[OPINION] Vote for a mayor who wants to keep pedestrians alive

'We need leaders who understand the insult of the unwalkable sidewalk, the barefaced threat of the uncrossable street' Opinion More in this RapplerBlogs by Marguerite de Leon.

I’ve been working at the office semi-regularly again, which means I’m back to living the high-octane, swashbuckling, risk-riddled life of a Metro Manila pedestrian. Just last night, for instance, I wound up with two injuries while walking in the rain, dodging puddles and uneven ground alongside a lot of other people making their way home.

But what’s more terrifying is how immune we’ve become to this. I understand that this issue is just a drop in the sea of problems Filipinos flounder in, but that doesn’t make it any less serious. Our willingness to endure inhuman conditions just walking from Point A to B is, in fact, reflective of our willingness to endure even greater inhumanities – from the daylight robbery that is our tax system, to cold-blooded murder in our neighborhoods.

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