Under the categories of photo-artistic and photoproduct, different citizens of the Region of Murcia have participated in the VI Photo Contest that the Murcia Murcia Bike Association organizes every year on the occasion of the Bicycle Week.
The photos received were on display this Sunday, September 16 in the Avenida de la Libertad, where many Murcia and Murcia approached to vote for those who liked them most.
The Photo Contest gives the kick-off to an intense program of activities that Murcia en Bici has prepared for the XII Bike Week, to which all citizens are invited and encouraged to participate and whose program of activities can be consulted at the web of the Association.
The activities continue on Wednesday, September 19 with a Self-Managed Workshop, in which anyone can go to get their bike ready, with the help of the mechanics of Murcia en Bici.
It will be from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Huerto de Santa Eulalia.
Simultaneously, there will be an initiation bike organized by the Bicycle Office.
On Thursday, September 20, Murcia en Bici proposes an afternoon of cinema with the screening of the documentary La escala humana, in which a radical change of model in cities that prioritizes people instead of cars is claimed.
After the documentary, there will be a colloquium with representatives of the cycling community and the public administration, as well as experts in architecture and sustainable urban planning.
It will be at 7:00 pm at the Regional Film Library of Murcia, with free admission until full capacity is reached.
On Friday, September 21, the Parking Day will be held.
Under this motto and understand the pedestrian as the first agent to take into account in sustainable mobility, citizens of all ages are invited to occupy the space of the car and recover it for people.
For this purpose, Murcia en Bici encourages Murcians to come with letters, games for children, crafts, etc.
and meet in the public space.
Simultaneously, there will be a workshop of posters and tuning of bicycles for the Bicifestation that on Sunday will cross the streets of Murcia.
It will be from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm in "Las Vías" of Santiago El Mayor.
On Saturday September 22 there is double programming.
In the morning, the bicycle route Your footprint account will teach attendees what guidelines to take into account when cycling on a protected natural area.
The route, in which anyone over 12 years of age accustomed to handling the changes can participate, will leave at 9:00 a.m. from Plaza de los Patos de Vistabella and at 10:00 a.m. from the Wildlife Recovery Center of El Valle. .
In the afternoon, the talk will take place The Ave in front of the public and social railway, in which Juan Ramón Ferrandis Breso - Coordinator of the Platform in defense of the railway of CGT - will raise the debate on bicycle-train intermodality.
It will be at 7:00 PM at the CEIP Ntra. Sra. Del Carmen.
The week will culminate on Sunday, September 21 with a large Bicifestation to claim a model of sustainable mobility for the city of Murcia.
Murcians of all ages can join by bicycle, skates or any other non-motorized means of transport to travel the streets of the center of Murcia.
The departure will be at 11:00 h from Plaza del Cardenal Belluga.
Source: Murcia en Bici