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00:00The government has a plan to make the roads safer for cyclists.
00:05What is the reaction of those cyclists?
00:07Live from Pasig, EJ Gomez has the first news.
00:11EJ, good morning.
00:16Maris, good morning.
00:18To our cyclists, the Department of Transportation has a plan to add bike lanes.
00:26The agency has also pointed out to the camera that the 2.6 billion pesos added budget will be used in the plan.
00:33Let's find out what is the opinion of our fellow bikers regarding this.
00:41At 4.30 am, their father, Nolito, left his house.
00:46He has been traveling for two hours from San Mateo, Rizal to his work in Taguig, riding a bicycle.
00:52He admitted that his daily trip is dangerous but he said he needs to save money.
00:56That's why he is urging to add bike lanes in the country.
00:59It's a favor to him.
01:01That's what's really good about bikes.
01:04We really need to have our own roads.
01:08Because it's already hard.
01:11For example, if there are motorcycles, we will get in trouble.
01:15That's dangerous for us.
01:17The Department of Transportation has a plan to add 2.6 billion pesos to the bike lane network and pedestrian walkways in the country.
01:25The Department of Budget and Management is pushing for this first.
01:28The agency has only allocated 60 million pesos for the so-called program under the 2025 NEP or National Expenditure Program.
01:36According to the DOTR, this is not enough.
01:39Under the DOTR's plan, it plans to add 260 kilometers of bike lanes in 2025
01:46and extend it to 2,400 kilometers by the end of 2028.
01:50Some cyclists are asking for the implementation of the plan to add bike lanes
01:54and for the authorities to be strict.
01:56It's a struggle.
01:58The four-wheel is surprising.
02:01Of course, it's scary.
02:03It's surprising.
02:05Later, when they hear it, we will panic.
02:12Hopefully, it will be implemented.
02:14It will be a good measure if we have bike lanes.
02:18Can you say that we will avoid accidents?
02:20Avoid accidents, avoid traffic.
02:23We will not get in trouble.
02:30Currently, the government of bike lanes in the region of Siam is working on it.
02:38In Metro Manila, you can see and pass by bike lanes in 15 cities including the congested roads in EDSA.
02:44Meanwhile, at this time, you can see behind me the typical scene here in the length of Marcos Highway
02:51because it's rush hour, there's traffic, the cars are bumper to bumper, and the motorists have their own businesses.
03:00And that's the first news from Pasig City, EJ Gomez for GMA Integrated News.
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