13th Tour of the Fireflies

We’d like to announce that the registration is ongoing for the 13th Tour of the Fireflies happening this April 17, 2011.

The 2011 theme will be “BICYCLE REVOLUTION!”

We believe that we should seriously consider the situation we have in our midst,
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Traffic sa kalsada na nag-mumukha nang parking lot ang Edsa. MMDa Chair Tolentino, kaya pa ba?

Usok, usok, halos di makahinga sa kapal ng usok. The #1 ailment we have in the Metro Manila is actually lung related, children being the most affected.

Komplikadong problema? Ano solusyon?

Lakihan ang mga kalye? Pupunuin lang yan ng mas marami pang kotse.

Naniniwala kami na kailangang baguhin ng kaunti(actually marami) ang ating paradigm sa pagharap sa problema sa traffic at polusyon sa hangin. Sumusuporta ang Firefly Brigade na ipatupad na po ang Environmentally Sustainable Transportation(EST) plan para sa Metro Manila. Meron nang plano nyan ang DOTC at DENR. Kasama dito ang developement ng efficient and clean mass transports systems tulad the mga trains at LRT, BRT(bus rapid transit).

At syempre naniniwala ang Firefly Brigade na kailangang kasama sa implementasyon ng kahit na anong EST plan ang non-motorized transportation(NMT), pangunahin na po ang bisikleta. Isang simpleng solusyon sa napakakumplikadong problema.

Fantasy? Dreaming? Not!
Its happening all over the world. Different countries are taking
a second, third and fourth look as well as putting up bike lanes, bike parking, bike to work and bike to school programs and integrating bikeways offices into their transportation and infrastructure development offices, may bike tourism pa. Di lang sa Europa at US nangyayaru yan, kundi sa iba pang bansa sa Asya and other thirld world countries sa mundo.

Tulad ni P’noy, we’d like the Philippines to catch up with our other Asean neighbors. The Philippines is such a beautiful country with very beautiful and hardworking people. We’d like the quality of life that we have to get better, not only economically.

We’d like to be able to breathe cleaner air!
We’d like to spend more time with family and friends and not spend 3-4hours a day in traffic.
We’d like to be able to ride our bicycles!

Game?

Enrique Pineda, Jr.
President Firefly Brigade

Click here to download the Registration Form