The city will foot the bill for recharging, and make two charging stations available at either end of each designated e-trike route. They have a higher capacity than a normal tricycle, travel at lower speeds, and are environmentally friendly. Undoing the tricycle network without providing an alternative that covers the entire area now covered is going to lead to a huge backlash. It has, after all, happened before; Erap’s predecessor Alfredo Lim made a big show of removing unlicensed tricycles and kuliglig from the roads during his term, and so did Lim’s predecessor, Lito Atienza. The tricycles, pedicabs and kuliglig, however, are evidently hard to kill.

Source: Manila Times September 21, 2016 16:18 UTC