There will be no number coding for both public utility and private vehicles on Thursday, as the country commemorates Bonifacio Day, according to the Metro Manila Development Authority.
“The MMDA enjoins the whole nation as we celebrate the 154th Bonifacio Day (Nov. 30), Thursday. Number Coding is suspended,” the agency advisory stated Tuesday.
The move to suspend the coding scheme, or the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program, will help the people make plans and use their vehicles to travel to their respective destinations outside the metropolis during the holiday break.
The number coding system was devised to keep vehicles out of major thoroughfares on certain days based on the last digit of the license plate.
The system corresponds to 1 and 2 for Monday, 3 and 4 for Tuesday, 5 and 6 for Wednesday, 7 and 8 for Thursday, and 9 and 0 for Friday.
Under the number coding scheme, which aims to ease the volume of traffic on Metro Manila's streets, vehicles are banned from major roads from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., depending on the last digit of their car registration plates.