Strict enforcement of e-vehicle ban on major roads starts

Strict enforcement of e-vehicle ban on major roads starts

MANILA, Philippines — Citation tickets will be issued starting Wednesday, April 17, to those caught using electric vehicles, particularly e-bikes and e-trikes, on major roads in Metro Manila.

The ban took effect on Monday but Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Don Artes ordered traffic enforcers to give a verbal warning to violators of the new regulation.

READ: MMDA: E-bikes, trikes banned on key NCR roads by April 15

But starting today, violators will be fined P2,500 while unregistered vehicles will be impounded.

Under MMDA Regulation No. 24-022 series of 2024, the use of e-vehicles, such as e-bikes and e-trikes, as well as tricycles, pedicabs, pushcarts and tractor-drawn carts known as “kuliglig” will be prohibited on national, circumferential and radial roads in Metro Manila.

Light electric vehicles (such as e-bikes, e-scooters and similar vehicles weighing less than 50 kilograms) can still use these roads if they are inside established bike lanes, or need to cross the road.

However, they should yield to all incoming traffic, the MMDA said. —DEXTER CABALZA