Muntinlupa is poised to become a key route for cyclists from Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Quezon once plans for additional bike lanes are implemented. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) Road Sector recently met with Mayor Ruffy Biazon to discuss bike lane expansions in...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin They say be careful what you wish for, because it may come true. And for the cycling community in Metro Manila, this is exactly what happened when the government created make-shift bike lanes across various main roads within the capital region last June of 2020. At...
The local government of Quezon City won the bronze award in the National Bike Lane Awards 2021 for establishing bike lanes and innovations in the city. The first Bike Lane Awards was given by the Department of Transportation and the Department of the Interior and Local Government to recognize the...
Iloilo City emerged as the top local government unit (LGU) that promotes effective bike lane use during the first-ever National Bike Lane Awards of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Iloilo bested other...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is pushing to include the Philippines' bike lane routes in the popular real-time navigation app Google Maps to help cyclists on their daily commutes. 08232020_BIKELANE_ROMERO-1024x683 In a statement on Thursday, Nov. 25, Transportation Secretary Arthur P....
A group of healthcare workers has called on the public to engage in active transport to help combat the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in time with the celebration of the National Bicycle Day. 08232020_BIKELANE_ROMERO-1024x683 "Active transport and open spaces are key to ending...
The city government of Quezon City is planning to expand the 93-kilometer bike lane network to 161 kilometers as biking continues to rise as an alternative mode of transportation. "Whatever you're cycling for, the bike lanes are for you,” Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said during a bike run...
Local government units (LGUs) with innovative practices in promoting active transport during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will be feted with the ‘Bike lane Awards’, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed on Tuesday, Oct. 5. “The Bike Lane...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo When I was in Massachusetts in 2020, the city government of Boston just launched the “Go Boston 2030 Vision Framework,” an initiative which hoped to cement Boston’s place as America’s most walkable city by putting up infrastructure that would improve access...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) this morning (July 27, 2021) led the inauguration of the P801.8 million, 313-kilometer, Metro Manila Bike Lane Network at Roxas Boulevard, Manila. 08232020_BIKELANE_ROMERO-1024x683 The Metro Manila Bike Lanes use concrete delineators or flexible rubber...
Cyclists in Davao City now have their very own "safe space" on the road after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) opened on Tuesday, July 20, the nearly 55-kilometer (km) long bike lane network in the city. (Photo from Department of Transportation) The Davao City bike lane project completes the...
To promote active transportation in the country, the government this month completed 497 kilometers (kms) of pavement markings, physical separators and road signages in the National Capital Region, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao under the P1.09 Billion Bayanihan Bike Lane Networks project....
