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Ballesta received in Brussels this recognition of the EU to city model that puts people as real protagonists of urban mobility, "fulfilling the commitment we have with the next generations of Europeans."
The candidacy of the capital of the region has been imposed against a total of 1,873 cities in 19 different countries
The city of Murcia has been awarded this afternoon in Brussels with the first prize of the European Mobility Week 2015, an award in the nomination of the capital of the region has been imposed against a total of 1,873 cities in 19 countries different, within this initiative promoted by the European Commission through the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport.
The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, who collected the award at the Theater of Vaudeville in Brussels, at the hands of the Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, and the head of the Environment Commissioner, Karmenu Vella, noted that "we are committed to the next generations of Europeans and the obligation to grant them a sustainable future, in which people are the real protagonists of urban mobility ".
Murcia has been distinguished by planning more than fifty events held during Mobility Week last September, "an international recognition that" an incentive to continue working tirelessly 365 days a year position ourselves as a benchmark of intermodality in Europe, facing the challenges of the future with the conviction to be following the right path, under the model of participatory and open our Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, "said the mayor.
This award, which the capital of the region chose as a finalist along with Lisbon and Palma de Mallorca, is a recognition of the European Union to the Council's commitment to the principles of sustainable mobility and respectful coexistence between cyclists, cars and pedestrians, "in a privileged environment of the Mediterranean as Murcia, where the climate, the terrain and the way we are invited to live the streets and enjoy a clean and friendly mobility. "
During his speech, the mayor said that "from the local government of Murcia work with the ambition to improve the quality of life of our neighbors and mobility is a strategic area of ​​our city model in which open government and participatory democracy They reached a peak, as only the direct contribution and the contributions of Murcia we can transform the city and make it more accessible to each alternative forms of transport day ".
Murcia, a finalist in two categories
The jury, which was composed of independent experts in urban mobility from different countries, has distinguished the city of Malmo in the category of 'Plan Sustainable Urban Mobility', in which Murcia also among the ten finalists for the award.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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