MEMORANDUM To : All 2013 Bar examinees and law school deans Atty. Ma. Cristina B.

Layusa Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confidant TRAFFIC ADVISORY

From :

Re

Date : October 1, 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The following traffic measures shall be observed during the Bar Examinations to ensure the peaceful and orderly conduct of the exams: 1. As agreed upon with the police authorities, they shall closely monitor and regulate the use of the sidewalks surrounding UST on all Bar Examination Sundays. They shall disperse groups clustered at these sidewalks, particularly during the entry and exit of the examinees, and during lunch breaks. As and when necessary, they may declare portions of the sidewalks off-limits to pedestrian traffic. 2. Espaa Boulevard, P. Noval Street and Lacson Street shall at all times be open to vehicular traffic. Dapitan Street (from the corner of Lacson Street up to the corner of P. Noval Street), on the other hand, shall likewise be open to vehicular traffic, except from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. during the examinees lunch break. 3. The pedestrian overpass in front of Gate 3 at Espaa Blvd. shall be for the exclusive use of Bar examinees and personnel. To use the overpass, Bar examinees shall be required to show their notices of admission and gate passes, while bar personnel will be required to present their identification cards, to the police, SC guards, and barangay officials deployed at the entries to the overpass. 4. Buses carrying Bar examinees shall unload their passenger-examinees at the designated and marked unloading points before USTs Gates 2, 3 and 4 and shall only be allowed five (5) minutes for their unloading. These buses shall line up at the bus lane nearest the sidewalk of Espaa Blvd. to unload; any overflow shall line up at the lane nearest the sidewalk of Lacson Street to

wait for their turn to unload at Espaa Blvd. Unloading at other than the marked and designated points shall not be allowed. 5. Only authorized vehicles (i.e., those with car passes issued by the Office of the Bar Confidant) will be allowed to enter UST at the Espaa gate. 6. All Bar examinees arriving in private vehicles are required to alight at Espaa Blvd. at the designated unloading points. After unloading, these private vehicles must forthwith leave to ensure the continuous flow of other unloading vehicles and pedestrian traffic entering UST. 7. Law school deans shall enter through Gate 14 on Lacson Street, and can park their vehicles at the Universitys Multi-Deck Carpark in front of the UST Hospital. Law school deans who have not secured their gate passes are urged to apply as soon as possible. 8. All persons going to the UST Church (Santisimo Rosario Parish) must enter the University through Gate 7 on P. Noval Street. The churchgoers private vehicles will be allowed to enter at Gate 5 on Espaa Blvd., and exit at Gate 7 on P. Noval Street. These vehicles will only be allowed to park in front of the UST Church along Gonzales Drive, but the parking spaces available are limited. Improperly parked private vehicles shall be asked to leave the UST compound. 9. All those going to the UST Hospital must enter through Gate 14 on Lacson Street. They can only park their vehicles at the Universitys Multi-Deck Carpark in front of the UST Hospital. Gate 14 at Lacson Street shall only be used as entry gate for the use of persons going to the UST Hospital. Bar examinees and personnel cannot use this gate and must enter through the assigned Espaa gates.

For your guidance and information.

CONTINGENCY PLAN 2013 BAR EXAMINATIONS

1) In case of heavy rain in the morning of a Bar examination day, a limited number of Supreme Court (SC) and the Court of Appeals (CA) buses shall be available to transport Bar examinees and duty personnel to the University of Santo Tomas from the following pick-up points: a. b. c. d. e. f. Quezon City Memorial Circle (2 buses) Park and Ride on Lawton, Manila (2 buses) Supreme Court Compound, Taft Avenue (2 buses) Coastal Mall Terminal, Paraaque City (2 buses) Greenbelt and Glorietta, Ayala Center, Makati (2 buses) Marikina Sports Complex (1 bus)

The SC and CA shuttle buses shall be stationed at these areas as early as 5:00 a.m. and will leave at EXACTLY 6:00 a.m. There will be no available buses after 6:00 a.m. Further postings shall be made if more buses will be available. Only bar examinees and duty personnel are allowed to ride the shuttle buses, but the boarding shall be made on a first come, first served basis. In order to avail of this service, they must present their Notice of Admission, Gate Pass and/or ID card, as the case may be, to the bus driver before being allowed to board. 2) In case of flooding inside the UST compound before the Bar Examinations start, commuter vans of the SC shall be available to transport bar examinees and duty personnel from the UST gates to their respective examination buildings within UST. Priority in the use of the commuter vans shall be given to senior citizens, pregnant women and persons with disability (PWDs). In case flooding persists after the end of the examinations on any given examination day, the SC commuter van/s on standby at each examination building in UST shall be available to transport back bar examinees and duty personnel to the Osmea and Arellano Drives near Gate 5 on Espaa Blvd., where the SC and CA shuttle buses are parked.

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The SC and CA shuttle buses shall then be available to transport bar examinees and duty personnel from the UST to the following drop-off areas: (1) north-bound passengers shall be transported up to QC Memorial Circle; (2) south-bound passengers could be dropped-off at Park and Ride on Lawton, Supreme Court premises, and Coastal Mall Terminal in Paraaque; (3) for Makati area, drop-off area shall be at the Ayala Center (Glorietta and Greenbelt); and (4) for Marikina area, the Marikina Sports Complex. Please be guided accordingly.

Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confidant