Metro Manila doesn’t need odd-even scheme –ex-LTO Chief

METRO Manila doesn’t need to revive a decades-old vehicle volume reduction scheme to solve its seemingly hopeless traffic congestion problem, a former official of the Department of Transportation and Communication said on Friday.

The former chief of the Land Transportation Office (LTO), Alberto Suansing, said vehicle volume is not the main cause of congestion along Metro Manila’s major thoroughfares but the failure to implement traffic laws by agencies tasked to manage traffic like the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).