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This morning was held the second day of "Airports, Cities and People", organized by the city of Murcia and the Network of Cities for the Bicycle.

Early it was held a round table on 'The bicycle as job', moderated by the Councillor for Employment, Tourism and Culture, Jesus Pacheco, which has participated Carlos Nunez of the Manufacturers Association of Bicycle and Spain The bike shop The Bike and the company Vicma, Murcia manufacturers and local courier company EcoMensajeros bicycle.

The Pacheco council has explained that "according to one study, the commitment to sustainable mobility could employ almost 450,000 people in Spain in 2020. In the case of Murcia, opening stores and workshops has doubled in recent years."

The mayor added that "the City Council collaborates with both local specialty bike shops and workshops for carrying out maintenance and promotion of various activities for the promotion of local trade and the bike."

Pacheco also insisted that the bike "also creates jobs in the tourism sector, with the creation of routes and other activities"

Subsequently it held another round table under the name 'Four views on the public bicycle in Spain', which have involved representatives of BiciMAD (Madrid), Bicing (Barcelona), BiZi (Zaragoza) and MUyBICI (Murcia).

Charles Dance, of MUyBICI stressed that the system currently has 4,720 users who have, in the past six months since its inception, almost 200,000 applications.

The advantages of MUyBICi is the possibility of growth towards the suburbs and districts, the possibility of modification of sites for the optimization of the system, the expandable modular system on demand and ease the temporary withdrawal or transfer by reason of events, celebrations or needs system.

The bikes have a rear own, are manufactured in the region of Murcia and have an intelligent system Anchor and Identification, three-speed system change in fist, hand front and rear brake to Contrapedal, LED front and and basket document holder.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia