NCR bike count shows mobility revolution underway
Initial results show estimated number of cyclists on the road now at 500k QUEZON CITY, 26 August 2021 -- Citizen-led bike and pedestrian count project Metro Manila Counts (MMC) conservatively estimate that half a million cyclists are now on the roads of the capital. This was highlighted in this week’s episode of “Stories for a Better Normal: Pandemic and Climate Change Pathways,” organized by House Deputy Speaker and Antique Representative Loren Legarda and the Climate Change Commission (CCC). “We need to count more and generate more evidence that can guide our policymakers,” said MNL Moves founder and the Institute for [...]
ICSC calls for coherence, sustainability of PH climate action
NGO also lauds DOE, DoTr leadership ahead of SONA MANILA, 22 July 2021 -- As build-up to President Rodrigo Duterte’s sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) next week, the Cabinet cluster on climate change today outlined the administration’s legacy on climate action, disaster risk reduction, and renewable energy. Reacting to the pre-SONA forum of the Cabinet Cluster on Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation, and Disaster Risk Reduction, Denise Fontanilla, associate for policy advocacy of the Manila-based climate and energy policy group Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, said: "For sure there have been missteps, and certainly we [...]
ICSC lauds Metro Manila Bike Lane Network collab of DoTr, DPWH and MMDA
QUEZON CITY, 24 February 2021 — Yesterday, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chair Benhur Abalos convened a dialogue with representatives from the Department of Transport (DoTr), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and the civil society network Move As One Coalition. Abalos clarified MMDA’s stance that it will not stand in the way of building bike lane network that will traverse EDSA - Metro Manila’s busiest thoroughfare. The 338.53-kilometer proposed bike lane network is part of the Bayanihan II-supported Active Transport Projects identified by DoTr and DPWH. In particular, the interconnected bike lanes that will traverse through EDSA, as [...]
ICSC lauds higher ambition in draft climate plan (Current draft proposes 75% reduction in emission)
3 FEBRUARY 2021, Quezon City – The Department of Finance (DOF) and Climate Change Commission (CCC) today organized a public consultation on the Philippines’ climate action plan, or Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement. The latest draft NDC would see the country committing to reduce emissions by 75 percent, 2.33 percent of which is unconditional, from 2020 to 2030, in the sectors of agriculture, waste, industry, transport, and energy. The country’s Initial Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), submitted in 2015, committed to a fully conditional target of 70 percent below business as usual levels by 2030, meaning it [...]
ICSC echoes doctors, transport advocates’ call for safe mobility for majority
QUEZON CITY, 4 August 2020 — Medical professionals led by the Philippine College of Physicians today called for safe and sufficient public transportation for health workers and frontliners, echoing recommendations by the Move As One coalition of mobility advocates and transport groups to prioritize service contracting for public utility vehicles and pop-up bicycle lanes. “We, with the Healthcare Professions Alliance [against COVID-19], call for an urgent meeting with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), specifically through Secretary Tugade and Director Lim. Time for this MECQ is running out, we only have 13 days [...]