Warning: This is just one giant wall of text.
I wish that the people who are in the business of what happens to and on our city roads would take the time to ride bicycles arond their cities. Hopefully local chief executives, and DPWH district engineers and contractors would find out for themselves that our rough and bumpy roads are literally causing a lot of pain in the butt (and the wrist). Can't we make smoother roads? I wish there was a way to make those manholes be at road level. And can we please find a better way to patch those potholes? Filling them with asphalt only makes for another bump in the road. Maybe the people from MMDA and the city planners would see the ridiculously cramped bottlenecks in the roads - it's like having to choose between getting your bike tire stuck in a manhole or you getting swiped by a side mirror. I hope the people from LTO and LTFRB would smell the toxic fumes from those jeeps and trucks. And please, can someone unleash the kraken on those jeeps!? They are the most unpredictable vehicles on the road. All road users should know that predictability is the root of road safety. I also wish car drivers would be more considerate. I know that these city roads were made with you in mind (though I think livable cities should have cyclists and pedestrians in mind), but please learn to share the road. No matter, how fast you try to overtake us, we'll surely meet you in the next stoplight. So please, learn to chillax a bit and know that people in bikes are also trying to be on time for their next appointment. I learned from my Dutch friend that there's no better way to know your city than riding a bicycle. So please, all of you, try hopping on a bike and see our cities the way we cyclists see it.
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