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The '''Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program''' (UVVRP), commonly called '''number coding''' or '''color coding''', is a [[road space rationing]] program in the [[Philippines]] that aims to reduce [[traffic congestion]], in particular during peak hours, by restricting the types of vehicles that can use major public roads based on the final digit of the vehicle's [[Vehicle registration plates of the Philippines|license plate]]. First implemented in 1995 in [[Metro Manila]], the similar programs has also been implemented in the cities of [[Baguio]], [[Cabanatuan]], and [[Dagupan]] and the province of [[Cavite]].
==History==
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===Return to the original UVVRP (1996–2003)===
Although the UVVRP was implemented in the manner specified in MMDA Regulation 95-001, the original UVVRP was reimplemented in early 1996, with Maganto announcing a twelve-hour ban on vehicles plying EDSA depending on the final digit of the vehicle's license plate. Originally imposed due to rehabilitation works on the Guadalupe Bridge, the start of three major road projects resulted in the ban being extended to September in order to reduce the number of vehicles using EDSA to go around affected roads in inner Manela, coexisting alongside the odd-even UVVRP which was implemented on all other roads.<ref name="newban" />
===COVID-19 pandemic===
The program was suspended in Metro Manila from March 13, 2020 to November 30, 2021 during the [[COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines|community quarantines]] due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila|COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1241161/number-coding-scheme-lifted|date=March 13, 2020|accessdate=December 4, 2021|title=Number coding lifted —MMDA|first=Daphne|last=Galvez|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/01/15/number-coding-scheme-remains-lifted-mmda/|date=January 15, 2021|title=Number coding scheme remains lifted —MMDA|first=Jel|last=Santos|work=[[Manila Bulletin]]}}</ref> except in [[Makati]], where a modified number coding scheme was being implemented except on vehicles carrying two or more passengers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://manilastandard.net/news/national/359852/ncr-s-number-coding-still-on-hold-makati-modifies-traffic-scheme.html|date=July 15, 2021|title=NCR’s number coding still on hold; Makati modifies traffic scheme|first=Joel|last=Zurbano|work=[[Manila Standard]]|access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref> The suspension was lifted on December 1, 2021, this time implementing a modified scheme.<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Official MMDA |author-link= |user=MMDA |number=1466348388015026176 |date=December 2, 2020 |title=#mmda |script-title= |trans-title= |language= |retweet= |___location= |access-date=December 4, 2021 |link= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |ref=}}</ref> All vehicles with banned motor vehicle plate endings under the UVVRP, except public utility vehicles, transportation network vehicle services, motorcycles, garbage trucks, fuel trucks, and vehicles carrying essential and perishable goods are covered in the modified scheme from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays, excluding holidays. Meanwhile, light trucks are prohibited from using [[EDSA]] between [[Magallanes Interchange|Magallanes]], Makati and [[North Avenue, Quezon City]] from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. from Mondays to Fridays, excluding holidays.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1161268|date=November 29, 2021|accessdate=December 4, 2021|title=Reimposition of 5-8 p.m. number coding in NCR expected this week|first=Raymond Carl|last=Dela Cruz|work=Philippine News Agency}}</ref>
==Current implementation==
[[File:Number coding scheme.png|thumb|300px|Current implementation: (as of November 2, 2016)
{{legend|#880015|Implemented from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. without window hours.}}
{{legend|#FF7F27|Implemented from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with window hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.}}
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# No window hours. Some differences apply for certain cities. See below.
# Applies to roads in Metro Manila.
# [[EDSA]], [[Circumferential Road 5|C-5 Road]], and [[Roxas Boulevard]] have no window hours regardless of which city the driver is in.
# Public Utility Buses (City and Provincial) do not have window hours.
# Motorcycles are completely exempted.
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# Taguig: UVVRP not implemented, however it is enforced on the National Roads within its boundaries, i.e. C5, East Service Road and Manuel L. Quezon.
# Muntinlupa: UVVRP not implemented
# Malabon: UVVRP not implemented, except in
# Parañaque: window hours from 9:00am to 4:00pm
#* No window hours, and only on the roads below
#** Barangay [[Don Bosco, Parañaque|Don Bosco]]: San Antonio
#** Barangay Don Bosco: Doña Soledad Extension, [[Doña Soledad
#** Barangay [[Moonwalk, Parañaque|Moonwalk]]: E. Rodriguez
#** East Service Road from [[Dr. Santos
#** West Service Road from Dr. Santos
# Pasay – Not implemented in the following roads:
#* [[Ninoy Aquino
#*
#* [[Domestic Road]]
#* [[Andrews Avenue|Airport Road]]
#* [[Andrews Avenue|Sales Road]]
#* Portions of [[Gil Puyat Avenue|Buendia]]
== See also ==
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