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SMC to partner with LGUs to build recycled plastics bike lanes 

Almost a year after it first built and started testing the country’s first asphalt road made with post-consumer plastic waste, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is eyeing the next phase of its plan to widen the application of…

Edsa ‘transformationʼ for buses, bikes under way

No jeepneys and only a few buses when Metro Manila starts to spring back to life on Monday after 80 days of strict quarantine? That does not seem to be a major problem for the Department of…

IATF to encourage bicycles as ‘primary mode of transport’ — Año

MANILA, Philippines — The government’s task force encourages the use of bicycles as the primary mode of transportation once the country eases its restriction into general community quarantine (GCQ), Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Thursday. In…

More senators seek gov’t focus on bike lanes, bike parking spaces

MANILA, Philippines — More senators are calling on the government to give more focus on biking as a primary mode of transportation during the coronavirus pandemic, as they call for the establishment of bike lanes and opening…

DOTr to install bike lanes along Edsa

MANILA, Philippines — Bicycle lanes will soon be installed along Edsa, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced Thursday. During a televised meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said they will also install bicycle lanes…

EDSA bike lane closed after half-day trial run

MANILA, Philippines — For seven years, Ricky de Vera, 55, has been making his way around Metro Manila on his trusty mountain bike. While mostly enjoyable, his road trips are also fraught with peril as he jockeys…

Motorcycle show to celebrate Leonardo da Vinci’s creative genius

The 77th International Bicycle and Motorcycle Exhibition will pay tribute to Leonardo da Vinci with this year's theme, "Revolutionary Motion."…

Cyclist who gave Trump the finger loses her job — report

WASHINGTON, United States — Juli Briskman didn’t think twice when she gave President Donald Trump the finger as his motorcade passed her while she was cycling on a road near his golf club. “He was passing by…

‘Padyak’ no more as e-bikes ply university roads

Under a colorful beach umbrella propped up on a sidecar, Daniel Millares played the latest love songs from a cheap stereo tucked in a bike hamper. Millares, 24, looked neat and fresh for someone already on his…

When mere paint won’t do it: Bike lanes around the world

BOSTON — Bike lanes are evolving. Cities are increasingly changing them to make them safer in light of fatal crashes involving cyclists and cars. From Boston to San Francisco and New York to Tokyo, traditional bike lanes…