Mayor Garcia wants Cebu City to be walkable, less reliant on cars

Pia Piquero 12/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia is banking on completing the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) system’s “Link to the Port” component to realize one of his directions of making Cebu City a more pedestrian-friendly…

Are pedestrian lanes still safe in Cebu City? Motorists, commuters weigh in

Pia Piquero 11/28/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – On Wednesday morning, May 8, tragedy struck Barangay Bulacao, Cebu City, as a senior citizen lost her life while using a pedestrian lane, also called a crosswalk. Feliciana “Fely” Cabusas, 70, was crossing…

Pedestrians in SRP told: No one allowed on CSCR bridge

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 05/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — No pedestrians should be allowed on the bridge. The chief of Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) is urging all the pedestrians to cross only on the designated pedestrian lanes, following the death of…

Traffic enforcer dies after saving cyclist

Philippine Daily Inquirer 03/24/2023

A traffic enforcer on duty was crushed to death by a 14-wheeler truck while helping pedestrians cross a street in Quezon City on Wednesday, March 22. The pedestrians were all safe including the cyclist whom the victim…

Rama’s new EO to instill discipline among Cebu City residents

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Michael Rama plans to issue an Executive Order (EO) that will remind Cebu City residents to comply with existing rules and regulations relating to garbage collection, traffic management and compliance with the…

Toll fees for CCLEX released

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The toll fees for the Cebu Cordova Link Expressway has finally been released. The Local Toll Regulatory Council (LTRC) has already authorized the implementation of the toll rates approved by Cebu City and…

Pedestrians, cyclists free to use CCLEX

Dyrecka Letigio 09/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) is expected to impose a toll fee for passing vehicles, but bicycles will be exempted from such. Allan Alfon, the President of the Cebu Cordova Expressway Corporation…

CCTO urges drivers to respect pedestrian lanes

Mae Fhel Gom-os 07/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) has urged drivers to respect pedestrian lanes just as they exhorted the pedestrians to cross through them, not just to avoid apprehensions but also to prevent vehicular…

Singapore road crash kills 2, injures 4 others

Asia News Network, The Straits Times 12/29/2019

  SINGAPORE – Two female pedestrians were killed and four others were left injured after a car crashed onto a side road at Lucky Plaza in Singapore on Sunday (Dec. 29) afternoon. The Straits Times understands that…

Israeli motorcycle rider injures two pedestrians in Argao road accident

Rosalie Abatayo 12/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  A girl who was about to buy a hamburger and a 59-year-old man crossing the national highway in Barangay Poblacion in Argao town southern Cebu sustained injuries after they were rammed by a…

GMCAC announces temporary 4-hour closure of MCIA T1 departure road

Irene R. Sino Cruz 07/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. has scheduled a four-hour closure of the departure road located in front of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Terminal 1 on Friday, July 12, and Saturday, 13. According…

Chinese city opens lane for pedestrians who use phones while walking

Inquirer.net 06/10/2018

TEXTING while walking could be an accident waiting to happen, but one Chinese city is embracing its phone-obsessed pedestrians. In northern China’s city of Xi’an, a pavement on Yanta Road has a 100-meter long, 80-centimeter wide lane…

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