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Murcia will be, next Friday, host a meeting of members of the Executive Committee Network of Cities for the Bicycle, in which Mayor Miguel Angel House will be accompanied, among others, the president of the Red, Odon Elorza, Mayor San Sebastián.
The intention with this event, organized in collaboration with the Local Agency for Energy and Climate Change in Murcia, is that representatives from various agencies such as municipalities, county councils, public bodies and other groups, to exchange experiences while studying applied experiences and measures in Europe.
This meeting will take place at the Palais Almudí is divided into two blocks.
The first, which will begin at 11 am, is aimed at the twenty members of the Network Board and open to all members and includes the presentation of a report by the secretary of the Red, Xavier Corominas, and analysis of the initiative promoted by the European Cyclists' Federation 'Cities For Cyclists'.
Also there will be a proposal to advance to the National Bike Registry and inform the agenda of the Network of Cities for the bike for next year.
In the second part of the agenda, starting at 13 hours, are invited all councils in the Region and the cities of Alicante and Valencia.
In this session Txell Hernandez, ECA Bureau Veritas Foundation Spain, will give a talk setting out the Velo-city project Global Copenhagen.
Subsequently talk of "The bicycle in the government program of the municipalities, ten proposals for the future 2011-2015 'and finish the day the presentation of the Velo-City 2011 in Seville.
The Network of Cities for Cycling
Following the first conference on Public Bike, organized in Barcelona in November 2007, several meetings have been taking place (in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Madrid).
These culminated in a meeting in San Sebastian and another in the CONAMA (National Environmental Congress), in which some 60 municipalities decided to move towards the establishment of the Network of Cities for Bicycle.
In March 2009 took place in Seville a great event related to the promotion of cycling: the second Conference of the Public Bike, the Constitution of the Network of Cities for Bike and Business Platform Meeting of the Bicycle .
Murcia is part of this network since its inception, with the council of the Environment and Urban Quality, Adela Martinez-Cache, a member of the board.
The Network aims at generating a dynamic between Spanish cities to facilitate, develop and safer movement of cyclists (particularly in urban areas) to do so by all necessary actions to promote the bicycle as a transport and enhancing the initiatives taken for the same purpose by the government, associations and other social partners ..
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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