By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Valenzuela City Mayor Weslie "WES" Gatchalian announced on Saturday, Dec. 17, that single motorcycles will be allowed to pass through the city’s bike lane starting Dec. 25. Under City Ordinance No. 1064, Series of 2022, single motorcycles are authorized to utilize the bike...
ILOILO CITY – Bike-friendly Iloilo City is one of the awardees of the prestigious 2022 Galing Pook award for mobilizing citizenship participation. ILONGGOS ride their bicycles at the riverside park Esplanade in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “Galing Pook is about good governance and projects worthy of...
Arts and bikes paired perfectly with coffee Coffee lovers are in for a real treat as Bonifacio Global City hosts its first-ever BGC Coffee Festival on September 10-11 at Bonifacio High Street South on 28th Street, near the Jordan Store. It’s not just about coffee culture. Art buffs and biking...
CYCLISTS gather at the starting line of the Tour of Iloilo Double Century Ride at the 2022 Iloilo Bike Festival. The main events were hosted by Iloilo Business Park, the township of Megaworld Corp. in Iloilo City. (Megaworld) ILOILO CITY – The 2022 Iloilo Bike Festival wrapped up Sunday, July 31,...
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...
A climate change mitigation report recently released by the United Nations confirmed that now, more than ever, immediate and deep cuts in emissions, combined with systemic and transformative actions across all sectors, are needed to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100. For the transport...
WORKERS ride bicycles to and from work in Iloilo City which is touted as one of the country’s ‘bike-friendly’ cities. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A multi-sector team has started gathering data on bike usage in this city which coincided with the commemoration of World Bicycle Day Friday, June...
Cyclists from all over the country held their fourth nationwide bike caravan as part of the unique show of support for the Senate bid of former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, who is running on an "eco-friendly" campaign. (Photo from Alan Peter Cayetano's office) Various cyclists' group from 14...
The Quezon City (QC) government announced on Monday, April 11, that it placed 10 concrete plant boxes along the bike lane on the eastbound lane of Commonwealth Avenue to act as barriers for the safety of cyclists that are passing through. The placement of the plant boxes, which started on...
As part of the novel "eco-friendly" campaign of senatorial aspirant and former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, cyclists from all over the archipelago launched simultaneous bike caravans on Sunday morning, April 10. (Photo from Taguig-Pateros 1st district Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano’s office)...
There are situations in life when the most complicated matter can be addressed with the simplest of solutions. This is, perhaps, the same mindset when it comes to addressing the dire effects of climate change — find a simple solution first, which could easily be followed by everyone and...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo In February 2019, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) led by then Secretary Mark Villar opened a separate 5.58-kilometer bicycle lane facility along the stretch of Laguna Lake Highway in Taguig City. Aimed to open up transportation, recreation, and...
