Press Release - Recto: "Of Bike Lanes and BTS" -- Explanation of Vote Speech for the Safe Pathways Act
SB 1582: Safe Pathways Act Dear Mr. President, my dear colleagues: On this bill, I have no recourse but to follow the leader of the pack, the captain of the Senate cycling team. I vote yes. A national safe and sustainable bicycle infrastructure is like a bike wheel. It consists of spokes. And this bill is but one of many. And if a bicycle journey begins with a single pedal push, this one is it. Or I could be wrong, because we have done that a long time ago, when we collectively pushed for funds for bicycle lanes in past national budgets, and when we allocated billions for bike lanes, racks, a...
Source: senate.gov.ph