THE METROPOLITAN Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced on Tuesday that the test run of the ban on driver-only vehicles along EDSA will be enforced starting today, Aug. 15. The advisory came after Senator Grace S. Poe-Llamanzares, chair of the Senate committee on public services, appealed to the MMDA to first ensure that the alternate routes and other major roads in the capital could handle the affected motorists. She also reminded the MMDA to take into consideration solo parents, parents who drop their kids on their way to work, spouses who work in different cities, and other professionals who cannot hire their own drivers. “If not, we will just be replicating the horrors of EDSA traffic everywhere,” she said in a statement. The MMDA said there will be no apprehension during the dry-run period, but violators will be redirected out of EDSA at the nearest exit point. — Camille A. Aguinaldo
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