E-bike ban on major NCR roads starts April 15 – MMDA

FILE: Electronic tricycles (e-trikes) ply the streets of Tondo, Manila on Thursday (Feb. 15, 2024). (PNA photo by Yancy Lim)

MANILA – The ban on e-bikes on major roads in the National Capital Region (NCR) will start on April 15, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Monday.

“Walang bago dito. I-eenforce na po ng MMDA ang prohibitions na ito dahil marami na tayo nakikitang insidente ng aksidente, paglabag sa mga traffic rules and regulations at ‘di na po natin aantayin na dumami pa at lumala pa ang sitwasyon bago tayo kumilos (There is nothing new in this regulation. The MMDA will enforce the prohibitions because we can see that the number of accidents involving them are increasing as well as disregard for traffic rules and regulations. We will not wait for this to worsen before we make our move),” MMDA chair Romando Artes said at a press briefing.

In 2023, the MMDA registered 554 road crash incidents involving e-vehicles.

Violators will be fined PHP2,500 while their units will also be impounded if the users cannot present a driver’s license upon apprehension, Artes said.

He added that the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) would be released before April 15.

“We want to come up (with the IRR) in a week or two para magkaron pa tayo ng (so that we will have) information campaign taking into consideration the suggestions,” he said.

Under MMDA Regulation No. 24-022, e-trikes, tricycles, pedicabs, pushcarts, and “kuligligs” will also be prohibited from traversing national roads, circumferential, and radial roads in the NCR.

The prohibition will be enforced on the following NCR roads under the jurisdiction of the MMDA:

C1: Recto Avenue
C2: Pres. Quirino Avenue
C3: Araneta Avenue
C4: EDSA
C5: Katipunan/CP Garcia
C6: Southeast Metro Manila Expressway
R1: Roxas Boulevard
R2: Taft Avenue
R3: SLEX
R4: Shaw Boulevard
R5: Ortigas Avenue
R6: Magsaysay Blvd./Aurora Blvd.
R7: Quezon Ave./Commonwealth Ave.
R8: A. Bonifacio Ave.
R9: Rizal Ave.
R10: Del Pan/Marcos Highway/McArthur Highway
Elliptical Road
Mindanao Avenue
Marcos Highway