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The Mayor, in his capacity as president of the Network of Cities for Bicycle, has made an assessment of the management carried out in recent months by the agency, including stressed creating an enabling persuade biciregistro theft and facilitate the recovery of the vehicle, conducting analysis of the situation of cycling in the city or advice cyclable mobility plans.

Similarly, House has offered global data based cycling on bicycle barometer of Spain, 2011, which shows that 73.3% of Spanish has at least one bike at home (although the average is two bicycles per household), that more than 34 million Spanish know cycling bike and 20.5 million are for personal use.

In addition, nearly three million Spanish use the bike every day.

Regarding the implementation of the Bicycle Master Plan in Murcia, the Mayor has highlighted various actions taken to encourage its use:

-Design and implementation of a network of roads ciclables

-Creation of the office of the bicycle

System-public bicycle rental

-Recording system and marking bike

-Training and safe driving courses cycling

-Cycle outdoor closed

All this has been studied and specified in the working group involving local technicians, associations and professional cycling.

Thus, the Bicycle Master Plan proposes the implementation of 258 km of track cycling trails: 42 km in the center of Murcia, 186 kilometers in districts of the North Coast and South Coast and 30 km.

Field in Murcia districts.

In total, the municipality of Murcia have a mesh of 545 kilometers ciclables way.

The municipality already has existing 161.29 125.71 miles planned which makes a total of 287 kilometers.

Of these, 216 are ciclocalles, 19-lane pavement, 23 and 28 segregated bike friendly roads.

Chamber noted in his speech that the system created public bicycle rental in Murcia, as well as being innovative, is the cheapest of Spain as rent a bike for a day costs 0 euros and 40 euros for one year, which is nearly eleven cents per day.

On the Cycle, the Plan sets a target that has one every 75 meters: 615 points 3575 Cycle and U, representing a total 7150 seats.

Currently there are 2,736 parking spaces outdoors and installed and over 180 available in car parks closed.

Both House and Martinez-Cachá have emphasized training programs that are offered to citizens, such as safe driving courses cycling, school and youth training and other awareness and dissemination activities, including Mobility Week or World Environment Day.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia