7.4.

2 Agencies and Institutions Involved in Road Safety

The Department of Public Works and Highways is primarily concerned with the planning,
design, and operation of roads and roadside facilities. In pursuing those functions, the DPWH
requires data on road-related factors of an accident like location of occurrences, road condition
of locations, and presence of road safety facilities. The on-going 6th ADB Road Project (Road
Safety Component) being carried out by the DPWH covers major activities that are expected to
boost road safety programs in the country. These are:

 interagency institutional arrangements including all aspects of the current IRSC to

ensure improved interagency cooperation, taking into account the road safety provision
of RA 8794.
 organizational review, including the identification of deficiencies, existing legislations,
and DPWH limitations;
 road safety promotion in the overall planning process;
 publication of road safety manual;
 development of a traffic accident recording and analysis system;
 adoption of safety audits;
 improvement of hazardous locations; and
 development of key performance indicators and monitoring systems.

The Department of Transportation and Communications is the primary government agency

dealing with road transport industry, particularly the planning and policy aspects. The DOTC
heads the National Road Safety Committee. NRSC is supposed to ensure the timely and
responsive implementation of policies and programs on transportation safety. As far as road
safety is concerned, a plan covering six aspects (6Es) has been developed; education,
engineering, enforcement, enactment of laws, economics, and emergency services.
The Philippine National Police-Traffic Management Group and the local police force have
emerged as the main traffic law enforcement units of the government. The TMG, besides being
involved in safety education programs, is responsible for the safekeeping of accident data.
The Land Transportation Office is in charge of driver licensing, registration of motor vehicles,
and the enforcement of transportation and traffic laws. Recently, when the drug test for drivers
became mandatory, the LTO was tasked to accredit drug testing laboratories all over the
country, in line with the agency’s target that no driver’s license shall be issued to drug addicts or
drug dependents.
The LTO carries out a driver education program with the assistance of Technical Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) and in coordination with the Civil Service Commission to
educate drivers on traffic rules and regulations, as well as to develop proper skills and behavior
while driving. In the form of an outreach program, the LTO visits schools, bus companies,
private and public organizations to conduct lectures to enhance road safety awareness. The on-
going countrywide Motor Vehicle Inspection System/Smoke Emission Testing Project tests
motor vehicles for emission and safety standards. Target results of the program are improved
air quality, reduced accidents, reduced fuel consumption, and reduced air-quality-related health
problems.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board is a quasijudicial agency
mandated to rationalize, regulate and supervise motorized land-based public transport service.
The Metro Manila Development Authority has jurisdiction over the delivery of basic urban
services in Metro Manila, including land use planning and zoning, traffic management, public
safety, urban development and renewal, and sanitation and waste management. It performs
planning, monitoring and coordinating functions for services that have metrowide impact and
transcend political boundaries of the sixteen cities and one municipality of the National Capital
Region or Metro Manila. Specifically it is responsible for coordinating and regulating the
implementation of all programs and projects concerning traffic management. It is tasked to
administer a single ticketing system and fix, impose, and collect fines, and penalties for all kinds
of violations of traffic rules and regulations through its Traffic Operation Center.
The Department of Health, the principal health agency in the Philippines, is responsible for
ensuring every Filipino’s access to basic public health services through the provision of quality
health care and regulation of providers of health goods and services. Given the mandate, the
DOH is both a stakeholder in the health sector and a policy and regulatory body for health. As a
major player, the DOH is a technical resource, a catalyser for health policy, and a political
sponsor and advocate for health issues on behalf of the health sector.
The Department of Education (DepEd) is the primary government agency tasked to provide
the school—age population with basic education. It has been long proposed that traffic
education be included in the high school curriculum, but so far, a bill has yet to be discussed in
the legislature.
The University of the Philippines National Center for Transportation Studies (UP NCTS)
plays a major role in human resource development in the field of transportation. The center
conducts training and research in the fields of transportation planning, traffic engineering, and
traffic management. A number of subjects related to road safety – road safety programs,
accident investigation, reporting, and analysis – are offered as part of the curriculum of the
regular training programs for the participants of traffic engineering course and traffic
management for traffic law enforcers course.
The Safety Organization of the Philippines Inc. (SOPI) is a private organization operated by
donations from private companies as well as from government agencies. The activities of SOPI
cover not only road safety but also the prevention of nay types of accidents. The month of May
is set by SOPI as the “Road Safety Month” during which it conducts road safety campaigns in
cooperation with private companies and government agencies. Aside from annual national
meeting on road safety, SOPI issues booklets and other materials for road safety education.
The Automobile Association Philippines (AAP), formerly the Philippine Motor Association,
is a private organization that has dedicated itself to the promotion of motoring and to the service
of the Philippine motorists for more than half a century. This organization also serves the needs
of Philippine motorists worldwide through its affiliation with the two most distinguished motoring
federations in the world: the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme and the Federation
Internationale de l’Automobile. Members of the association can avail themselves of a number
of privileges, such as twenty-four-hour roadside free-towing services within Metro Manila,
discounted driving lessons, free motor vehicle registration service, twenty-four-hour ambulance
service at minimal cost, international driving permit, and accident investigation assistance.
 In the smallest administrative unit, which is called the barangay, volunteers serve as traffic
aides. They assist the traffic police in controlling traffic at bottlenecks and in case of accident
occurrence.

