Angkas founder, George Reyoca, advocates for rider welfare: Safety, Rights, and Fair Treatment discussed in the Pasig consultation.
WORDS & PUBLISHED BY: Alex A | Traffic Network PH
Pasig City, Philippines – 05 May 2025 – Georgre Reyoca recently hosted an intimate consultation night. The gathering tooke place at the coozy Morgan Kaffe, serves as a platform to delve into critical issues that surrounds the well-being. It also opens avenue to further discuss the professional standing of motorcycle riders in the Philippines.
Reyoca, the prmoinent rider welfare advocate and founder of the motorcycle ride-hailing platform Angkas, articulated points how riders are percieved and supported. He emphasized their crucial role as an economic movers. The group of individuals who deserves gretaer attention concerning their safety on the road. Their liberty to experience a quality life through access to equitable legal frameworks governing their profession. It also discusses the access to fair compensation as to regular employees and self-employed individual is enjoying within the Philippine labor laws.
Drawing upon his extensive experience as an advocate, Reyoca highlighted the daily challenges faced by motorcycle riders. Each riders faces daily challenge that often hinders opportunity for a better service and improvement on their craft as a self-employed professonal navigating around highway tolls. He further elaborate on a range of problematic government polocies such as issues on motorcycle plates, the cumbersome process of onwership transfers, restricted access to major highway tollways, the inconsistent implementation of motorcycle lanes, and various regulations that often applied arbitrary at the local government unit (LGU) level.
The central of Reyoca’s address wa the apparent lack of public consultation of mototrcycle riders in policy-making processess. He advocated for a more equitable and supportive environment for motorcycle riders across the nation. AN establishment of stricter and thoroughly consulted policies that are relevant and consistently applied to all members of the riding public. This he further exclaimed an assurance on elevating motorcycle riders for a meaningful change in a regulatory lanscape.
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