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October 9th, 2011 01:02 PM #1
Solon: Bikers should get 30-minute grace period at work - Nation - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News
With the relatively longer travel time they need to get to work, bicycle-riding employees should get a 30-minute window before their employers mark them late, Pampanga Rep. Carmelo Lazatin said Sunday.
Lazatin recommended this as part of his proposed Bicycle Use Act of 2011, or House Bill 5335, which aims to push the government and private sector to promote bicycle use.
“The government lacks a serious program to promote bicycle use despite the many benefits it brings not only to health but to the economy and environment as well," he said in a statement posted on the website of the House of Representatives.
Also, he said such a bill is important amid the “spiraling cost" of oil products.
According to him, the bill urges the private sector to provide bicycle parking spaces and facilities, such as bike racks, in all public and private commercial establishments. The implementing rules and regulations of the proposed law will specify the standard size of the allotted parking spaces.
He added that local government units (LGUs) should also help in achieving the bill’s aims by establishing bike lanes along major thoroughfares around the country.
For public and private establishments, penalties include the suspension and revocation of business permits.
LGUs shall monitor compliance with the proposed law while the issuance of the implementing rules and regulations shall fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Interior and Local Government, and the Department of Labor and Employment.
Palace open to bike lanes
Last April, Malacañang said that it is open to supporting another bill on establishing bike lanes and bike-friendly communities.
In another interview, however, a government official admitted that a number of Metro Manila thoroughfares remain unsafe for bikers.
“Of course, we do not encourage cyclists to ply major routes or major highways, dahil masyadong delikado ito. But we can find other routes for bikers," said Metropolitan Manila Development Authority assistant general manager Emerson Carlos.
An advocacy group, the Firefly Brigade, has been encouraging LGUs to pass ordinances to ensure the safety of cyclists on the country’s roads. — LBG, GMA News
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October 9th, 2011 07:24 PM #2
ok sana kung maganda ang weather sa atin, hindi madalas ang ulan, at kung hot season, naman kamusta kaya ang itsura ng isang empleyado pag dating sa office nya
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October 9th, 2011 07:29 PM #3
^ korek.
pag office worker ka di pwede ito. sa sobrang init, pollution, ano na hitsura mo pag dating mo ng office?
madungis ka na, amoy araw ka pa......
advantage siguro ito sa mga couriers o messengers.
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October 9th, 2011 08:17 PM #4
Bawas pogi points agad sir amoy araw, ok kung malapit lang yung work mo, use a bicycle, paano kung commonwealth ang way mo, risk pa sa life mo, some other place in marikina city meron na ganyang bikelanes
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October 9th, 2011 08:44 PM #5
Puwede iyan sa mga nagtatrabaho sa ME...(para hindi matipuhan ng mga Badu)
"Look mean, smell bad"...
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October 9th, 2011 08:45 PM #6
sorry double post... (ang bagal e... )
"Look mean, smell bad"...
Dapat may shower sa office...
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October 9th, 2011 09:55 PM #7
sa australia, nung minsan na-assign ako roon, yung officemate namin na aussie, bike lang gamit pag pasok.
pero yun nga, may shower sa office, kaya pag upo nya sa cube nya, clean & smelling good na siya. ang di ko lang gusto, yung bike nya, andun din sa cube nya.......
eh dito sa 'tin, la naman shower sa mga office.
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October 9th, 2011 11:44 PM #8kung nagko-commute ka lang at alam mong male-late ka, di ba gigising ka ng maaga at bibilisan mo ang pagkilos para di ka ma late?
hindi ba pwedeng gawin din yun ng nagba-bike?
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October 10th, 2011 12:48 AM #9
amlabo ni congressman. . .tinuruan pang maging slothful ang mga bikers
kung gusto nyang bigyan ng incentive ang mga bikers, dapat tax deduction ang ginagastos sa bike
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October 10th, 2011 01:40 AM #10
kung anu-ano na ang naiisip na mga bills ang mga congessman natin........
Daming issue ng SU7:grin:
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