Bike lanes soon in Cebu City

[Little_Mermaid88]

---

CEBU City will soon have shared-priority bike lanes or bike-friendly zones.
After several deferments, the Cebu City Council finally approved yesterday the “The Tindak Sugbo Lanes Ordinance,” which seeks to establish bicycle lanes to safeguard bikers from accidents, decongest traffic in the city, save fossil fuel, promote pollution-free environment, and minimize global warming.
Under the newly approved measure authored by Councilor Nida Cabrera, a 1.5-meter space in the rightmost part of the road in some of the city's streets will be used as a shared-priority bike lane.

Board
The streets where these lanes will be established will be determined by the Tindak Sugbo Board, which will comprise the mayor, the chairperson of the council's committee on environment and committee on laws, the City Traffic Operations Management, the Department of Engineering and Public Works, and the Department of Public Works and Highways.
It will also include five members from a bikers' group, a transport organization, and representatives from civil society and the business sector.
The ordinance also sets the rights and obligations of bikers who will use the shared-priority bike lane.
It provides that users will have to make appropriate hand signals while making a turn, make audible signals before overtaking, and make sure that bicycles are equipped with brakes, lights and reflectors, among others.

'Victory'

Sought for comment, Critical Mass Cebu founder Ryan Noval said the passage of the ordinance is a victory for bikers, saying that they have been rallying and pushing for it for the past three years.
Critical Mass Cebu is pushing for the establishment of bicycle lanes to help lessen the traffic in Cebu.
Noval also said the development is one step towards making Cebu a sustainable city and biker-friendly city, and could encourage the public to use bikes to reduce also air pollution.
The ordinance will take effect 15 days after publication in a local newspaper.

source: Bike lanes soon in Cebu City | Sun.Star

[yawertzra]

CEBU City will soon have shared-priority bike lanes or bike-friendly zones.
After several deferments, the Cebu City Council finally approved yesterday the “The Tindak Sugbo Lanes Ordinance,” which seeks to establish bicycle lanes to safeguard bikers from accidents, decongest traffic in the city, save fossil fuel, promote pollution-free environment, and minimize global warming.
Under the newly approved measure authored by Councilor Nida Cabrera, a 1.5-meter space in the rightmost part of the road in some of the city's streets will be used as a shared-priority bike lane.

1.5m sa right side...dili kaha ni ma side sweep sa mga abusado nga jeepney drivers..?

[brownie]

dako kog ngisi pero hinaot mo cooperate pd ning uban motorists.

[Walay Budget]

...minimize global warming.

ang mga bikers kung gutomon, mas daghan kaunon, mas daghan ma-consume nga oxygen, daghan ma-release nga carbon dioxide.
ambot maunsa na niang equation sa global warming.

[4s gadgets]

nus-a kaha ni sugdan ai...

[Ghadz]

nindot sad ni para makatabang sad ta sa atong kalikupan nga polluted na kaayo ug makatabang sad ni sa atong panglawas isip usa sad ka ehersesyo.

[wh3ng2004]

Nindot ni dah.. Mau unta dili himoon ug parking area ang bike lane same sa manila gi himo ug parkinganan...ka paet!!..

[bleedingboi]

ang mga bikers kung gutomon, mas daghan kaunon, mas daghan ma-consume nga oxygen, daghan ma-release nga carbon dioxide.
ambot maunsa na niang equation sa global warming.

An average human adult exhales 900 grams of C02 per day. While burning a gallon of gasoline produces 19.5 pounds of c02. That's an equivalent of 12 people exhaling c02 for one gallon of Gasoline. So if one individual decides to ride a bike, then our planet is saved by 19 pounds of air pollution.

[xandro]

ts nindot ni nga balita but ang pagbuhat nlang ug naa bajud...HOPEFULLY

[james_chaw]

1.5m sa right side...dili kaha ni ma side sweep sa mga abusado nga jeepney drivers..?

SAKTO ka bro! Haskang, kuwang na gani ang space sa dalan, kuwang ang mga enforcers to punish these erring jeepney drivers, pakapinan pa gyud ang traffic with the bikes? pilay pusta, hasta mga SKATERBOIZ mag tambay2x anang "bike lane".

Once again, bowing to popularity contest, this particular councilor has given the limited few people what they want and not what's best for the entire city.