Ramir Angeles

Transportation engineer | Urban planner | Bike lanes guy

[Mayor Joy Belmonte @QCMayorJoy]

QCitizens, malapit nang umarangkada ang Electric QCity Bus!

Dito sa Quezon City, we walk the talk! Isa sa 14-point agenda ng pamamahala ni Mayor Joy Belmonte ay “build a livable, green, and sustainable city.”

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

New study concludes that e-bikes can help cities in the developing world escape the automobile's stranglehold:

"The ownership of e-bikes emerges as an important mitigator of car ownership."

https://t.co/NzKSnfFSWq

[Ramir Angeles @ramirsera]

I used to have a traffic radio on my office desk so I always heard these reports. The Metrobase report is written exactly how it's reported in radio. Sadly it's usually the same traffic situation everyday, or worse.

[Thomas thee Tankengine @goodkidbikecity]

I confess this is my first time reading through the whole thing and it is kind of absurd how they write it. Absurd, Kafkaesque, etc

[Thomas thee Tankengine @goodkidbikecity]

"Very few people use the bike lanes, they're a waste, we should remove them."

A transportation basic: efficient transport lanes look *empty* most of the time because people have already gotten to their destinations. Compare the image to the timelapse!

https://t.co/PqTRZVQ6TE

[Ramir Angeles @ramirsera]

@alyssajbelda Di mo manlang ako sinabihan sana kumuha ako ng better na photo ng dyaryo huhu

[Dwight De Leon @newsdwight]

"I did it on behalf of every Filipino whose human rights have been abused."

Australian senator Janet Rice laments getting censured by the Senate after raising a protest placard during Marcos' address inside the Australian Parliament building. @rapplerdotcom

[Josh - San Diego GC☀️🌴🏠 @JoshInEncinitas]

"The teen was riding an ebike on a sidewalk...when a van turned right, striking and killing him."

Solution "ban ebikes for anyone younger than 16"

You can't make this shit up.
https://t.co/jlpaQjHXrc

[Paul Loewen @paulloewen]

A reminder that e-bikes are speed limited but cars and trucks aren't.

[Ramir Angeles @ramirsera]

When SUVs were crashing into pharmacies and banks here in Metro Manila, not once was vehicle and driver registration seen as an issue, nor did anyone bring up banning SUVs.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

I guess it's time to remove play areas to make room for a wider road and bigger parking lot. That's what the experts do everywhere else.

[Ramir Angeles @ramirsera]

This is my route to work and I always think about how the thousands of people here (including those in cars) breathe the foul air which is obviously bad for our health and we're supposed to just accept that. No amount of road widening or elevated expressways can fix this.

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

[As of 6:30 a.m.] Heavy traffic along the westbound route of Commonwealth Avenue heading to Quezon Memorial Circle this Friday. | via Val Cuenca, ABS-CBN News #TrafficPatrol

[Ramir Angeles @ramirsera]

I remember the e-scooter debate on whether or not they should be allowed on national roads and bike lanes. The arguments then were pretty much the same as now. It was a battle fought and a battle won. Seeing this sign is a nice reminder of that.

[Blu TemporarilyAble-Bodied 🚧🚵‍♂️🚸🚧 @AsuladorBlu]

Yung pamilyang nageetrike? Yung manong na naka pedal assisted bike?

Kaagaw mo na sila sa punuan na public transpo.

Yung iba pipilitin bumili nalang ng kotse at ngayon nasa harap niyo na yung kotse nila dumagdag lang sa stoplight. 🤷‍♂️

[Ramir Angeles @ramirsera]

You know what's funny is that the only reason bicycles are still allowed on PH National roads now is that without bicycles, our urban cities would have completely collapsed during the pandemic.

[Peter Norton @PeterNorton12]

Might makes right.

Cartoon by Ding (Jay Norwood Darling), May 14, 1921, published on the front page of the Des Moines Register, above the fold.

[Thomas thee Tankengine @goodkidbikecity]

I don't think e-bike owners ever set out to break the law. They just wanted safe mobility and the same access to the city as someone who owns a car or motorcycle.

Banning light electric vehicles from most of our city is an anti-climate, anti-human, pro-pollution policy.

[Ramir Angeles @ramirsera]

@dainteh Kainis noh, if they bothered to even talk to e-bike users they would have an idea gaano kasama yung effects ng policy nila.

[Ramir Angeles @ramirsera]

In comparison, our public transport for the elderly and PWDs is incredibly bad. Imagine having to climb an awful lot of stairs to ride the EDSA Bus Carousel. Or them needing to fight with other passengers to board during rush hour. I'd rather they be on e-bikes

[Ramir Angeles @ramirsera]

During the pandemic, e-bikes were responsible for getting more elderly and less-able bodied persons more mobile. E-bikes and e-trikes are mobility devices enabling people to travel easier without needing a car. The ban would mean they would need to use another mode of transport.

[Dutch Cycling Embassy @Cycling_Embassy]

The e-bike has been a blessing for the elderly in the Netherlands. Many over-65s cycle happily thanks to electrical assistance.

This growth has been significant: people aged 75 and older travel on average over a third more kilometers than ten years ago.

https://t.co/Si13OdP475

[Ramir Angeles @ramirsera]

It's mind-boggling that we record thousands of licensed motorists involved in road crashes but not learn that something else needs to be done for road safety aside from requiring registration.

[Thomas thee Tankengine @goodkidbikecity]

@prodeeboy The "kids driving e-trikes" is a made-up scare driven by the shock value of isolated anecdotes. But for argument's sake, if you replaced every unlicensed driver on the road with a 12-year old on an e-trike, you would probably cut road deaths in the Philippines by around 80%.

[Thomas thee Tankengine @goodkidbikecity]

Most officials cannot tell, on sight, which roads are "national" "local" or "barangay" and that's because the definition has nothing to do with the actual physical characteristics of the road. https://t.co/auIMkYZF0Y