Nine Metro Manila mayors and one vice mayor toured the Netherlands for three days last week to study, among others, the country’s best practices in their bicycle system and urban mobility that can be used in the Philippine setting. /PDI
The Stationsplein facility opened in January this year and is the biggest bicycle parking facility in Amsterdam that can store about 7,000 bicycles. Built under the river in front of the Amsterdam Central Train Station, it aims to reduce the number of bikes parked on the street and allow travelers to walk to and from the public transport system.
“I do not see that we will reach percentage of population who are using bikes every day, so we do not need such big facilities,” Biazon noted. “We have a safe 93-kilometer bike lane network with assigned bike patrollers who will assist cyclists. There are also bike ramps provided by the city government in the 40 footbridges and underpasses for a better biking experience in Quezon City,” she said.
Meanwhile, Ian Braga, a local biker in Metro Manila, challenged the mayors to personally experience the transportation system in the country to better understand its unique challenges, rather than go abroad and learn other countries’ practices.
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