This Is How We #MoveTogether: Unlocking Solutions to Shared Mobility Issues
By Amber Garma Editor’s Note: Amber is currently the Urban Mobility Campaigns Officer under ICSC’s Urban Development Team. When I moved to Metro Manila at the age of 16 to study, I felt like any other probinsyana would – overwhelmed, lost, and unsure about whether I could ever call it ‘home’. But it was public transportation that made all of those fears fade away:With every train, jeepney, and bus ride I took to an unexplored area, a new restaurant, or a fun hangout with a friend, the beauty of the city unfolded before me. A decade later, not [...]
Threat of rising seas to Asian megacities could be way worse than we thought, study warns [CNN]
Hong Kong (CNN) — Parts of Asia’s largest cities could be under water by 2100 thanks to rising sea levels, according to a new study that combines both the impact of climate change with natural oceanic fluctuations. Sea levels have already been on the rise due to increasing ocean temperatures and unprecedented levels of ice melting caused by climate change.
Mobility group observes ‘gender gap’ between male and female cyclists in latest count
Of the nearly 100,000 cyclists counted by the Mobility Awards, the vast majority was male, which advocates say still indicates a "gender gap" in cycling in the Philippines.
More than 500 volunteers count people on bicycles nationwide
Cycling community pays back to cities, counts people on bicycles to push momentum for bike revolution by Mobility Awards | June 28, 2022 | READ THE STORY HERE QUEZON CITY, June 28, 2022 – Over 500 cycling volunteers across the country joined this year’s June Bicycle Count today to help establish baseline data indicating the number of Filipinos using bicycles for daily transport. “Often, pedestrians, cyclists, and personal mobility devices are not reflected in official data which only monitors motor vehicle traffic. Through the June Bicycle Count, we can provide policy makers a better sense of the hundreds of [...]
Long-term plans needed to protect Metro Manila’s most vulnerable from rising seas
Text by Jhesset Enano, photos by AC Dimatatac | September 27, 2021 | Published by Inquirer.net | READ THE STORY HERE (Last of two parts) Ariel Cortes has lived most of his life surrounded by water. As a young boy in the 1970s, he worked as a fishpond caretaker until he was old enough to join the fishers in Manila Bay. At 51, Cortes continues to fish in the bay with at least three other men from his community in Navotas. They set out at 4 p.m. daily on his fishing boat down the Batasan River and past towering [...]