It’s common knowledge that the use of separate traffic citation tickets, known as Ordinance Violation Receipts (OVR), has become a headache to motorists, including operators of public utility vehicles (PUV). This is among the matters noted in Executive Order No. 712, issued on 11 March 2008, which provides for the following:
** In Metro Manila, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is directed to implement a single ticketing system.
** The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is directed to immediately review all existing orders, rules and regulations issued by Local Government Units (LGUs) concerning public transportation within their jurisdiction, including the grant of franchises to tricycles, establishment and operation of transport terminals, authority to issue traffic citation tickets and unilateral rerouting schemes of public utility vehicles.
** Pending the DOTC review, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) shall advise LGUs to suspend the following:
(1) the establishment and operations of new and existing transport terminals that charge fees and require compulsory use by public utility vehicles.
(2) the enforcement of re-routing schemes that violate the authorized routes as provided for the PUV franchises.
(3) the issuance of new tricycle franchises while respecting those that have been issued already (this is based on the objections of transport organizations to the continuous issuance of new franchises for the operation of tricycles and pedicabs despite the existence of too many units already operating on the road and the unsynchronized truck ban resulting in the delay in the delivery of goods).
(4) the increase in local fees and charges applicable to public transportation.
(5) the implementation of local programs, projects and ordinances that have impact on the cost of operations of public utility vehicles without first coordinating and getting the approval of the DOTC to ensure that these programs, projects and ordinances do not prejudice public interest by way of higher transport fares.
** The DILG is also directed to establish and implement uniform truck ban hours that shall be applicable to LGUs located in a common area nationwide.
** The DOTC shall establish a National Land Transport Policy Framework, which shall facilitate the modernization of the land transport industry through the promotion of utility services which are environment-friendly and shall provide assistance to the land transport sector through lease-to-own programs, technical assistance, subsidies, and the encouragement of the use of alternative fuels and/or renewable energy, among others.
