The Quezon City Council has passed a resolution supporting the enactment of House Bill 2276 or the draft Bicycle Act of 2016.
City Resolution SP-6929, S-2016, authored by Councilor Alan Benedict S. Reyes, expressed support to the draft law authored by Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco.
The bill bats for the establishment of bike-friendly communities and the promotion of bicycles as an alternative mode of transportation throughout the country.
The bill is akin to a Quezon City ordinance, which directs the city’s 142 barangays to install bike racks in barangay halls or in any other convenient place that can be utilized as bike parking areas.
Under City Council Resolution SP 6760, bicycles are recognized for being very useful to the human society, “both in cultural and industrial realms.”
Reyes, the main proponent of the resolution, noted there is a move in QC to establish a bicycle sharing system or community bicycle program, which is implemented in some cities around the world.
The Quezon City government, led by Mayor Herbert M. Bautista, supports moves to protect the environment by providing measures such as creation of bike lanes to encourage residents to ride bicycles instead of motorized vehicles that cause air pollution.
