MMDA: Car brand ‘coding’ won’t work

An official of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Wednesday the proposal to decongest EDSA by restricting users by car brand won’t work.

“There will be so many cars. How can we even tell which is the brand?” MMDA EDSA Traffic Head Bong Nebrija said on Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) consultant Arison Gorospe’s proposal.

“Our enforcers are hardly car owners themselves. Motorcycles probably, but not cars so they could hardly profile which is which and the apprehension would be hard,” Nebrija added.

Under Gorospe’s proposal, car brands and the designated days it can pass through EDSA are as follows: