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Murcia will have on its territory with 545 kilometers of track cycling trails that will turn the bike on a daily urban transport mode.

Besides the design of the bicycle route network, success will depend largely on achieving calm traffic, distribution of promotional and parking.

This will fulfill the objective of the government team and announced by the Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, betting on a sustainable mobility based on the bicycle, walking and public transport.

The municipality has made 918,684 trips daily, of which 1.1%-that is, 10,115, are made by bicycle and 48% in private vehicles.

It is estimated that currently there are about 5,000 users of the bike.

Murcia now has 88.7 kilometers of track cycling trails and roads are planned friendly and 198.2 miles (of which 124.5 correspond to partial plans approved 16.9 to the villages of the Coastal North and South and 42 the districts of the City of Murcia and 14.8 in other planned road).

The proposed Master Plan for the Use of the Bicycle in Murcia is to achieve a network of 545 km, for which 258 kilometers will be built more:

42 kilometers in the center of the city: most (40%) are presented as ciclocalles, 36% in sidewalks or green areas and 24% as segregated lanes.

- 186 km in the districts of North and South Coastal: 91% will be ciclocalles

30 km in the districts of Campo de Murcia.

The criteria to establish the ways in Murcia cycling trails are:

Creating a grid throughout the municipality that is secure, consistent, accessible, connected and facilitate modal shift.

Primar sharing the road (ciclocalle) whenever possible, preferably on streets with low traffic intensities.

On roads with higher traffic intensities to 5,000 vehicles per day, there is the

carril bici segregado .

Dos años y dos meses después de constituirse el grupo de trabajo para la implantación de la bicicleta en Murcia –noviembre de 2007-, y tras incorporar las sugerencias planteadas por las juntas municipales y los ciudadanos, el municipio dispone de un plan detallado, realista y asumible para convertirla en

 

more miles of cycling trails capital of Spain.

But not only that.

Measures are also known cycling infrastructure planning, the network of parks and measures to promote their use.

The Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, presided this morning the last meeting held on the working group, which was attended by representatives of universities, professional associations, neighborhood associations and bicycle users, among others.

To integrate cycling as a means of urban mobility is necessary to act on 4 basic pillars: a network of bike lanes, parking, traffic calmed and promotional campaigns.

Disponer de una red de itinerarios ciclistas es importante, pero debe estar complementada por la implantación de una correcta red de estacionamientos .

En una primera fase, se establecerá un radio de acción de cada aparcabicis de 150 metros, lo que supone la creación de 125 puntos de aparcamiento para garantizar la cobertura en el centro de la ciudad.

En la segunda fase la cobertura se reduce a 75 metros, lo que requerirá otros 200 puntos.

La ciudad contará así con una oferta de 3.000

 

parking spaces.

En las pedanías de la Costera Sur se ubicarán 209 puntos de aparcabicis (2.090 plazas de estacionamiento) y 161 en la Costera Norte (1.610 plazas).

De esta forma, el municipio dispondrá de 7.150 plazas de estacionamiento.

Ante todo, seguridad

Para la construcción de las infraestructuras se tendrá en cuenta el respecto a la seguridad de los peatones, la seguridad para los ciclistas, la capacidad de las vías y la capacidad de los aparcamientos en dichas calles.

Para ello, se optará por ciclocalles, carriles segregados o sobre aceras, en función de las características de cada caso.

 

Moreover, before the summer to begin operation on service public bike rental, which was presented by the Mayor last week.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia