EDSA road-sharing scheme: Crazy or enlightened?

Pia Ranada

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EDSA road-sharing scheme: Crazy or enlightened?
Netizens react strongly to news of EDSA lanes being closed off to cars on June 28. Some call it crazy, some want to give it a try.

BIKING FOR A CAUSE. Bikers join the Share the Road movement's march to the Supreme Court on February 17, 2014 to file a petition for government agencies to implement road-sharing. All photos by Pia Ranada/Rappler

MANILA, Philippines – Netizens with colliding views on the planned EDSA road-sharing scheme on June 28 battled it out online.

Comments on Rappler’s article as well as on Facebook revealed a spectrum of opinions on the experimental traffic scheme supported by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).

Some dismissed the exercise right away as “crazy.” On the opposite end, others lauded the scheme as enlightened. There were also those who stood on middle ground, saying they wanted to give it a try and would pass judgement only after.

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Pia Ranada

Pia Ranada is Rappler’s Community Lead, in charge of linking our journalism with communities for impact.