{"id":8009,"date":"2016-09-20T16:11:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T08:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=8009"},"modified":"2016-09-20T16:11:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T08:11:36","slug":"manila-to-remove-gasoline-run-tricycles-and-pedicabs-starting-october-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/09\/20\/manila-to-remove-gasoline-run-tricycles-and-pedicabs-starting-october-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Manila, to remove gasoline-run tricycles and pedicabs starting October 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Gasoline-powered tricycles and pedicabs, will soon be phased out in the city of Manila, according to Manila City Mayor Joseph Estrada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8010\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/Electronics-Tricycle.jpg\" alt=\"electronics-tricycle\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>E-TRIKES. Goodbye smoke-belching vehicles, hello e-trikes. (Image grabbed from philstar.com)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">On October 15, the said vehicles shall be phased out in order to transform Manila into an \u201ce-trike\u201d (electronic trikes) capital. According to Estrada\u2019s interview with <em>THE STAR,<\/em> \u201cWe want Manila to become the e-trike capital of the Philippines and to make Manila a green city,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The said phasing out of these vehicles is because of Manila\u2019s transition to use e-trikes instead.\u00a0 The city government has allotted an initial amount of P120 million to buy 10,000 e-trikes that can seat 7 persons. These e-trikes can also be fully charged in 4 hours and can travel up to 80 kilometers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">According to Estrada, these e-trikes shall be distributed to qualified tricycle drivers and residents who will lose income from the phase out. Drivers and residents will also use an orange-colored uniform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">As reported by the <em>Philippine Star,<\/em> with the e-trike program, drivers do not need to spend for gasoline. \u00a0\u201cThe battery charging will be shouldered by the city government,\u201d Estrada said. Under the e-trike program the vehicles will have to pay P150 to P200 per day for four years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">There will be available pickup stations and two charging stations for them. Binondo is the pilot area, but there will be stations in the university belt and Port Area, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philstar.com\/metro\/2016\/09\/18\/1624916\/manila-no-more-trikes-pedicabs-next-month\" target=\"_blank\">Philstar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/manila.coconuts.co\/2016\/09\/18\/manila-will-say-goodbye-old-school-tricycles-and-pedicabs-oct-15\" target=\"_blank\">Coconuts Manila<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gasoline-powered tricycles and pedicabs, will soon be phased out in the city of Manila, according to Manila City Mayor Joseph Estrada. E-TRIKES. Goodbye smoke-belching vehicles, hello e-trikes. (Image grabbed from philstar.com) On October 15, the said vehicles shall be phased out in order to transform Manila into an \u201ce-trike\u201d (electronic trikes) capital. According to Estrada\u2019s interview with THE STAR, \u201cWe want Manila to become the e-trike capital of the Philippines and to make Manila a green city,\u201d he said. The said phasing out of these vehicles is because of Manila\u2019s transition to use e-trikes instead.\u00a0 The city government has allotted an initial amount of P120 million to buy 10,000 e-trikes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/Electronics-Tricycle-e1474358618955.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8012,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8009\/revisions\/8012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}