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Murcia Mayor Miguel Angel House, accompanied by the Councillor for Environment and Urban Quality, Adela Martinez-Cache and representatives of regional administration and ARGEM, inaugurated the system of public bicycle rental Murcia.
This new initiative, which launches today, aims to promote the use of bicycles in the town providing public access to this means of transport for their travel through a comfortable and cheap.
Thus, Murcia already has an affordable, accessible, open environment with a pioneering model is thus intended to promote the culture of mobility and sustainability, and increase the number of trips that can be done in this mode of transport and reduce vehicles.
Thus, the city provides municipal property 180 bicycles for rent, using bicycle shops in the municipality assigned to this system.
Through this management system, which is coordinated by the newly created Office of the Bicycle Hall of Murcia, is supported by local businesses while there is a public service to promote sustainable mobility at very affordable prices.
Other Spanish municipalities have shown interest in this new initiative to install in their cities
Starting today, anyone can rent a bicycle Murcia in periods between one day and one year with rates ranging from 3 € plus VAT for a day or a weekend to 40 € plus VAT for one year.
These rates are reduced to 2 € plus VAT in the first case and 30 € plus VAT in the second, for large families, over 65 and students.
A week plus tax costs 8 € (5 € at reduced rate) and month 15 € plus VAT (10 € plus VAT).
These prices make this system one of the cheapest in Spain.
We are currently examining the possibility of extending the reduced rates for unemployed persons.
Bicycles, BH brand model specially designed for Miami and Murcia, are made of aluminum and come with front basket, rear rack, front light with battery, buzzer, six-speed gearbox, rear reflector and seat with quick, handles with safety system to prevent their removal, non-slip pedals with reflectors
The only requirement to be met by users is to be of age or be 14 years and have authorized legal representative.
The rental procedure is simple: just come to one of the twelve workshops attached to the system, present ID, bank card and a photocopy of both.
In all the workshops have installed bicycle parking will be placed outdoors in public bicycles.
A top ten of each workshop to rent a bike for a year will receive a helmet Catlike type, manufactured in Yecla and are used by professional cyclists, a rigid U-lock, the best available on the market, and a reflective vest and reflectors.
The system includes a free check every 3 months for those long term rentals.
Similarly, each bike has from the factory chassis number stamping and have been installed a system of registration and marking deterrent to theft in order to identify unequivocally the bike.
City Bicycle Registration is free and is to place the bike in a database with information from the owner.
Just pick up at local authority in the Office of the bicycle or download via the web http://www.oficinabicicletamurcia.info/ a form and fill it with the owner's data and characteristics of the bike.
The rental system has been completed with the installation of bicycle parking electronically controlled access closed by the Office of the bike Murcia, where users can rent system have a personal parking space for use.
Murcia has thus become the first city to have this type of car, to be installed in cities such as Barcelona and Amsterdam.
Within these closed parking is also available a limited number of places for them to save their bikes Murcia.
Among the highlights existing enclosed parking on Avenida de los Pinos, the Pintor Pedro Flores or the Chinese Garden to join them soon several more as the Malecon, San Basilio, Juan de Borbon, Willow Street, Garden Three Cups and Street Pool in Espinardo.
The budget of this system is 210,264 euros, and part of this amount has been funded by the Energy Management Agency of the Region of Murcia, an agency of the Ministry of Universities, Business and Research.
The Director of the Bicycle Plan of Murcia expected to reach an investment of 500,000 euros in the bicycle rental system.
This initiative is part of the actions of the Comprehensive Energy Efficiency and Saving the Region of Murcia developed by the Ministry of Universities, Business and Research through Argema, in collaboration with municipalities and the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving Energy (IDEA), an agency under the Ministry of Industry.
Besides facilitating collaborated Cajamurcia systems rent bicycles in various workshops.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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