PHILSTAR: MANILA DEFERS BAN ON PEDICABS (KULIGLIGS)
MANILA, DECEMBER 3, 2010 (STAR) By Evelyn Macairan - In the spirit of the holiday season, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim deferred banning "kuligligs" or motorized pedicabs from the major roads in the city.
In a statement, Lim said he moved the ban from October to December. The ban is in compliance with Republic Act 8749, the Clean Air Act, Lim said, adding that motorists have been blaming these vehicles for the congestion in certain parts of Manila.
However, the mayor's chief of staff, Ric de Guzman, said that even if the total ban would still take effect after four-months, they would already impose limitations on their routes.
According to Lim's Executive Order 17, the kuligligs are prohibited from passing through major roads, particularly United Nations Avenue, AH Lacson street, Quirino Avenue, Osmeña Highway, Quezon Boulevard, C.M. Recto Avenue, Legarda street, Rizal Avenue and Jose Abad Santos Avenue.
By next year, only motorized pedicabs and tricycles registered with the Land Transportation Office would be allowed to ply their routes on side streets.
Those who would violate this law would be slapped with a P500 fine for the first and second offenses. A third violation would merit the impounding of the vehicle.
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