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National Bike Day

Background

As per Presidential Proclamation 1052 Series of 2020 declared the Fourth Sunday of November as National Bicycle Day to highlight the importance of non motorized transportation

Objectives

The 2023 NBDAR aims to:

encourage the establishment of active transport infrastructure such as protected bike lanes and pedestrian walkways among LGUs;
institutionalize active transport in the overall transportation system through local policies:
recognize and highlight best and innovative practices of LGUs that prioritize and promote active transport;
encourage LGUs to incorporate active transport policies and infrastructure in their existing plans [e.g. Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP). Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP), Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP), etc.]; and
strictly and effectively clear roads of illegal obstructions, including illegally parked cars on streets pursuant DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2020-027 dated 07 February 2020 to effectively utilize the local roads cleared of illegal obstruction as protected bike lanes and pedestrian walkways.

Criteria

Main Category Awards

Parameters

Description

Weight

Institutional Mechanism

1. Presence of designated unit to promote active transportation

2. Existence of local active transport ordinance

3. Transport and traffic policies in support of active transport

4. Incentive mechanisms to promote active transport in the locality (i.e., fiscal incentives including subsidies, tax holidays, tax credits, preferential tax treatments, direct donation of bikes to citizens, direct/indirect financial incentives to its citizens to purchase/swap bikes)

5. Activities involved in the planning of the bicycle network, i.e., conduct of stakeholders consultation, use of OD trip patterns, AADT, road-crash data, and surveys in developing bike lane network

6. Availability of financing for Active Transport Programs

7. Availability of Local Active Transport Development/Master Plan

40%

Local Economic Development of the Active Transport Industry

Existence of Local Active Transport Development and tax collection will be the focus of the parameter

10%

Coverage of the Bicycle Network

1. Percentage of total road network covered by bike lanes

2. Bike lane network accessibility to fundamental facilities

3. Availability of EOT facilities in fundamental facilities

15%

Road Safety and Compliance with Standards

Road safety and compliance with standards will be based on 15% with the presence of traffic-calming measures and safe intersection or conflict area design in all classes and as well as of each bike lane classes

15%

Monitoring and Evaluation

1. Development of full communications plan for the IEC campaign on active transport

2. Presence of programs, projects, and activities to promote active transport

3. The existence of partnerships and engagement with stakeholders

4. Public perception of programs, projects, and activities promoting active transportation

5. Application of monitoring and mechanism/s on maintaining and improving active transport infrastructure

6. Availability of updated inventory on the active transport network and infrastructure

7. Initiatives on information, education, and communication (IEC) campaigns, monitoring and evaluation for the effective establishment, maintenance of active transport infrastructures

20%

2. Infrastructure Quality Awards

Parameters

Description

Attractiveness

Active transport infrastructure should be safe and attractive to surroundings that help deliver well-designed public spaces. The attractiveness of a cycleway facility relates both to the perceived safety and the quality of infrastructure, including the aesthetics of the surrounding environment. Criteria: support for the system, attractiveness of the environment, perception of social safety, system attractiveness

Cohesion

Active transport infrastructure must enable bicycle riders to reach their destinations easily via routes connected across the network. Bicycle riders should have the assurance that there will be high-quality cycling routes between all their origins and destinations and between different modes of transport across their journey. Criteria: continuity of routes, consistent quality of routes and facilities, ease to follow, freedom of choice of routes

Comfort

Active transport infrastructure must ensure that riders of all ages and abilities can ride at a comfortable speed. Comfortable cycling conditions require routes separated from motorized vehicles and pedestrians with high-quality, well-maintained, and smooth surfaces, and free from motorized vehicles. Criteria: smoothness of the ride, comfortable gradient, minimized obstruction from vehicles, reduced need to stop, number of stops, protection from adverse climate

Directness

Active transport infrastructure should provide cyclists (and pedestrians as well) with the most direct route. Measured in both time (effort), and distance, direct routes should provide bicycle riders with the shortest and fastest way of travelling from place to place and make cycling an attractive alternative to driving or even public transport, particularly for local journeys. Criteria: efficient operating speed, delay time, detour factor

Safety

Ensure bicycle riders and other road users have safe facilities. Cycling infrastructure must be safe and perceived as safe so that people of all ages and abilities feel comfortable using the facilities. Criteria: minimum risk of an accident on the route, minimum risk of conflict with car traffic, minimum risk of unsafe infrastructure

Programs & Services

National Bike Day

Background

Objectives

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