Safety issue
• CTTMO plans to regulate e-trike on roads
THE CITY Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) will study whether or not to allow or totally ban electric tricycles (e-trikes) on roads.
Eduardo Perez, CTTcycle lanes, there are no “The problem of alMO acting officer-in-charge, existing laws that cover lowing them [e-trikes], lamented the absence of a e-trikes. there is no such body that regulating body for operat“Under the Traffic will certify their safety for ing e-trikes in the city. Code of the city, only pedpassenger use,” he added.
Unlike e-bikes that fall al-operated tricycles (Sikad) Besides the open deunder the Bicycle Ordiare recognized,” Perez sign, Perez said the speed nance of the city and can said during the iSpeak meof e-trikes makes them traverse in designated bi- dia forum, on Feb. 22. prone to accidents.
“We are instructed to study kay kung ibawal gyud sya sa government, CTTMO will recommend nga bawalon siya para naa mi buhaton,” he said stressing so as to prevent unending cycle of releasing the units back to the operators after impounding due to lack of regulations.
However, Chona Advincula, CTTMO Motorized Vehicle Franchising and Regulatory Division (MVFRD) head, said they will apprehend e-trikes plying on national roads and highways. She said they are tolerating these vehicles on barangay roads but only if they are for personal use and not for picking up passengers.
Advincula said they will push to regulate these units, especially after observing a number of them were driven by minors. In February 2024, the CTTMO has apprehended 30 etrikes, the same number in 2022. Last year, the office ticketed 189 e-trikes.