Details about the Coding Hours & Schedule for Private Cars in Metro Manila
CODING HOURS IN METRO MANILA 2023 – You can check the guide below for the exact time when the number coding scheme is up in Metro Manila.
Life in Metro Manila gives you access to a lot of things — the most competitive hospitals, multitude of business opportunities, shopping convenience with countless options, etc. However, there are also challenging things when you are living inside the Metro — one of this is the usual heavy traffic.
Undeniably, there are already a lot of cars in Metro Manila thus a traffic seems like a common sight for many people already. The authorities even have to implement a number coding system and daily coding hours to ease the congestion of vehicles on the roads. The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) implements the Modified Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program.
Also called the UVVRP, the Modified Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program is a number coding system that does not allows certain private cars from being on the major roads in Metro Manila during the coding hours. The authorities crafted a basis for private vehicle owners.
The last digit of the license plates of private vehicles determine when they are not allowed on the major roads in Metro Manila. You can refer to this table below:
| Last Digit in the License Plate | Day Prohibited |
| 1 and 2 | Monday |
| 3 and 4 | Tuesday |
| 5 and 6 | Wednesday |
| 7 and 8 | Thursday |
| 9 and 0 | Friday |
With regards to the coding hours, there are specific times of the day when certain private vehicles on coding cannot be on the major roads or else the drivers can be fined. Here is the schedule:
- 7:00 a.m. to 10 a.m.
- 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The coding system only applies to private vehicle owners. Here are the list of vehicles that are exempted from the system:
- Public utility vehicles or PUVs
- Motorcycles
- Transport network vehicle services (TNVS)
- Garbage trucks
- Ambulances
- Fuel trucks
- Marked government vehicles
- Fire trucks
- Motor vehicles that carry essential and/or perishable goods
- Marked media vehicles
The Modified Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) covers all the major roads in Metro Manila. Here are the roads included:
- EDSA
- C5
- Recto Avenue
- Quirino Avenue
- Araneta Avenue
- C6
- Roxas Boulevard
- Taft Avenue
- South Luzon Expressway (SLEX)
- Shaw Boulevard
- Ortigas Avenue
- Bonifacio Avenue
- Rizal Avenue
- Quezon Avenue
- Marcos Highway
- Del Pan
- Magsaysay Boulevard
- Aurora Boulevard
