Anti-people, anti-environment, anti-health and pro-traffic

ON Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced that its Metro Manila Council had approved a resolution banning e-bikes and e-trikes from the most important roads in the metropolis, effectively making these modes of transportation unviable and unattractive. This is a very bad decision from so many angles.

We have the world’s worst traffic in Metro Manila, in large part because we continue to embrace and intensify car-centric approaches that prioritize four-wheeled motor vehicles so that they can move faster on city roads (even though car owners are only a small minority and private cars are the least efficient users of road space).