EPT goes to Iloilo: Learning from the Philippines’ solar pioneers

2025-04-10T15:51:45+08:0010 Apr 2025|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

by Rebecca Carmela Cruz Editor’s Note: Becca Cruz is a Senior Data Analyst with the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities.  Last February 12, our Energy Policy Team—the coolest team ever—joined Iloilo Provincial Board Member Rolando Distura on a ‘Lakbay Aral’ across Iloilo to witness firsthand its remarkable solar projects and initiatives. These efforts were [...]

‘PEDAL METRO’: City Hall counts 22k bike commuters at rush hours [Daily Guardian]

2022-11-02T15:46:52+08:0028 Oct 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

by Joseph B.A. Marzan | April 15, 2021| Published by Daily Guardian | READ THE STORY HERE In a nod to its claim as the country’s bicycling capital, a month-long bike-counting activity conducted by volunteers in Iloilo City a few months ago revealed that more than 20,000 people use their bikes as a mode [...]

Citizens count almost 200,000 people on bikes nationwide

2022-10-30T14:08:20+08:0028 Oct 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Over 600 volunteers around the country recorded a total of 191,578 cyclists in major roads of ten cities in the Philippines, providing urgency and basis for national agencies and local governments to accelerate establishment of safer, more inclusive infrastructure and policies promoting active transport.

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