Noting that the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is the only government agency vested with the power to implement a Single Ticketing System (STS) in the metropolis, the agency’s legal department chief yesterday opposed the idea of letting Metro Manila mayors enact a Uniform Traffic Management Code (UTMC) just so they could impose their own version of the scheme.
Lawyer Emmanuel de Castro said the Metro Manila Council (MMC), a group composed of Metro Manila’s local chief executives and MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando as chairman, said a so-called Unified Ticketing System using Ordinance Violation Receipts (OVR) is not the same as an STS. Read full story on this site..
source: By Michael Punongbayan /philippine star
