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Murcia celebrates Mobility Week from 16 to 22 September under the slogan "Choose. Change. Combines. Your mobility" which gives prominence to public transport, cycling and walking.
The proposals will focus on participation, accessibility, sustainable mobility, road safety, "we took the streets" walking & health and Car Free Day.
Next to recreational proposals, workshops will be held and permanent measures are put in place.
The Mayor encourages Murcia to reconsider the benefits of intermodal transport to improve the quality of life because "choosing well can save money, improve our health and help the environment."
Murcia joins from next Wednesday to the European Mobility Week, with the slogan "Choose, Change, combines.
Your mobility "this year aims to involve citizens to reconsider the way we think our movements, encouraging people to opt for multi-modality and sustainable mobility.
It is, in short, to choose the right way when traveling because "choosing well can we save money, improve our health and help the environment."
The Mayor, José Ballesta this morning the schedule for the event, which will be held near fifty activities during 7 days, from 16 to 22 September.
Each of the sessions will focus on a proposal: participation, accessibility & integration, sustainable mobility, road safety, "we took the streets" walking & health and "Day without cars".
Plans are of different types and for all ages with the City Council, as explained by the Mayor, intended to convey a clear and simple message: "adopting small changes in our habits, we can do much for our health and that of others" .
"Gestures and leave parked a private vehicle and in return walk or make commuting by bicycle, it is a decision that improves air quality, reduces the noise in the city and encourages great benefits of exercise," said Ballesta, who also It states that, when the distances are longer, "you can use public transport as an alternative, combined with other non-motorized modes."
The Mobility Week, which will run from 16 to 22 September, is a European initiative which adheres Murcia every year with the aim of bringing citizens about all activities related to sustainable mobility activities, respect for the environment and the harmonious coexistence of modes of transport in the city.
"The irrational use of cars in the city has very negative consequences for both public health and the environment," said Ballesta, who has emphasized the benefits, by contrast, it offers the use of modes of transport sustainable as public transport, cycling and walking trips.
The SEM, which also includes the event In town without my car !, origin of this European initiative, is related to two ambitious objectives of the European Commission for a more sustainable mobility: to gradually eliminate the use of vehicles using fossil fuels by 2050 and gradually implemented in large urban centers infrastructure with zero CO2 emissions by 2030.
More than 50 activities and in 7 days
Mayor this morning, together with the councilors responsible for Development and Traffic, Security and Civil Protection, Roque Ortiz and Lola Sanchez, the program will run for seven days.
Traffic undergo significant changes in four city streets: Alfonso X, Constitution Avenue, James I and Gran Vía, which will host most of the events.
The first one, on the stretch from the junction with James I to Santo Domingo, will be closed to traffic throughout the week, 10 to 13 and from 17 to 20 hours, while Gran Via the bus lane will be shared with bicycles and this shall be indicated by marking.
The other two closed to vehicular traffic on Sunday as the celebration of the Third Life Cycle.
Wednesday is the day of "Sustainability", in which he will read a manifesto to coincide with the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer;
Thursday have been organized related to "Accessibility and Integration" activities involving ASPANPAL, ASPAYM, FAMDIF and ONCE, circuits that perform mobility in wheelchairs or blind, among others.
"Mobility and Road Safety" is the theme of the proposals on Friday, including the Pro-Intermodal Gymkhana in which involves four teams of five town councilors, athletes, members of professional associations (industrial engineers, architects stands, doctors, lawyers and technical engineers) and journalists.
Saturday will be the day of "alternative mobility", to be held in the "Roller Parade Night" activities on two wheels: bikes, skates or scooters, and presented the Moon Bike, consisting of nights out on bicycle on full moon until year end.
The Life Cycle III: Make your life roll!
It represents one of the most important proposals of the SEM.
Takes place on Sunday, 10 to 15 hours, at Constitution Avenue and Jaime I, where workshops, games, exhibitions and free activities for the whole family will happen, while Monday will focus on proposals of "Mobility and health ", including" I like to walk: clean graffiti in the Local Urban Trail ".
On Tuesday 22 week concludes with the organization of the "Car Free Day" which, among other acts, including the idea "Breakfast with your mayor," which will be attended people who join this initiative previously in "Stand Mobility "to be located in Santo Domingo from Wednesday.
For a week, Murcia will host activities of all kinds, ranging from playful to other training, which will be complemented by other measures that are in place now but have permanent, such as installing bike racks in lines circular city buses, classrooms bicycle or efficient driving courses, among others.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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