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The Socialist Party abstained in the vote today in this document because, Abellán, force riders to move between so-called ciclocalles cars, which offer no security, as recognized experts

The Municipal Socialist Group today abstained during the vote on the Bicycle Master Plan of Murcia on the grounds that "it does not offer any security to cyclists and, of course, also encourages the use of bicycles in the city as does not inspire confidence in potential users. "

José Manuel Abellán The mayor has said that the document was approved today by the PP municipal solo "is not the best possible and need to clear improvements if we want the implementation and use of the bike is a reality."

Abellán stressed that "this plan requires bicycle users to move between so-called ciclocalles cars, which offer no security whatsoever, and that cyclists go to bring the vehicles back putting pressure and trying to overtake."

Ciclocalles, unsafe for experts

Thus, the Socialist councilor has warned that ciclocalles have been described by experts as unsafe.

These terms are expressed as the Road Safety department head of the Autonomous Community, Luis Garcia, as the provincial head of Traffic, Francisco Javier Jiménez.

He has also noted, ciclocalles are unsafe in the city, but so are still in thought about the garden rails.

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Also, Abellán has complained that the bike lanes recently implanted in the North Coast have neither the recommended dimensions, and have been criticized for not planning to build bike lanes on Avenida Miguel Indurain, Ronda Sur, among others.

The example of Sevilla

"It is unfortunate that this government does not bet on the true construction of bike lanes, has lamented the socialist mayor, who gave as example the city of Sevilla, which has increased tenfold the number of moves by bike since it was Network launched the first bike lanes in 2006 when it produced about 6,605 to the 68,261 cycling trips that occur today.

Source: PSOE Murcia