Bike sharing and donation drives
Health workers and other frontliners particularly in Metro Manila struggle to reach their places of work (and get back home) given the suspension of public transport particularly in Luzon amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Philippine General Hospital, The Pasig City Government’s City Transport Development and Management Office, Life Cycles PH, and Lend-a-Bike Project are among the groups and institutions organizing bike shares and bike donation drives. Philippine General Hospital Bayanihan na! Talunin natin ang COVID-19! Help our frontliners to save time, energy, and money; travel safely to and from night duty; and access COVID-duty accommodations. For [...]
Reality or Utopia: Active Mobility in Metro Manila
By Rosan Verbraak and Kevin Heerema Editor’s Note: Kevin and Rosan are college students taking up Public Administration at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. As ICSC interns, they are working on a research on non-motorized transport in Metro Manila. Our three-week survey on active mobility in Metro Manila – a joint initiative of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, MNL Moves and our university, the University of Twente - is concluding today, December 13, and it feels like our research is really starting to take shape. We hope to find relevant data regarding active mobility. Is cycling [...]