Pedaling a real Japanese bicycle in a sideswipe-free zone!
The World Bank had a hand in this. Yes, the same financial institution that drives countries' economies by remote control granted $1.3 million to Marikina through their Global Environment Facility. To their credit, the shoe capital first thought up the idea of including bikes in the mainstream of public transportation in the city and had earmarked their own budget for it, and it so happened the World Bank was willing to invest in bikes. So now Marikina has already constructed 52 kilometers of bike lanes, with real pavement and thermoplastic white lines, lined with trees and well away from death by sideswipe.
BIKING!
Try to bike from the Marikina-Antipolo border down to the Marikina River, where the once trashy banks are now lined with jogging paths, trees and park benches. This is by far the best place to bike in the city.
Now it makes perfect sense to abandon any form of motorized transport and use the humble bike in any part of the city. With bike lanes connecting you to important parts of Marikina, right up to LRT Santolan station (which will then take you all the way to Recto), who needs gas?
The World Bank had a hand in this. Yes, the same financial institution that drives countries' economies by remote control granted $1.3 million to Marikina through their Global Environment Facility. To their credit, the shoe capital first thought up the idea of including bikes in the mainstream of public transportation in the city and had earmarked their own budget for it, and it so happened the World Bank was willing to invest in bikes. So now Marikina has already constructed 52 kilometers of bike lanes, with real pavement and thermoplastic white lines, lined with trees and well away from death by sideswipe.
BIKING!
Try to bike from the Marikina-Antipolo border down to the Marikina River, where the once trashy banks are now lined with jogging paths, trees and park benches. This is by far the best place to bike in the city.
Now it makes perfect sense to abandon any form of motorized transport and use the humble bike in any part of the city. With bike lanes connecting you to important parts of Marikina, right up to LRT Santolan station (which will then take you all the way to Recto), who needs gas?
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