TRAFFIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION

1. The Traffic Academy – The Traffic Academy was organized early in the year to professionalize our traffic officers and to enhance their capabilities in the field of traffic and transportation management. Around 500 new breed of traffic officers have undergone training and are now deployed at the major thoroughfares. The Academy also provides trainings and seminars for traffic officers from various law enforcement agencies who are interested in enhancing their capabilities.

2. Public Information and Dissemination through the Sound Trucks – To complement our traffic engineering and enforcement initiatives, a closed van equipped with a mobile public address system is used by the Traffic Education and Information Group going around commercial and highly populated areas to announce the various MMDA programs and to remind the people to observe traffic rules and regulations. The vehicle is mounted with loud speakers playing the message “Ang Tamang Paggamit Ng Kalungsuran”.

3. Road Users Manual-A road users’ manual has been produced by the Traffic Education and Information Division, containing vital traffic rules and egulations, fines and penalties for traffic infractions, alternate routes and the processes involved in filing complaints.

4. Radio and TV Programs – Regular TV and radio programs are utilized as part of the effort to inform the public about MMDA traffic initiatives. Such include “MMDA on the Road” aired every Wednesday from 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. pm on NBN Channel 4, and the DZBB radio program “MMDA sa GMA”, every Sunday from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.

5. Capability Build-Up - Through the Asian Development Bank funded Metro Manila Air Quality Improvement Sector Development Program (MMAQISDP), MMDA has initiated capability-building measures in the conduct of trainings, production of training manuals, production of traffic and transport framework policy documents, and procurement of vital traffic equipment and facilities.