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Murcia is integrated into the network of cities innovative clean urban transport in Europe (06/12/2009)

The city has joined this program consists of more than a hundred European cities and aims to achieve a transport system clean and efficient urban

Murcia joins the network give him Civitas, a European Union program which includes more than one hundred innovative cities in the field of clean urban transport, including Bucharest, Malmö, Venice, Bremen and Toulouse.

The Mayor, Miguel Angel House, a few days ago he participated in the General Assembly of Eurocities, held in Stockholm, has announced the addition of Murcia to the forum of pioneering cities to sustainable urban transport.

Local jobs in Murcia Civitas (City-Vitality-Sustainability) will be developed by Germany, the Local Agency for Energy and Climate Change, which is Chamber President.

The mayor also holds the Chair of the Forum of Eurocities Mobility Network, which includes more than 500 European cities.

European municipalities as part of this network are committed, inter alia, to increase the use of alternative fuels and clean vehicles with high energy efficiency and promote their integration into the urban transport system and stimulate public transport services passenger high-quality and innovative energy efficiency, including intermodal integration with other forms of transport.

The objectives also include the introduction of mobility services that promote new uses and lifestyles less dependent on the car at the same time to develop means of transport and road infrastructure safe and reliable for all users.

To meet the criteria of the Civitas network is also a priority to contribute to more sustainable use of resources through sustainable urban mobility plans, education and information campaigns and increase the use of innovative transport telematics systems for traffic management and support for travelers .

Sustainable transport in Murcia

Among the actions that the City of Murcia is already underway in terms of sustainable mobility and public transportation, noted for example the use of biodiesel in bus fleet, the promotion of cycling trails road network, the introduction of tram the sustainable urban mobility plan, the "carpool", grants to local citizens and businesses to purchase electric vehicles that use alternative fuels or tax breaks in their enrollment.

All these actions highlight the importance of mobility as a key field of action of the Strategy to Fight Climate Change Action Plan and the Sustainable Energy team municipal government is promoting the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions emissions by 20% by 2020.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia

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