RATIONALIZING AND HARMONIZING TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF AGENCIES IN METROPOLITAN MANILA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 824, as
amended by Presidential Decree No. 1274, created the Metropolitan Manila
Commission, among others, to establish and operate a transport and traffic
center which shall direct traffic activities;

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1605
vested the Metropolitan Manila Commission, among others, the power to impose
fines and otherwise discipline drivers and operators of motor vehicles for
violations of traffic laws, ordinances, rules and regulations in Metropolitan
Manila and transferred the powers of the Land Transportation Commission and the
Board of Transportation over such violations and punishment to the Metropolitan
Manila Commission;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 392 dated
January 9, 1990, among others, constituted the Metropolitan Manila Authority which
absorbed all the powers and functions of the Metropolitan Manila Commission;

WHEREAS, Memorandum Order No. 397 dated
January 9, 1991, reconstituted and strengthened the Metropolitan Manila Land
Transportation Coordinating Council (MMLTCC) created under Memorandum Order No.
245 dated July 25, 1989 which had been empowered to be the sole authority with
the responsibility of handling traffic management in Metropolitan Manila;

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 6975 (PNP LAW)
gave City/Municipal Mayors the power of operational control and supervision
over elements of the Philippine National Police within their respective
jurisdictions;

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 7160 (Local
Government Code) empowered local government units, among others, to regulate
traffic on all streets and bridges within their respective boundaries;

WHEREAS, Memorandum Order No. 176 dated
October 19, 1993, reaffirmed the existence of the Metropolitan Manila Land
Transportation Coordinating Council as the single traffic management authority
and further expanded the scope of its responsibility to include transportation
services;

WHEREAS, the series of Presidential
Decrees, Republic Acts, Executive and Memorandum Orders has resulted to
conflicts as to which body, agency or person is responsible for traffic
management in Metropolitan Manila;

WHEREAS, pending legislation of laws
that would straighten out the conflicts that have evolved and in the light of
the fact that the traffic problem in Metropolitan Manila has reached alarming
and critical proportions, it becomes imperative to establish and
institutionalize the organization and framework of operations and cooperation
among the different agencies and local government units in Metropolitan Manila
to ensure the systematic, orderly and continued implementation of the approved
Updated Traffic and Transport Plan for Metro Manila (1993-1998);

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS,
President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in
me by law and the Constitution, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. THE METROPOLITAN MANILA LAND
TRANSPORTATION COORDINATING COUNCIL.

A. The Metropolitan Manila Land Transportation
Coordinating Council, hereinafter referred to as the Council, shall be the
highest policy making body on all matters pertaining to traffic management for
the area.

B. Composition. The Council shall be composed of
the following:

C. Powers and Functions. – The Council shall
exercise the following powers and functions:

(1) Review existing laws, policies, programs, rules
and regulations on traffic on land transportation for the purpose of
recommending to the President or appropriate agencies and instrumentalities of
government, policies and measures aimed at improving traffic and land
transportation systems within Metropolitan Manila.

Identify and resolve problems and issues arising
from the implementation of existing Presidential Decrees, laws, orders, rules
and regulations affecting traffic and land transportation in the area.

Use funds specified under Section 4 of Presidential
Decree No. 1605 allocated by the Metropolitan Manila Authority for the Council
for the operational needs and the implementation of policies and programs on
traffic and land transportation management.

Call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or
any instrumentality of the government, including government-owned and
controlled corporations, and public service or utility companies for any
assistance as it may deem necessary in the discharge of its duties and
functions.

(5) Encourage the support and participation of the
private sector in the formulation and implementation of policies, plans,
projects and efforts affecting traffic and land transportation in Metropolitan
Manila.

