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===The traffic situation in Metro Manila and initial impetus (1995)===

The original UVVRP was conceived by Col. Romeo Maganto, who served as the executive director of the [[Metropolitan Manila Development Authority]]'s traffic management office.<ref name="start" /> First implemented in October 1995 on an experimental basis to address the traffic congestion caused by the construction of the [[MRT Line 3 (Metro Manila)|Metro Rail Transit Line 3]] (MRT-3) on [[EDSA|Epifanio de los Santos Avenue]] (EDSA),<ref name="Tort1998">{{Cite news |last=Tort |first=Marvin |date=December 9, 1998 |title=IRONIron HORSESHorses; Hare-brained ideas |work=[[BusinessWorld]] |url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3W95-J8M0-00JS-92V9-00000-00&context=1516831 |access-date=October 8, 2022 |work=[[BusinessWorld]]}}</ref> it initially targeted [[Public transport|public utility vehicle]]s, later expanding to all vehicles plying EDSA, where traffic congestion in Metro Manila was at its heaviest.<ref name="start" /> Vehicles covered under the original UVVRP were banned from EDSA for the entire day based on the last digit of a vehicle's license plate, similar to the current UVVRP.<ref name="maganto" />

On November 6, 1995, upon the urging of public transport groups, Maganto expanded the UVVRP to include all vehicles on most Metro Manila roads to prevent [[rat running]], which caused private vehicular traffic to use secondary roads alongside [[jeepney]]s. By this time, of the estimated 1.1 million motor vehicles then plying city roads, around 70 per cent of those vehicles — which numbered around 800,000 — were private vehicles, and the MMDA was under pressure to resolve Metro Manila's worsening traffic problems. The worsening traffic on secondary roads forced Maganto to implement a blanket ban on private vehicles as well, with the ban being implemented during rush hour from 7:00 to 9:00&nbsp;a.m. and 5:00–7:00&nbsp;p.m.<ref name="start" />

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# Applies from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., from Mondays to Fridays, excluding [[Public holidays in the Philippines|holidays]].

# Window hours from 10:01 a.m. to 4:59 p.m. Some differences apply to certain cities. See below.

# Applies to [[List of roads in Metro Manila|major roads]], [[List of roads in Metro Manila#radialRadial roads|radial]] roads, and [[List of roads in Metro Manila#Circumferential roads|circumferential]] roads in Metro Manila.

# Not applied to [[List of expressways in the Philippines|expressways]] traversing Metro Manila.

# Motorcycles, electric vehicles,<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=11697|url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11697_2022.html|chamber=RA|number=11697|date=April 15, 2022|title=An Act Providing for the Development of the Electric Vehicle Industry|date=April 15, 2022|accessdate=May 17, 2022|publisher=Lawphil}}</ref> public utility vehicles (PUV), transport network vehicle services (TNVS), garbage trucks, fuel trucks, marked government vehicles, marked media vehicles, emergency vehicles (e.g. fire trucks, ambulances), and motor vehicles carrying essential and/or perishable goods are exempt.

== See also ==