EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 170
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 170 -
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
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. — Council shall be composed of the following:
Chairman:
Chairman, Metropolitan Manila Authority
Members:
Cabinet Officer for Regional Development for the
National Capital Region, representing the
Office of the
President,
Secretary,
Department of Transportation and
Communications,
Secretary,
Department of Public Works and Highways,
Secretary,
Department of Interior and Local Government,
Secretary,
Department of Education, Culture and Sports,
General
Manager, Metropolitan Manila Authority
(Ex-Officio
Member)
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.
(2) 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.
(3) Use funds
specified under Sec. 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.
(4) 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:
Chairman:
Executive Director, MMA Traffic Operations Center
Members:
District Traffic Commanders of:
— NCR, Traffic Management Command
— Northern
Police District
— Eastern
Police District
— Western
Police District
— Southern
Police District
— Central
Police District
Chief, Law Enforcement Service,
Land
Transportation Office
Officer in
Charge; DOTC Action
Center
Heads, NGO
(As the Committee
Chairman may
determine)
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:
Chairman:
Director, Traffic Engineering Center
Members:
Director, NCR Dept. of Public
Works and Highways
Director,
National Center for
Transport
Studies, UP
Executive
Director, MMA Traffic
Operations
Center
Representatives, Public Service or
Utility
Companies
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:
Chairman:
Director, National Center for
Transport Studies, UP
Members:
Director, NCR, Department of Education,
Culture and Sports
Director,
NCR, Philippine Information Agency
Executive
Director, MMA Traffic
Operations
Center
District
Commander, NCR Traffic Management
Command
Chief,
Traffic Safety Division, Land
Transportation Office
Heads, NGO
(As the Committee
Chairman may
determine)
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:
Chairman:
Assistant Secretary for Planning,
Department of Transportation and
Communications
Members:
Chairman, Land Transportation
Franchising and Regulatory Board
Director, UP
— National Center for
Transport
Studies
DGM for
Planning, Metropolitan
Manila
Authority
Heads, NGO
(As the Committee
Chairman may
determine)
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:
(1)
Provide technical and secretariat support to the Council;
(2) 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;
(3) Direct,
supervise, coordinate and control the activities of the four (4)
Committees of the Council;
(4) 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;
(5) 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;
(6) 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
(7) 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 Sec. 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.
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