SEC. 2. COMMITTEES. The Council shall be
assisted by the following Committees whose composition and function are stated
herein:

A. Committee on Enforcement. It shall
formulate, integrate and recommend to the Council, through the Executive
Director, traffic enforcement traffic plans and projects that would, among
others, rationalize the development of traffic enforcers and improve the enforcement
of traffic laws, rules and regulations. The Committee shall consists of:

B. Committee on Engineering. – It shall
review, integrate and recommend to the Council through the Executive Director
all traffic engineering-related plans and programs and assist in coordinating
the improvement and maintenance of road networks and traffic facilities in
order to establish an effective traffic and transportation system. The
Committee shall consist of:
 

C. Committee
on Education and Information. – It shall formulate, integrate and recommend
to the Council, through the Executive Director, traffic education and
information plans and programs and monitor the implementation thereto by tasked
agencies. The Committee shall consist of:
 

D. Committee on Urban Transport Services. –
It shall assist the private sector in the development of urban transport
facilities and services under the BOT/BLT schemes; monitor the progress of such
projects; and recommend to the Council, through the Executive Director, policy
measures that would contribute to an effective urban mass transport system. The
Committee shall consist of:
 

SEC. 3. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

A. Coordinating the day to day activities of the
Council and directing, coordinating and integrating the tasks of the different
Committees shall be the duty of an Executive Director. The General Manager,
Metropolitan Manila Authority or any of the Deputy General Managers, whom the
former may so designate, shall act as the Executive Director.

B. The Executive Director shall be assisted by a
Secretariat and a Traffic Management Monitoring and Evaluation Officer who
shall be responsible for implementing the Traffic Enforcement Monitoring and
Evaluation System (TEMES) and such other processes in place or that may be
subsequently introduced.

C. The Executive Director shall exercise the
following powers and functions:

Provide technical and secretariat support to the
Council; Direct, coordinate and integrate policy measures, plans, programs and projects
that may be formulated and submitted by the different committees or other
instrumentalities of government for consideration and/or approval of the Council;
Direct, supervise, coordinate and control the activities of the four (4)
Committees of the Council;

Establish the necessary liaison and coordinate the activities of the Council
with the Metropolitan Manila Council and the respective Local Government Units
in Metropolitan Manila;

Coordinate the passage of legislative measures based on the approved
facilities, plans and programs of the Council in coordination with the
Metropolitan Manila Council and the City/Municipal councils within Metro
Manila;

Call upon any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the
government-owned-or-controlled corporations, and public service or utility
companies, for any assistance as it may deem necessary in the discharge of its
functions; and

Perform such other functions as the Council may direct.

SEC. 4. The Metropolitan Manila
Authority shall continue to be the lead agency in the implementation of duly
approved traffic and land transportation plans and programs for the area. As
such, the General Manager, Metropolitan Manila Authority or any of his
deputies, if he has so designated one in accordance with Section 3 hereof,
shall be the Chief Operating Officer insofar as implementing traffic and land
transportation plans, programs and projects for the area is concerned.

SEC. 5. The Philippine National Police,
through the Traffic Management Command and the National Capital Region Command
(CAPCOM) through the different Police Districts and City/Municipal Traffic
Bureaus, shall assist the Metropolitan Manila Authority in the implementation
of duly approved traffic and land transportation plans for the area.

SEC. 6. Local Government Traffic
Management Units shall assist the Metropolitan Manila Authority in the
implementation of duly approved traffic and land transportation plans for the
area.

SEC. 7. Subject to the provisions of
this Executive Order, operational direction, control and supervision over all
traffic enforcement personnel designated/deputized/assigned/employed by the
Department of Transportation and Communications, the Metro Manila Authority,
the Local Government Units, or by the other agencies involved, assigned in any
given area shall be exercised by elements of the Philippine National Police.
Administrative supervision over the personnel shall, however, remain with their
respective mother agencies.

SEC. 8. FUNDING. – The Departments or
Agencies constituting the Council shall set aside a portion of their budget to
meet the Council’s administrative and operational requirements.

SEC. 9. REPEALING CLAUSE. – All
issuances, orders, rules and regulations or provisions thereof which are
inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Order are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC.10. EFFECTIVITY. This Executive
Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 20th day
of April, in the Year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the
President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO
T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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