Portal de Murcia
www.portaldemurcia.com
The Mayor presented the Murcia Plan 30, which aims to improve road safety and to protect cyclists and pedestrians in areas open to traffic.
The traffic calmed zones reduce the risk of accidents by 50% and have already been launched in cities like Barcelona, ​​Oviedo, Vitoria and Zaragoza.
The eight areas of the city containing streets with speed limits of 30 km / hour signing and marking will alert you of the presence of cyclists.
Chamber stressed that this is a further step in the normalization and full integration of the bicycle as usual shift in Murcia.
Provide greater security for bicycle users and pedestrians, as well as improve the coexistence of these with vegetables, is the basic goal of the City with the development of the "Plan Murcia 30", which this morning was presented by the Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, accompanied by the Councillor for the Environment, Adela Martinez-grip, and by the head of Traffic and Transportation, Javier Iniesta.
It is a system based on the European model of "quiet zone."
The speed at which you are driving around the city is one of the most common causes of accidents, hence the importance of increasing the safety of cyclists and pedestrians.
The streets 30 form part of a European initiative promoted by associations of pedestrians, cyclists, families of victims of road accidents and social ecology, which advocates reducing the speed in cities by four main reasons:
- Reduce the number of abuses in residential areas
- Encourage more sustainable modes of travel such as walking and cycling
- With less pollution, healthier life is
- If low consumption, energy saving
This is implemented in the city of speed zones limited to 30 kilometers per hour, within the strategy designed by the City Council to improve road safety, reduce pollution and promote the use of bicycles as usual shift in the city .
To this end, we have established eight areas in the city center where there are streets subject to this limitation, currently 4.6 km-, which will be equipped with vertical and horizontal signaling, both hits as the outputs of these areas, reminders in addition inside the vials.
In total, this first phase will be developed this year and whose signage will be installed from the summer-will add 95.5 miles of streets 30.
In 2014 is planning to implement a second phase with another 95 km.
The 8 traffic calmed areas are:
- Zone 1: The Carmen
- Zone 2: Infante
- Zone 3: San Anton
- Zone 4: Cathedral and environment
- Zone 5: This (Vistabella, La Paz, and Santa Eulalia Fame)
- Zone 6: Lady of Grace and St. Basil
- Zone 7: The Ranero
- Zone 8: Espinardo
In these eight areas including streets were already marked at 30 km / h, as well as others by their type (wide, high number of intersections, crosswalks, etc.) May be subject to limitation.
Once implanted speed reduction for the possible introduction of additional measures for traffic calming, as the paving of certain streets, bumps in road, narrowing of roads, etc..
The Murcia Plan 30 is a municipal initiative completes the Bicycle Master Plan in the Municipality of Murcia and was born as a project open, active and capable of incorporating improvements.
Your proposal should be seen in conjunction with other mobility-related activities carried out, such as the creation of a network of parks, open or closed, and the strategy of promoting its use as an everyday urban travel.
It consists of:
?
Basic routes planes for signaling initiation of Murcia Plan 30.
?
Visual memory models and location of bicycle racks.
?
Efficient and sustainable public transport.
?
Report of activities for the promotion of cycling and the promotion of road safety education.
Thus, the city "will accommodate the idea of ​​sustainable mobility, less accidents, less smoke, less noise, and becomes healthier for its inhabitants, whether moving pedestrians like cycling," he assured .
In his speech, the Mayor has defended the use of the bicycle as "the ideal alternative to solve some of the most important problems of our cities", including air quality, noise, energy saving, planning regional and town planning, accident prevention and road safety education.
In this sense, the increase of users will improve the quality of life of Murcia, "building together a healthier city in which to live."
So the Mayor is convinced that the bicycle is called to "play a role in any model of sustainable urban mobility that price."
Both Murcia implementing the Plan 30, as all actions promoted by the City in its efforts to promote the use of bicycles are usually coordinated by the Sustainable Mobility Plan of Murcia and the Municipal Office of the Bicycle, and are available at www . oficinabicicletamurcia.com.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
Privacy policy
- Legal notice
- Cookies