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The Mayor presented the Biciregistro Zaragoza, a service designed to deter theft
Murcia Mayor and President of the Network of Cities for Bicycle, Miguel Angel House, the first time today chaired a meeting of the association which brings together more than 100 cities and transport authorities Spanish sensitized with the need to promote the use of cycling and improve services, infrastructure and policies that concern, in order to improve mobility and the environment.
The meeting, held in Zaragoza, has involved the presentation of the National Register of Bicycles, a control and monitoring service that aims to mitigate the theft of bicycles.
The National Register of Bicycles has set up the Network of Cities for Bicycle, with the collaboration of the DGT and the Biodiversity Foundation, is a tool to combat theft.
It is a way of persuasion, while a system that favors the return of the stolen vehicle to its owner.
The recording methodology allows a bike is returned to its owner regardless of the point of the Spanish territory that was stolen and recovered.
Registration will get better performance as more municipalities putting it into their systems, since all share the same database can be accessed by the users to locate your bike.
According to the Barometer of Biking Spain 2011, Foundation ECA Bureau Veritas, the risk of theft is the 4th cause it difficult for citizens to move a bike around town and 17.4% of Spanish cyclists have suffered theft your bike on occasion.
So the Biciregistro stands as an effective tool to promote cycling among citizens.
With the registration system is further improved the management of the bikes recovered by the municipal police and currently occupy large spaces in municipal deposits without getting the owners to recover their vehicles.
Xavier Corominas, Technical Secretary of the RCxB, is convinced that from experience in Zaragoza Biciregistro be implemented rapidly in cities and other municipalities RCxB request and points out that cooperation between the municipality concerned and performed Biciregistro via a fast based on the signing of an agreement.
Deter theft and facilitate the use
Meanwhile, Miguel Angel House, recalled that while the ultimate goal of the cities in the Network is to turn the bike into a mode of everyday urban transport, is also essential progress on other important aspects such as design a network of cycle routes, the traffic calmed or enhanced security and would enhance the reduction of theft and facilitate recovery of the bikes at any point in Spain, in case of loss or theft.
"The commitment to the bicycle as urban transport commonly said House-indicates our commitment to make our cities more and more sustainable municipalities.
This requires promoting urban mobility alternatives that respect the environment from the challenges posed by climate change.
And in this aspect, the bicycle plays a very important exercise. "
In his opinion, the measures to be addressed in the short term should be addressed to ensure the safety of road users, particularly cyclists and pedestrians, the promotion of intermodal urban mobility between the bicycle and other transportation and participation, without whose cooperation will be impossible to achieve our goals.
In this regard, the Chamber recalled that Murcia has been selected by the European Union to lead the project MOBISEC, which aims to improve the safety of cyclists and pedestrians on public roads, especially in the bike lanes and roundabouts.
Since the adoption of the Bicycle Master Plan of Murcia by social consensus, the City is developing a comprehensive policy that includes, besides building the Municipal Office of Bicycle and Bicycle Rental System, the design of bicycle paths and routes the stands.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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