“It is still being studied… considering that we (have) probably the only major highway in the world where there are bicycles,” Artes said in Filipino.
I think EDSA is a stroad. It is pretty much hostile to both pedestrians and cyclists, which can be taken as a reason to double-down on making it more hostile to pedestrians and cyclists.
If the bike lane were to be removed, an alternate one should be made available if the government is really serious about encouraging cycling in Metro Manila. The same is true for pedestrians, too. I am not really holding my breath for that though. Such infrastructure, like EDSA's bike lane, always seems to be an afterthought, as if just putting a bike lane would ensure its use.