We Want Bike Lanes in the Philippines Now ! ! !

**jave** · December 1st, 2012 05:13 PM

Thoughts.

1. Before building bike lanes, maybe they could clear out the sidewalks first of stupid stuff like makeshift vendors/carinderias, potted plants and tricycle parking lots? Maybe that way groups of people would stop walking on the road in a line perpendicular to the road like a set of bowling pins.

2. There's already a severe lack of roads in MM due to the quantity of cars out there and bicycle people want to even decrease that just so that they can 'feel' safer. Right.

2.5. "Oh, then you should ditch your car and bike with us to solve congestion!" That's not really a solution, is it? Not all people want to arrive at their destination sweating like a pig.

3. I'm all for dedicated bike lanes. That way, it'll be safer for both bikers and motorists: bikers wouldn't have to worry about motor vehicles and motorists wouldn't have to change lane every time there's a bicycle on the leftmost lane (traditionally the 'fast' lane) slowing down traffic. *But* it has to be done smartly, to which the current solution proposed isn't.

In the end, all these problems would be solved if you just strike at the root cause of it all: Philippine road culture.

**holdencaulfield** · June 11th, 2013 01:50 PM

g*go lang ang nakaisip ng bike lane. ang kailngan natin sa manila zip line.

**ice15** · July 6th, 2022 04:38 PM

2022... we have bike lanes na at the expense of 1 full car lane!

so roads na dating 2 lanes are down to 1.5 lanes thanks to our "bike lanes"

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anyway, for those times na biglang nawala yung bike lang

e.g. BGC 32nd st going to C5 after 5th st.
and
C5 Northbound before McKinley

do you stay away from the right most lane thinking na "bike lane" sya kahit wala naman guhit?

**kagalingan** · July 6th, 2022 05:31 PM

^
hindi effective ang bikelane kung same road pa din sa kotse.

key is exclusive, elevated, covered.

**ice15** · July 6th, 2022 05:33 PM

and bakit tayo bawal sa bike lane? pero ynug bike pwedeng lumabas?

minsan kaliwa't kanan may bike

**kagalingan** · July 6th, 2022 06:11 PM

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kaya hindi ako agree sa mga politicians naglagay ng barrier eh sumikip lane ng kotse. So mapipikon yan kaya mangigitgit. Ano laban ng bisikleta syempre wala. Alangan naman mag ala egoy at sumigaw ng bike lives matters hahaha

Kasi ito mga officials pag nagbike sila yung pasosy exercise lang going timberland, antipolo leisure biking. Hindi naman tunay na bike to work. Ako nagkokotse at bike to gym bike to mall kaya alam ko kagaguhan bike lane sa aurora blvd napakasikip. Kaya ako pag nagbike sa mostly sidewalk tapos may times i need bumaba ng bike to walk. Hindi ako mag aala negro to asset my rights. Im not that emotional.

Kaya nga tinitira ko ito mga topschool wala sa realidad dumiskarte. Ang tamang bike lane eh sa tabi ng lrt para hindi maulanan, walang kahati na motorized.

**dr. d** · July 6th, 2022 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by ice15

and bakit tayo bawal sa bike lane? pero ynug bike pwedeng lumabas?

minsan kaliwa't kanan may bike

it's just like the bus lane of olde.
the original raison de etre of the bus lane, was to prevent cars from trafficking the buses, and not to "keep the buses where they belong".
somewhere along the way, bumaliktad ang mundo.