Moving Together Towards Sustainable Urban Mobility
by Beau Baconguis EDITOR'S NOTE: Beau Baconguis is a Member of ICSC's Board of Trustees. She delivered this speech during the two-day event Move Together: Regional Exchange and Workshop on Sustainable Urban Mobility and Placemaking in Southeast Asia, held from May 22-23, 2026. Good morning everyone! I am so excited to welcome you all to the #MOVETOGETHER Regional Exchange and Workshop on Sustainable Urban Mobility and Placemaking in Southeast Asia. I heard you had a really productive discussion and sharing yesterday. I am sorry that I missed that part but we have two more days of sharing and I [...]
Mobility Awards: Bicycle Count Results Show Rising Demand for Safer Cycling Infrastructure
Cyclists counted up by 7.2% compared to last year QUEZON CITY, November 13, 2024 – The 2024 Bilang Siklista (citizen bicycle count) recorded 271,555 cyclists across 138 locations in 17 cities and one municipality in the Philippines. Conducted by 1,269 volunteers in partnership with local governments shows a 7.2% increase across 15 cities compared to last year’s manual count. The 2024 count underscores the need to sustain and improve cycling infrastructure and safety measures to move more people, according to Mobility Awards Coordinator Arielle Celine Tabinga. "There is momentum for cycling as a mode of everyday transport, [...]
Philippine cities need improved monitoring and evaluation tools for Climate Finance accountability – experts
The recent Roundtable Discussion on Urban Climate Finance, held in Quezon City was organized under the Integrated Urban Climate Action for Low-Carbon and Resilient Cities (Urban-Act) Project, a regional initiative led by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. In the Philippines, the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) is an implementing partner of the Urban-Act Project, with Clean Air Asia, GIZ Philippines, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) as the Project’s main political partner. The discussions brought a clear message: the Philippines urgently needs a more comprehensive system for monitoring and evaluating [...]
What air quality monitoring can do for bike commuters [The Inkline]
by Mavic Conde | Sept 22, 2023| Published by The Inkline | READ THE STORY HERE At one o’clock in the afternoon, Joshua Agar parked along Quezon Avenue, Quezon City, a long stretch of road in the most populous city in the Philippines. He was cycling from his hometown in Cavite, about 16 miles southwest of his destination – the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he teaches in the College of Engineering. The temperature that day reached 35 degrees Celsius, with a humidity level of 63 percent, a level of temperature that discourages many Filipinos from cycling, [...]
PHL needs to improve infrastructure planning [BusinessWorld]
The World Bank in a recent report said developing countries must improve infrastructure governance to address fiscal surprises, as rising debt levels, higher borrowing costs, and tighter financial conditions have impacted their ability to fulfill infrastructure needs.