Total ban on street parking in NCR may face challenges – Zamora

San Juan City Mayor and reelected Metro Manila Council (MMC) President Francis Zamora said that a total ban on street parking may face challenges, following the Department of the Interior and Local Government's (DILG) proposal to prohibit parking on all public streets to help ease traffic congestion in the National Capital Region (NCR).

- By RICHIELYN CANLAS

On Friday, August 1, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Atty. Don Artes, DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla, and Zamora had a meeting at the PNP Multi-Purpose Hall in Camp Crame, Quezon City, on the DILG's proposed solution to alleviate traffic congestion, particularly by prohibiting parking on all public streets between 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

"The law says that public streets are not for public enterprise. We will now designate them as 'no parking zones, especially those that affect Metro Manila's traffic," Remulla explained.

"The intent is to make Metro Manila a more livable, cohesive, and safer place to live," the DILG secretary added.

Meanwhile, Artes suggested implementing the parking ban on all public streets, aligned with the MMDA's expanded number coding scheme, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.