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| This action will allow Murcians to have more than 3,400 bike racks in the urban area and districts | The municipality of Murcia continues to promote the use of bicycles and, for this, the City Council has today begun to install 400 new bike rack forks, thanks to which a network of secure bicycle parking lots will be created.The Councilor for Sustainable Mobility and Youth, Rebeca Pérez, has attended the installation of the first of these new bike racks, in addition to the more than 3,100 existing ones located on public roads and in educational, municipal and health centers.Thus, they will be installed at strategic points, attending to the requests of municipal boards, associations, entities, individuals.

Murcians can request the installation of one of these new parking spots on the website enabled for it.The objective is to create this network of secure bicycle parking lots, taking advantage of the month of August, so that they are all installed at the beginning of the course."The commitment to sustainable mobility starts with providing the associated infrastructures necessary to make it accessible, safe and intermodal.

To the expansion of the cycling network, in which we are currently immersed, we must add the installation of these new bike racks both in neighborhoods such as districts.

In this way we created a network of secure parking lots throughout the municipality, "said councilor Rebeca Pérez.The new bike racks are designed and manufactured by a Murcian company, Equidesa, and are modern and functional in style, highlighting their resistance as they are made of galvanized steel with a forge-type finish.Rebeca Pérez added that "the bicycle plays a major role in our new Mobility Plan in which the different actions seek to improve the collective health status of Murcia and sustainability, while maintaining levels of environmental quality".3,000 open bike racks, 16 closed and one smartMurcia currently has 3,000 open bike racks, to which must be added the 16 closed bike racks and the smart bike rack on Calle Teniente General Gutiérrez Mellado.In order to access the use of a closed or intelligent bike rack, you must contact the Bicycle Office (phone 968 200 293), sign a document accepting the conditions of use, and you will be given one of authorized magnetic keys, which are personal and non-transferable.All existing bike racks in the municipality can be consulted on the same website.The Murcia Municipal Bicycle Office recommends the use of secure bicycle locks.

Remember that the safest padlocks are those called hairpin or "U" shaped.

It is recommended not to use the steel cable or "spiral" padlocks, as well as the link chain ones, since they are the most insecure.el, which is part of the crash plan to continue promoting sustainable, healthy and safe mobility through the use of bicycles after the coronavirus pandemic. 21 kilometers of bicyclesThe Department of Sustainable Mobility and Youth is currently working on the project to build provisional bicycles to continue promoting sustainable, healthy and safe mobility through the use of bicycles after the coronavirus pandemic.Thanks to this plan, 21,501 meters of bicycle lanes will be enabled with connections to districts adjacent to the city of Murcia, with an investment of 449,672 euros.All of them will be built on a motor vehicle traffic lane, either a road traffic lane or an area occupied by online or battery parking.

In addition, they will be unidirectional in order to meet the required social distance, they will be built at ground level of the road and completely segregated from it and the sidewalks.The totality of the bike path sections provided for in the general project are as follows:LOT Nº1.Total length 4,410.00 metersLength 2,360.00.

Sense Ronda Sur-Calle Torre de Romo.Length 2,050.00.

Roundabout direction Avenida Los Dolores- Roundabout in Calle Pio XII.LOT Nº2.Total length 4,420.00 ml.Length 2,210.00 ml.

towards Calle Pintor Sobejano-Avenida Primero de Mayo.Length 2,210.00 ml.

in Avenida Primero de Mayo-Calle Pintor Sobejano.LOT Nº3.Total length 3,611Length 944.00 ml in the Calle Floridablanca-Plaza Cruz RojaLength 835.00 in the Red Cross Square-Floridablanca Street directionLength 916.00 ml.

towards Calle General Yagüe Avenida Primero de MayoLength 916.00 ml.

in Avenida Primero de Mayo General Yagüe Street.LOT Nº4.Total length 9,060 ml. Length 1,100.00 ml.

in the Calle Isaac Albeniz Ronda Norte direction.Length 1,100.00 ml.

towards Ronda Norte Calle Isaac Albeniz.Length 1,340.00 ml.

in Calle Abenarabí Avda.

Reino de Valencia.

Length 1,340.00 ml.

in the direction of Avda.

Reino de Valencia Calle Aben Arabí.Length 2,240.00 ml.

in the Avenida Juana Jugan Calle Mayor de Puente Tocinos.Length 2,240.00 ml.

towards Calle Mayor de Puente Tocinos Avenida Juana Jugán.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia