Organizers of the Road Revolution movement are taking their advocacy to the barangay level.<\/p>\n
After the experimental June 12 closure of Osme\u00f1a Boulevard, they are eyeing barangay Parian and Tinago in downtown Cebu City.<\/p>\n
The heritage-rich area\u2014where museums,\u00a0 the Metropolitan Cathedral and Sto. Ni\u00f1o Basilica are located\u2014could be reserved for pedestrians one day a week, so the public could experience \u201cliberation from fossil fuels,\u201d said environment lawyer Antonio Oposa Jr.<\/p>\n
Organizer Tara Rama of the Law of Nature Foundation said Parian and Tinago, which has small roads and pedestrian lanes, are also being eyed as pioneer routes for a fuel-free train that runs on solar power and a battery cranked by pedal power.<\/p>\n
A prototype of the street tram was used along Osme\u00f1a Boulevard\u00a0 on June 12.<\/p>\n
She and other organizers met yesterday with officers of the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) of Cebu City to seek their support for a pending petition to the City Council to reconfigure the city\u2019s streets to make them friendly to bikers, pedestrians, trees and fuel-free mass transportation.<\/p>\n
Parian and Tinago are not represented in the ABC board so separate meetings still have to be made with their barangay captains, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir response was\u00a0 very positive. We can call this an early victory,\u201d said Vince Cinches about the meeting with\u00a0 ABC Cebu City president Michael Ralota and 16 other barangay officials in the ABC board.<\/p>\n
The barangay officials agreed to pass a resolution\u00a0 supporting the petition for road reform in Cebu City.\u00a0 The proposal calls for\u00a0 Cebu City to allocate\u00a0 30 percent of all\u00a0 roads for use of pedestrians, 30 percent for\u00a0 bicycle riders, 30 percent for collective transportation and 10 percent for road gardens<\/p>\n
Yesterday\u00a0 morning,\u00a0 Carlo Rodriguez and a companion\u00a0 cruised on their skateboard from Osme\u00f1a Boulevard to City Hall. Rodriguez said his group, the Flyfish Longboard Organization,\u00a0 would do this\u00a0 once a\u00a0 week, wearing Road Revolution T-shirts\u00a0 and bringing banners\u00a0 to raise public awareness.<\/p>\n
Last June 12,\u00a0 organizers got permission to close\u00a0 2.5 kilometers of Osme\u00f1a Boulevard from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.\u00a0 The roads were used by people strolling,\u00a0\u00a0 bicycle riders and skateboarders who freely roamed\u00a0 the area. \/Reporter Candeze R. Mongaya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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