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In his speech to the mayors of European cities, the Chamber has urged to shift to more sustainable means in urban areas, to promote cycling and walking.

House has offered a balance of managing the Mobility Forum in 2010, the second year under his chairmanship

The Mayor and President of the Eurocities Mobility Forum, Miguel Angel House, has defended the importance of promoting mobility plans in the cities as an essential tool to advance the fight against climate change.

In his speech this morning at the annual meeting of Eurocities to be held in Zaragoza, Camera has referred to the three priority areas in its view, "to continue building a better quality of life for citizens through a future more sustainable. "

The basic pillar can not be other than the development of sustainable urban mobility plans, adapted to the conditions and specific situation of each city.

In this regard, the plan developed by the city of Murcia is the proposal of the revolutionary new transport model for the XXI century and was adopted with the aim of integrating urban development for promoting mobility accessibility for citizens with lower environmental impact and the safest way possible.

Its wording is open to participation from all across the page www.muevetemurcia.es

The second key area highlighted by the House has been the need to move towards a modal shift to prioritize the most sustainable urban areas.

Thus, the promotion of cycling and walking are the fundamental points that should continue to gain prominence in mobility.

Murcia and has received ample met the goal of turning the bike into a mode of everyday urban transport and making a sustainable mobility, also based on walking and public transport.

Third, the mayor has referred to the opportunity that cities should take to promote the implementation of "clean vehicles" and promoting electric cars.

In this sense, Murcia is developing the implementation of a pilot project of electric vehicles-sponsored by Local Energy Agency (ALEM) in collaboration with Iberdrola, which will make the municipality in relation to the implementation of this transport.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia