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Members of the Network of Cities for Bike Santander elected in the municipality who will chair this organization
Murcia can be, from Thursday morning for four years, the Spanish capital of the bicycle.
The representatives of municipalities hundred members of the Network of Cities for Bike choose morning at 19 hours in a conference held in Santander, the city that chair this organization.
Murcia is part of this network since its inception, with the Councillor for Environment and Urban Quality, Adela Martinez-Cacho, member of the board.
Recall that last November the Murcia hosted a meeting of the Board of the Network of Cities for Bicycle which was attended by representatives from Alicante, Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Sevilla, Alcobendas, Lorca, Logroño, San Sebastián, Alcorcón and Burgos.
The Network of Cities for Cycling is a partnership that aims to generate a dynamic between the Spanish cities in order to facilitate, and develop safer movement for cyclists, especially in urban areas.
It was created in 2009 during the celebration of the Second Conference on Public Bicycle in Seville, and at that time were already more than 30 municipalities that want to adhere.
There are currently over 50 members of the organization, representing more than 100 Spanish cities.
Among the members of this network include the municipalities of Barcelona, ​​Cordoba, San Sebastian, Seville, Madrid, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Zaragoza and Vitoria
The objectives of the Network are:
* Promote initiatives to make the cycling safer.
* Strengthen the promotion of cycling and their potential.
* Increase the infrastructure for cycling.
* Defend the potential of the bicycle as a vehicle quiet, clean, affordable and sustainable public opinion.
* Promote the use of bicycles as a mobility tool alternative to the car and the bike on short trips.
This will recognize the continuing efforts of the Municipality of Murcia on implementing the bicycle as a regular means of transport, now that it has completed one year since the launch of the Office of the Bicycle.
Pioneered Murcia in Spain to implement a rental system itself that encourages the development of local small businesses as a way to promote cycling.
In this innovative system that received an award from the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, FEMP, workshops, they are great experts on the bike, are responsible for maintaining public bicycle in good condition while they get visibility among potential users cycling in Murcia.
The Municipal Office administers the Bicycle and mediates between the system and user workshops.
The system currently has over 250 bikes and 388 users, who have made a total of 450 rentals during the first year of service.
The rental model implemented in Murcia is the most affordable and appropriate to the times because the maintenance cost per bike is up to 300% lower than in other cities, allowing the acquisition of better quality bike suitable for comfortable urban use.
It also allows the public to make available much cheaper prices.
While in other cities to pay 3 euros per hour for a service to a maximum of 4 hours in Murcia only pays 2 cents when the rent up to a month and 0.45 cents an hour for rentals a year.
In addition, there are discounts for students, seniors, large families and unemployed people accounted for up to 67% discount on the normal rate.
Since the adoption of the Bicycle Master Plan by social consensus, the City is developing a comprehensive policy that includes, besides the creation of the Municipal Office of Bicycle and Bicycle Rental System, the design of roads and points cyclable parking lots.
Cyclable road network already has built 161 km and is expected to extend to reach 551 km of roads in the Municipality cyclable.
641 have already been implemented bicycle parking spaces in the city.
Before the end of the year, 400 new seats installed and is expected to arrive in the next 6 years to 7150 places throughout the municipality, which means one bicycle parking every 75 meters.
Murcia launched, along with other cities like Seville, Vitoria, Barcelona and San Sebastian Bicycle registration system from a set of specific computer applications and physical marking and effective adhesive elements cycling through high resistance and mechanical and very difficult extraction.
Both are theft deterrents.
To date there have been 513 bikes and marked 393.
The Municipal Office of the City Bicycle pioneered the creation of a directory with the bikes stolen, abandoned, accident or lost, so that, once removed to impound, their owners could identify them and recover them.
All these pictures are available www.oficinabicicletamurcia.com on the 'Recovery of bicycles in storage. "
Since the Office of the Bicycle made available to the public database with photographs of the bikes that are currently in the tank 8 bikes have been recovered by their owners.
A total of 110 existing bikes in the impound lot that were photographed and posted on the website.
We have also installed a total of nine fully enclosed parking for bicycles.
It aims to create a completely secure against theft as well as provides a parking space for bicycles rental system in the form of long duration.
Each of these parks has in its interior, with brackets to hold up to 20 cycles with a padlock, and an access control system to ensure their safety.
Murcia has thus become the first city to have this type of parking that will be installed soon in Barcelona (bicibox) and Amsterdam.
Another action initiated to promote bicycle routes have been guided in which enrolled a total of 200 tours showed Murcia Murcia city and its surroundings through the lens of respect for the environment, and they made the Gentle Ways of the municipality.
The Municipal Office of the bike has worked on multiple activities and events during their first year:
• Launch of new website of the Office of the bicycle www.oficinabicicletamurcia.info, where you can find information about cycling in Murcia, from the satellite location of bicycle parking in the city to do to rent a bike from the public rental system.
The site has a presence in social networks Facebook profile.
• Organization of the European Mobility Week 2010.
The initiatives include a casting for a role model in the video presentation of the Office of the bike, and be part of integrated marketing campaign.
There was also, review free bicycle check-ups, yoga and Pilates sessions, activities for children, playground traffic and many other things.
• Murcia awarded 2nd place in the European Mobility Week 2010 ..
The European Commission in Brussels presented the Awards for European Mobility Week 2010 in Murcia which has been awarded between 2221 cities across Europe.
• Provision of bicycles for aparcabicicletas and staff of SOS 4.8 Festival which also receives two international awards for sustainable actions carried out.
Testing of electric bicycles, information booth and contests.
• Launch of Murcia Cycle Chic blog.
http://www.murciacyclechic.es/ which seeks to break stereotypes of cycling in Murcia and extend this habit to all citizens.
Under the slogan "there is a bike for everyone" This blog features photos of people with their bikes.
• Meetings with the security forces and for coordination of activities related to bicycle safety.
Specifically, in the meeting organized by German, the council of the Environment and Security met with representatives of the Guardia Civil, National Police and local police.
Preparation of a Manual of theft against bicycles.
• Murcia hosted a meeting of the Executive Committee Network of Cities for Bicycle and Bicycle Day.
It is the only national forum related to this means of sustainable transport.
The meeting was organized by the City and German through the Office of the bike Murcia.
A Bicycle Day were invited local and regional actors involved in the development of the Bicycle in Murcia.
In addition, he attended VELOCITY Sevilla 2011.
• 5 and 20 EMUASA bicycles for staff use municipal officials.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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