7.5 INITIATIVES ON ROAD SFETY

Among the most recent initiatives that the government has introduced are the following:
7.5.1 Imposing a Motor Vehicle User’s Fee on Owners of All Types of Motor Vehicles (RA
8794, 2000)
 Section 7 of RA 8794 provides, among others, that 7.5 percent of all monies collected
under this Act shall be allotted to and placed in the special road safety fund under the
DPWH. Also under the Act, a portion of the special funs shall be appointed to provincial
and city governments in accordance with the vehicle population and side of the road
network under their respective jurisdictions, and shall be used exclusively for
maintenance of local roads, traffic management, and road safety.

The motor vehicle users’ charge (MVUC), which is imposed through the registration fees of
vehicles and penalties for overloading and collected by the Land Transportation Office (LTO), is
envisioned as a new source of funding to finance road maintenance and minimize air pollution.
MVUC is considered the third biggest source of tax revenue for the government, contributing an
additional 40 percent of available funds for maintenance of national roads.
Lawmakers in the House panel approved the still-unnumbered substitute bill that would impose
a hike on the motor vehicle user’s charge (MVUC) or road users’ tax rates starting 2020.The bill
aims to set a unitary tax rate based on the weight for all vehicles, except for motorcycles, private
or government vehicles, and for-hire vehicles.

Disposition of Monies Collected. All monies collected under this Act shall be earmarked solely
and used exclusively (1) for road maintenance and the improved of the road drainage, (2) for the
installation of adequate and efficient traffic lights and road safety devices, and (3) for the air
pollution control.

All such monies collected shall be deposited in four (4) special trust accounts in the National
Treasury, namely: (1) Special Road Support Fund; (2) Special Local Road Fund; (3) Special Road
Safety Fund; and (4) Special Vehicle Pollution Control Fund. The distribution of collections under
this Act shall be as follows:

1. Eighty percent (80%) shall be allotted to and placed in the Special Road Support Fund;

2. Five percent (5%) shall be allotted to and placed in the Special Local Road Fund;

3. Seven and one half percent (7.5%) shall be allotted to and placed in the Special Vehicle
Pollution Control Fund.
The Special Road Support Fund, the Special Local Road Fund shall be under the DPWH,
whereas the Special Vehicle Pollution Control Fund shall be under the DOTC.

Seventy percent (70%) of the Special Road Support Fund shall be used for the maintenance of,
and the improvement of drainage of national primary roads. The remaining thirty- percent (30%)
thereof shall be allocated and use for the maintenance, and improved of drainage of national
secondary roads throughout the country.

The cost of installation of adequate and efficient traffic lights and road safety devices throughout
the country, where such traffic lights and safety devices are needed, shall be taken from the
Special Road safety devices.

The Special Local Road Fund shall be apportioned to provincial and city governments in
accordance with the vehicle population and size of the road network under their respective
jurisdictions, and shall be used exclusively for maintenance of local roads, traffic management
and rod safety devices.

A Road Board to implement the prudent and efficient management and utilization of the special
funds shall be organized by the President of the Philippines. The Road Board shall be composed
of seven (7) members, with the secretary of the DPWH as exofficio head, and the secretaries of
the Department of Finance, Budget and management, an the Transportation and Communication,
as ex officio members. The remaining three (3) members shall come from transport and motorist
organization, which have been in existence and active for the last five (5) years prior to this Act.
They shall be appointed for the term of two (2) years each by the President of the Philippines
upon the recommendation of the secretaries of the DPWH and the DOTC.
Technological University of the Philippines-Taguig Campus
Km 14 East Service Rd, Western Bicutan,Taguig City

REPORT IN
TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT

Submitted by:
Elyza Mae Arroyo Juta
BS Civil Engineering – LEP 2
Submitted to:
Engr. Jenny Siva
Date of Submission:
08 January 2020