Quezon City is looking to make its carbon footprint smaller, starting off by moving to remove tricycles that emit toxic oxides from its streets.
(File video of tricycles in Quezon City )
How many tricycles - powered by 4-stroke and two-stroke gas-fed engines - are operating on the streets of Quezon City?
How many tricycles are powered by two-stroke engines which are more pollutive than four-stroke engines?
The Quezon City government under Mayor Herbert Bautista is looking to lessen the city’s carbon footprint starting off by replacing gas-fed tricycles with modes of transport with more environment-friendly power units. This is the main aim of a project the city is undertaking in collaboration with BEMAC, an electric-vehicle maker and the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
RET. GEN. ELMO SAN DIEGO
“We have a big problem in Quezon City in regards to the number of tricycles plying our roadways. We have something like 25,000 as of the moment, so there's a need to set a limit na. There's a moratorium na in place so there will never be additional motorcycles to be introduced in our roadways na.”
Under the project, a number of electric-battery powered tricycles which can seat six passengers will be tested for use along short fixed route from Quezon City Hall to a number of barangays and back. A ride on the e-trike costs the same as a regular tricycle for the same distance. The aim is to gather data on the feasibility of operating the e-tricycles, including its reliability. From the data, the Quezon City government hopes to convince tricycle drivers and operators to one day see that e-trikes are the way to go in future where gas-fed tricycles will no longer be allowed for use as a public transport.
RET. GEN. ELMO SAN DIEGO
“Eventually there will be a prohibition on use of two-stroke engines kasi kaya gusto namin ito for the meantime ito yung mapalit natin. Drop yung franchise non tapos substitute and e-tricycles natin.”
There’s just a handful of e-trikes now being tested . . . all of which will be donated to the QC government after six months. This is a long way to go before reaching the 25,000 tricycles the government plans to replace. But as the saying goes, the journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.
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