Bikers pass through a special lane for riders along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, during a three-day road-sharing exercise implemented by the MMDA on Saturday, June 27, 2020, in an effort to help workers commuting to work with limited public transportation now seen as the new normal. (File photo by NIÑO JESU ORBETA / Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared the last working day of November every year as National Bike-to-Work Day, according to a new proclamation uploaded on the Official Gazette on Wednesday.
Proclamation No. 409 said that the measure was in line with the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999.
According to the proclamation, the “new normal” after the COVID-19 pandemic requires the adoption of measures enabling safe, independent, and physically distant travel.
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In addition to this, the measure also wants to raise awareness of cycling as a mainstream mode of transportation.