VERA Files
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is standing by its proposal for a shared bike lane on EDSA despite objections from bicycle and motorcycle groups.
A Social Weather Stations survey in 2022 showed that one in four Filipino households owned a bicycle. The figure is higher in Metro Manila, where one in three households had a bike.
Dahil sa mga protesta, ipinagpaliban hanggang Marso 6 ng Make It Makati, isang pakikipagtulungan ng lokal na pamahalaan, Ayala Land, Inc. at ng Makati Commercial Estate Association, ang planong gawing shared lane o sharrows ang mga bike lane sa Ayala Avenue.
Ginalugad ng VERA Files Fact Check ang mga epekto ng bike lanes at sharrows sa kaligtasan ng mga siklista at daloy ng trapiko sa pangkalahatan.
Weighing the benefits over the risks, it looks like the motorcycle taxi is the riding public’s solution to the stressful Metro Manila traffic situation.
Free ride-hailing apps continue to grow in number. If they are left unchecked, transport regulators worry, incidents that may arise from their operations could taint the integrity of the pilot test established precisely to ensure road safety.
When ride-hailing platforms fail to match passengers with a ride to work on time, commuters turns to an unlikely website: Facebook.
Mali ang pahayag ni Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, ang dating Special Assistant to the President, na hindi nangako si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na lutasin ang pagsisikip ng trapiko sa Metro Manila.
Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, the former Special Assistant to the President, falsely claimed President Rodrigo Duterte did not promise to solve the traffic congestion in Metro Manila.
Mali si Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago sa pagsabing walang naitayo na anumang imprastraktura o ginawang paraan ang gobyerno para malutas ang matinding trapiko sa Metro Manila sa nakaraang 40 taon. Ang MMDA mismo ay itinatag 24 taon na ang nakalilipas upang matugunan iyon.
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago is wrong in saying the government has not built any infrastructure or made any effort to solve the traffic congestion in Metro Manila in the past 40 years. MMDA in itself was established 24 years ago to address that.