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Cities in Murcia the future design of the bicycle as urban transport reference The municipality complies with most proposals outlined today at a meeting of the Board of the Network of Cities for Cycling (19/11/2010)

Almudí Palace has welcomed this morning's meeting of the Board of Directors of the Network of Cities for Bicycle which was attended by representatives of Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid, Sevilla, Alcobendas, Lorca, Logroño, San Sebastian, Burgos Alcorcón and also Murcia

Mayor Miguel Ángel Cámara wanted to thank the network that have chosen to Murcia for this meeting "is to bring to the table knowledge and experience of other cities in Spain, showing our own experience"

According to House "is a reason to continue the commitment for the future to build cities for quality of life, where people are the main protagonists."

The Mayor explained that "sustainable urban mobility plan will allow us to enhance public transport and will contribute to a better city for all."

Among other things, the technical secretary of the Red, Xavier Corominas, presented the report "The bicycle in the government program of the municipalities, 2011-2015 10 proposals for the future 'with which it has opened a debate on the implementation of cycling in cities.

According to Odon Elorza, president of the Network, and Mayor of San Sebastian, "to plan strategies for political forces to improve their electoral programs promoting the use of bicycles in theory and practice."

Elorza added that "there must be some political will to include cycling in cities. At a time when we have to take care of energy consumption, we need to make sustainable policies, we must make policies in favor of the bicycle, which means putting out a great social pact in each city with all sectors and social actors to find their space bike and have a complete bike network to support the bike with the car. "

The president of the Network of Cities for Bike explained that "there are still some important the sidewalk traffic of bicycles, as fast and generate much danger to pedestrians. Is an issue that particularly concerns us and from the Network of Cities for Bike chose to make the road consistent with the use of bicycles. "

Elorza has indicated that "we have presented a programmatic Decalogue send to candidates of all cities so that, if considered appropriate, enter it as a personal commitment to promote cycling.. Today we started the discussion of the Decalogue which will culminate next March at a meeting in Seville will. "

Thus, we have suggested ten points for starting and improving the bicycle-friendly policies so that they can be a line of consensus and compromise in government programs of the municipalities.

Thus, Murcia meets most of these ten points and have already been launched or are planned several steps to accomplish them.

1.

No city without a plan cyclable

Corona explained that "for the Spanish cities move towards favorable policies for sustainable mobility, it must have a plan to lay the foundations of the practices to be done. It must be provided for initiatives to make our cities safe places easy for cycling and walking. "

Murcia and has its own Director of the Bicycle Plan, adopted last March, and which has been working since 2008.

2.

More bicycles in the city

According to the technical secretary of the Red "bike sharing, public bike systems are an element of first order for the objective. There are also other forms such as grants to purchase bicycles for private use or release of closed parking and safe. "

Murcia already has a public bike hire will be expanded soon, as well as secure parking places in different municipalities.

3.

Establish a Roundtable

During the exhibition, Corominas has indicated that "in order to unite efforts and create synergies among various agencies related to cycling as representatives of public administration, transport authorities, user associations, traders, manufacturers, associations, cycling clubs. This Roundtable around the bike would be coordinated by an entity that would act as technical secretariat to convene regular meetings. "

The Bicycle Master Plan has been created under the principle of participatory democracy as they have been four working groups have been responsible for carrying out their contributions to the Plan

4.

Create a municipal bike park for use by staff and local public offices of the Administration

As Corominas, government must lead by example and encourage their workers to move into the workplace on a bicycle.

The Office of the bike now has about forty bikes will soon be available to municipal services for city tours

5.

Support the creation of a National Bicycle Registry

The technical secretary of the network has explained that "as shown by the results of the 1st and 2nd Barometer Bike (July, 2009 and 2010, GESOP), one of the main reasons that deter people using the bicycle are thefts

Thus, it is proposed to create an online system that acts as a database in which data can be introduced to cycling as color, make, chassis number, year of purchase, model, photography, etc.

The town already has this service can be accessed from the municipal website http://www.oficinabicicletamurcia.info

6.

Introduce and generalize the two-way bicycle traffic

The double sense of movement is an increasingly common practice in European cities, such as France, which in his Code de la Rue allows cyclists to move in both directions through the streets marked as areas 30, areas Rencontre pedestrian Zones.

7.

Increase the frequency of annual Bicycle Day and make it semi-annually, monthly or Sunday

According to Corona "would be useful, not so much to raise awareness of the benefits of regular use in the environmental, health and traffic congestion, but to show them and show them that circulate in the cities is not only possible, but effective and efficient. A good way to promote this is through the organization of people. "

The collaboration between different councils allows the conclusion of the Mobility Week, in which many of the activities are designed to encourage and promote cycling.

8.

Advancing policies motorized traffic calming

"Municipalities should introduce and atorgar an important role to cyclists and pedestrians in urban plans, as pointed Corominas, who added that" for getting more cyclists on our streets is a need to develop their service infrastructure and enable areas to feel confident about to move and move in urban areas. In this sense, should promote Zones 30 and cycling trails as they provide numerous advantages. "

Murcia currently already has 141 kilometers of track cycling trails and roads are nice and planned 153 kilometers.

The objective of the Master Plan for the Use of the Bicycle in Murcia is to achieve a network of 551 kilometers to the proposed 263 kms.

track cycling trails, some already implemented, that provide continuity to existing and planned, creating a coherent network of routes and safe cycling trails throughout the municipality.

9.

Implement the extent possible, in each case, access for bicycles on buses and trams

Corona explained that "combine the use of public transport with the bicycle is a near perfect mix, it's fast, environmentally responsible and flexible."

Murcia is allowed to upload your bike on buses and new tram that will run on Line 1 have departments for this vehicle.

10.

Make available to the city charging points for batteries of electric bikes scattered in different parts of the cities

The last item proposed by Corominas states that "the physical conditions of some people (disabled, age) and the topography of some cities (steep gradients) cause the bike mobility is sometimes difficult. In these cases the use of a bicycle enables electric pedal assist to address these difficulties. "

Under the agreement signed by Mayor Miguel Ángel Cámara with Iberdrola last June, Murcia will have different points that can be recharged electric bikes being close to the Prince of Asturias flag the first place to install.

Network presentation to other Councils

In the second part of the meeting of the Network of Cities for Bike attended by representatives from different municipalities in the Region and the cities of Alicante and Valencia.

The City Council, together with the Local Agency for Energy and Climate Change in Murcia, has organized this meeting, the first time in Spain, to encourage others to join consistory Cities Network and the Bicycle.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia

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