Quezon City will continuously find ways to become bicycle-friendly and protect the environment with safe and accessible facilities both for bikers and pedestrians.

To achieve the vision, the city government has improved its bike lane network to encourage residents to shift to the cheaper mode of transportation, reduce dependence on fuel-powered vehicles, and help achieve a healthier lifestyle.

The Department of Public Order and Safety – Green Transport Office has so far installed bike ramps on four footbridges and in one underpass along the city’s 93-kilometer bike lane network.

In the works are improvement of grade-separated crossings and bike ramps in all 40 footbridges along the network.

Five crossings are already installed in the Quezon Memorial Circle underpass and footbridges along Commonwealth Avenue (Philippine Coconut Authority and University of the Philippines – Asian Institute of Tourism), Quezon Avenue (Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center), and Katipunan Avenue (UP Town Center).

“The local government will also install more concrete plant box barriers designed to make the bike lanes more attractive, safer, and to serve as an alternative and green upgrade to plastic barriers used as bike lane physical separators,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a statement on Monday.

The Quezon City Parks Development and Administration Department plans to place an additional 210 plant box barriers along Commonwealth Avenue.

The second phase of the QC bike lane network will interconnect the bike lane network to the first phase to reach more residential and commercial areas. (PNA)