Roads are for people

BECAUSE our roads and bridges are arguably our most visible, ubiquitous and valuable public asset and because their use is generally offered for free, it is important to ensure that they are developed and used in a fair and efficient manner that delivers the greatest good for the greatest number. Unfortunately, this is not the case because most of our roads and bridges have been designed to move mainly four-wheeled motor vehicles, often to the exclusion or endangerment of other travel modes.

While it is true that road and bridge development helps to reduce the cost and time of transporting goods and services, benefiting all Filipinos, there is a negative and harmful side to road development when it ends up mainly serving and benefiting people in cars, neglecting the transportation needs and safety requirements of those in the vast majority.