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The rail of the new transportation system designed to facilitate unimpeded passage for bicycles, wheelchairs and strollers.
The European Union warns that the combination of bicycle and train is the most sustainable way to short and long distances.
The Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, has come this morning the campus of the University of Murcia to know the actions developed with renewable energy and efficiency savings.
Similarly, the mayor has seen progress in the management of water quality, their savings and waste separation and the empowerment of alternative transport.
The Mayor was accompanied by the Environment Councillor, Adela Martinez-Cache, the Councillor for Youth, María Dolores Sánchez, and Councilwoman and Traffic Safety, Nuria Fuentes.
Regarding transport, the Chamber has come aboard the university ring tram, new transportation system cheap, fast, effective and sustainable.
Murcia tramway infrastructure is characterized by 100% low floor, which means that the entire network, including trains and stations, the user will find a means of transport available, free of obstacles for bicycles, wheelchairs or carts baby.
This feature, combined with ambitious Bicycle Master Plan being implemented by the Consistory, Murcia makes an ideal city to launch the "Bike-Rail Intermodal."
And is that according to the European Union, the combination of bicycle and train is the most sustainable mode of transport for short and long distances.
In this regard, the Traveller Trolley regulation regulate the use of bicycles inside the vehicle.
These are basic rules that will enable users to transport their bikes in a comfortable and orderly.
To do so, request that the bikes were made access through the double doors.
In addition, you should always keep your bike in order to not disturb other passengers.
Green energy
Some of the actions carried out in the field of environmental management are promoting green energy, among which include wind energy facilities (wind turbines microparks nine) ten photovoltaic, solar thermal seven and two energy absorption.
The route taken by the Mayor House has begun in Chemistry tram stop, across from the School of Medicine.
The journey is completed, and cycling through the so-called green road to the Plaza of Sustainability.
As for savings and efficiency is important to note the installation of water saving devices in all schools and colleges and lighting changes by energy-saving lamps, detectors and LEDs.
In the last two years have been replaced or installed 260 lights with LED lamps 42, 82 and 112 W which is a decrease in the initial installed capacity of 34.7 kW with the current HPS 15.3 kW with LEDs (a decrease 60%) With regard to water management is important to build the treatment plant with new technology called symbiotic debugging in limestone gravel without chemical intervention, 500 m3 daily by the action of natural biomass.
Bicicampus Project
Among the measures adopted in the Plan of Sustainable Mobility, the campus has 5,250 m of bike lanes and more than a hundred bikes that bicicampus under the project are distributed in the seasons of the Campus de Espinardo.
For all this take place workshops, lectures, bike tours and other activities that are performed in the Plaza of sustainability, a sustainable environment in which three kiosks restored with ecological materials and painted the color of the recycling bins (yellow- packaging azulpapel and green-glass) house the spirit of this project to be the core for the implementation of activities.
There are the gardens Eco-Campus.
The initiative is the allocation of 23 plots of 20 m2 (including university community members who request it) for the planting and cultivation of vegetables frutosy.
Those interested are given a training workshop and are given seeds and tools.
You have installed a drip irrigation system and compost fertilizers are used to fertilize the ground.
The square of sustainability is the starting point of four routes allow for hiking and awareness of renewable energy facilities on campus, encompassed by the campaign "Meet the Campus Walk."
Once a month conducts a guided tour to promote them.
Route Botany, Landscape, The Animal Farm and Renewable Energy to complete the journey of 10,000 steps, a 4.7-km route to help fill the gap that experts recommend for a healthy habit.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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