MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has asked tech giant Google to include the country’s bike lane routes in the dashboard of its real-time navigation app Google Maps in an initiative to assist cyclists.
“We have asked Google to consider this suggestion [as] top priority considering the increasing number of Filipino cyclists,” Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said in an emailed statement on Thursday.
He said this is a “good innovation” for Google Maps, especially now since many Filipinos are using bikes as a primary mode of transportation.
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Tugade said he is sure that Google will pursue the agency’s request, after noting that the latter is a supporter of active transport.
“We are confident that we can win their support on this,” he added.
