Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Constitution Hills, Quezon City 
 TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session  
House Bill No. 1822 
_____________________________________________________________________________ 
 Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ERIC L. OLIVAREZ 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Traffic is undeniably a long-standing problem in the Philippines. Different 
factors such as narrow roads and highways overpopulation of motorists. 
inefficient traffic policies combined with a significant number of undisciplined 
drivers, undermines the implementation of laws and regulations, and the 
ineffective monitoring thereof all contribute to, and aggravate the traffic 
situation in the country and makes the everyday experience of motorists, 
commuters and civilians alike very intolerable and hard 
Just when we thought the traffic situation in the Philippines could not get 
any worse, recently we’ve been struck by numerous warnings left and right 
about the impending (so-called) Traffic Armageddon. The traffic jam in Metro 
Manila is expected to worsen because of the imminent simultaneous 
implemenation of the government’s major infrastructure projects. 
As this Traffic Armageddon is underway, various authorities have been 
strategizing and devising different ways or mechanisms to mitigate the impact 
of this impending traffic jam. Malacanang even suggested "voluntary remedial 
measures" which the citizens may adopt such as working from home and/or 
carpooling. Other authorities even went further as to propose expanded number 
coding and four-day-work-weeks just to ease the hellish traffic congestion 
expected to slow down Metro Manila. This is how serious the gravity of this 
foreseen or anticipated traffic problem is. It will worsen the already very terrible 
road situation in the said region. 
Clearly, the help of every institution, public or private alike is needed so 
as to prevent unnecessarily causing a great disadvantage and inconvenience to 
the general public. The solution that we see is feasible and executable, no matter 
how simple it is, this solution must therefore be applied at once to avoid, or at 
least projected negative effect of the construction of various infrastructures to 
traffic in Metro Manila. 
July 14, 2025
11:34 am


It is from this standpoint that we are seeking the approval of this simple 
bill which aims to reduce the use of vehicles and thereby declog the roads of 
Metro Manila. This bills aims to give out incentives to people who would initiate 
carpooling or simply car sharing to reduce the number of vehicles on the road 
and lessen the traffic jam. Encouraging private motorists to maximize the 
number of passengers they accommodate in one private car instead of having a 
one-car-per-person situation will ultimately reduce the congestion on the road, 
Now, this simple proposal may seem to have a negligible effect at first, but if we 
consider its collective effect, then the general impact of this plan is guaranteed 
to contribute substantially in solving the above mentioned problem. 
An average of 2.4 million vehicles pass through EDSA every day. Imagine 
if hundreds and thousands of motorists would consider carpooling. Such 
overwhelming statistics can be cut down to an optimistic projection of only 
500,000 to 1,000,000 vehicles per day. 
The positive impact of carpooling does not end with the conclusion of the 
infrastructure projects that are creating this so called Traffic Armageddon. The 
truth is, car-sharing can permanently solve the seemingly perennial traffic 
congestion in our country Hence. we can safely say that main objective of this 
bill is not merely temporary in nature but could have a long-lasting and 
permanent effect. 
It is for this reason that the approval of this bill is being sought. 
ERIC L. OLIVAREZ 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Constitution Hills, Quezon City 
 TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. 1822 
____________________________________________________________________________ 
 Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ERIC L. OLIVAREZ 
AN ACT PROVDING INCENTIVES FOR PRIVATE CARPOOL IN ORDER TO 
REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE COUNTRY 
SECTION 1. Name. This Act shall be known as the "Carpool Act of 2025”. 
SECTION 2. Definition of Terms. 
Carpool- an arrangement among four (4) or more people, all of whom are 
possessed of valid driver’s licenses issued by the Land Transportation Office, 
including the driver of a particular vehicle, to make a regular journey in a 
single privately-owned vehicle, typically with each person taking  turns to 
drive the others. 
SECTION 3. Incentives in Parking Fees. 
Any private vehicle which qualifies as a carpool under this Act, shall be 
entitled to free parking in any establishment run by or under a contract with 
the government, or any of its agencies or instrumentalities including 
government-owned and controlled corporations. Further, a carpool as defined 
under this Act shall be entitled to a fifty percent (50%) discount in parking 
fees charged and collected by private establishments or institutions. 
SECTION 4. Incentives in Toll Fees. 
A carpool as defined under this Act shall be entitled to twenty percent (20%) 
discount on any toll fee collected for the use of any expressway. 
SECTION 5. Gasoline and other Petroleum Products Discounts. 
Any private vehicle which is running under the carpool system as defined in 
the preceding paragraphs shall likewise be entitled to a twenty percent (20%) 
discount on all gasoline and other petroleum products. 


SECTION 6. Availment of Discounts. 
The free parking benefit and other discounts provided under this Act may only 
be availed by a carpool upon the presentation by the driver and at least four 
(4) of his passengers of their respective valid drivers license cards.  
SECTION 7. Exemption from the Color Coding Scheme. 
Any private vehicle which qualifies as a carpool under this Act shall be 
exempted from any vehicular volume reduction scheme implemented by the 
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority or by any local government unit 
(LGU). 
SECTION 8. Unlawful Acts. 
It shall be unlawful for any person who is not engaged in the business of, or 
registered to operate any public utility to demand any kind of payment from 
his or her passengers in direct circumvention of this Act. Any person who will 
be found guilty under this Section shall be meted with a fine of not less than 
P50,0O000 but not more than P100,000.00 and/or suffer imprisonment of not 
less than two(2) Years, at the sound discretion of the court. 
SECTION 9, Implementing Rules and Regulations. 
The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) in 
coordination with the Land Transportation Office (LTO), Toll Regulator Board, 
together with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the 
Department of Energy (DOE) and the MMDA shall promulgate the 
Implementing Rules and Regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Such rules and regulations shall take effect upon heir publication n three (3) 
newspapers of general circulation. 
SECTION 10. Repealing Clause 
All laws. presidential decrees, letters of instructions, executive orders, rules 
and regulations insofar as they are inconsistent with this Act, arc hereby 
repealed or amended as the case may be. 
SECTION 11 Separability Clause. 
In the event that any provision of this Act or any portion thereof is declared 
unconstitutional by a competent court, the other provisions shall not be 
affected thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable. 
SECTION 12. Effectivity Clause 


This Act shall take effect after its complete publication in at least three (3) 
newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved.