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BIKE LANE ACCIDENTS, DAVAO CITY

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  Davao traffic office warns to confiscate mini bikes used by children By   ANTONIO L. COLINA IV  - JANUARY 18, 2022 7:27 PM DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 Jan) – The Davao City Transportation and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) warned to confiscate the customized brakeless mini-bicycles assembled out of recycled bike parts that children use to go on group rides along major thoroughfares here. Children and their mini bikes speeding along a major street in Davao City. The City Transportation and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) warned to confiscate the bicycles due to the risks they pose to the children and to motorists. MindaNews photo Retired Col. Dionisio Abude, CTTMO head, said during an interview over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5) that this type of bicycle can be too risky when used on the roads, which can cause accidents endangering the lives of children and other motorists. He said that personnel of the CTTMO had monitored groups of children riding ...

Bike Lane of the Roads of Davao City

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  Davao  City  EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 40 Series of 2020 AN ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE SUSPENSION OF BICYCLE REGISTRATION, BICYCLE REGISTRATION FEES, AND ALLOWING THE USE OF BICYCLE LANES IN THE CITY OF DAVAO WHEREAS, pursuant to the DILG Memorandum Circular enjoining all Local Government Units to establish a network of cycling lanes and walking paths to support people’s mobility during this time of pandemic, the City Government of Davao has established Bicycle Lanes around the city streets; WHEREAS, as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, DavaoeƱos who find it hard to traverse the City due to limited public transportation have resorted to using bicycles as an alternative mode of travel; WHEREAS, during the Joint Committee Hearing by the Davao City Council Committees on Peace and Public Safety and Transportation and Communication last June 10 and 15, 2020, it was brought to the attention of the body that the Traffic Code of Davao and the existing Bicycle Ordinance stipulate c...