An initial batch of 50 drivers from the local tricycle operators and drivers associations in Malate and Binondo have been selected to become the first recipients of the e-trikes. “Aside from helping our tricycle drivers improve their livelihood, we deemed it best to introduce e-trikes in Malate and Binondo to further boost tourism and businesses there,” he said. Tricycle drivers will be undergoing orientation and seminar on how to operate the e-trikes. Estrada said the E-trike project in Manila as a means to combat air pollution and improve the livelihood of some 5,000 tricycle drivers in the city and thousands more of “colorum” pedicab drivers who operate without franchises. The city government has procured an initial fleet of 384 battery-operated vehicles that will be distributed to tricycle drivers through an affordable “boundary-hulog” scheme.

Source: The Standard September 20, 2016 16:07 UTC