Low-cost measures for mobility improvements

IT is time to abandon strategies that have failed. Spending on urban roads and bridges to serve more cars is a self-defeating strategy — the effect is to encourage further car use. A much better future lies ahead if energies and budgets are focused on improving the travel conditions of pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users so that Filipinos abandon private motor vehicles.

It is not about halting urban road and bridge construction; it is about redefining the client so that roads and bridges in cities serve the mobility needs of those in the majority who do not use private motor vehicles. Below are 10 quick, low-budget actions that can be taken to improve our mobility environment for every one's benefit: