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Additional major roads and highways will be covered by the ban on electric bicycles and tricycles (e-bikes and e-trikes), according to the Land Transportation Office (LTO).
The e-trike prohibition now includes Commonwealth and Quezon Avenues in Quezon City, as well as Marcos Highway and Sumulong Highway, according to LTO chief Markus Lacanilao.
The ban already includes EDSA, C-5 Road, Roxas Boulevard and a stretch of Quirino Avenue from Magallanes connecting to the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX),
Lacanilao revealed that LTO agents will start issuing tickets and impounding e-bikes and e-trikes spotted along major highways when classes and work resume from the long holidays.
On the first day of the ban last Jan. 3, 2026, 67 e-bike and e-trike users were caught along EDSA and 30 others along Quirino Avenue.
Those apprehended were fined P1,000 for obstruction of traffic and P1,500 if driving without helmet.
Minors caught driving e-bikes and e-trikes risk impounding their vehicles and having their parents or guardians liable as well, warned Lacanilao.
E-trikes with permits issued by local government units are still banned from using national highways, he added.
Lacanilao said e-bikes that have only two wheels and have lower power capacity and a weight lower than 50 kilograms will be allowed to use bicycle lanes along highways such as EDSA and Commonwealth Avenue, and will be spared from the ban.
The ban aims to encourage them to use inner roads instead and keep all motorists safe on the road, according to LTO.