Amid the proposal to remove the bike lanes along EDSA, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has committed to continuously promote non-motorized transport, particularly for bicycle riders and pedestrians. In fact, DOTr Secretary Jaime J. Bautista said they will even designate and reclaim more...
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo (Rep. Rillo's office) Congress has doubled the funding for the Active Transport and Safe Pathways Program (ATSPP) from P500 million to P1 billion this year in order to accelerate the development of protected...
President Marcos has declared the last working day of November as the National Bike-to-Work Day to promote cycling as an active transport in the country. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed Proclamation No. 409 on Nov. 28. In the two-page proclamation, Marcos cited the need to make the public...
CEBU CITY – Keep your cool and respect bike lanes. The regional director of the Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) issued this advice to motorists in reaction to the road rage incident that happened in Quezon City early this month. Glen Galario said bike lanes should be cleared...
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo (Rep. Rillo's office) Half a billion pesos in fresh funding has been set aside for the upgrading of bicycle lanes and pedestrian walkways under the national government’s Active Transport Program (ATP)...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is eyeing to convert the bicycle lanes along the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) into a shared lanes with motorcycles amid the heavy volume of vehicles travelling along the road especially during rush hours. MMDA chairman Don Artes disclosed...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives intercepted a Chinese man who was allegedly caught in possession of more than 36 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" with street value of P100 million. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco (File photo by Bureau of Immigration) BI border...
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Transportation (DOTr) conduct road validation in Aklan province. (DPWH-6) ILOILO CITY — The Department of Public Works and Highways has proposed to build bike lanes on the national highway in Aklan. The DPWH recently conducted a...
If you're an avid cyclist, then you'll be thankful for Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez's measure. (Yerko Lucic/ Unsplash) Rodriguez, chairman of the House on Constitutional Amendments filed in the ongoing 19th Congress House Bill (HB) No.1669 or the proposed “Philippine Bicycle...
Senator-elect Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said he is contemplating biking his way to work in the Senate once the 19th Congress opens its regular sessions. Ejercito said biking is now his way of life and is actually thinking of biking to work to avoid the stress of traffic and at the same time...
Senator-elect Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Wednesday urged the government to improve the country’s cycling lanes as increasing gas prices are expected to propel more workers to use bicycles and scooters as alternative modes of transportation. But Ejercito said the national government should...
Former senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Sunday urged the government to increase investment in biking infrastructure as a means to address the rising price of fuel in the country. In an interview with DZRH, Ejercito said the government’s infrastructure programs should integrate features...
