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The Network of Cities for the Bicycle is working to prove that cycling is not a fashion and that the advantages of this mode of transport are horizontal and of vital importance to the urban development of our cities.
Sustainable mobility, zero CO2 emissions, improving the health of citizens and energy saving are some of the advantages of cycling with other modes of transport such as bike or car in urban travel.
Furthermore it is shown that for short trips by bicycle is moving faster and effective.
Among the most important actions taken by the Network of Cities for the Bicycle (RCxB) in recent months, it highlights the relaunch of Biciregistro, identification system interconnected bicycle between cities, with the support of the Security Forces State and DGT.
Madrid was the last city to adhere with great acceptance by users of this city, which has encouraged other partners, including the municipalities of the Metropolitan Area of ​​Barcelona.
It has also worked to crystallize agreements with transport operators face to promote intermodality (agreement already signed with ALSA and process RENFE).
Among the actions in support of ideas and entrepreneurs related with the bike, we highlight the events Bicity funded entirely by the network, in order to make real the projects of the participants.
Of particular interest has been the collaboration with the Bicycle Manufacturers Association of Spain (AMBE), which has enabled bike shops active part of Biciregistro, making this service validators.
The Network has decided to tackle the development of a new Barometer Bike 2015 with the aim of providing real information and update on the status of cycling in our country, since the latter was built with the support of DGT in the 2011. He also collaborated in the conference "Bike Cities" held last March and are creating working groups among partners to address issues of concern.
Among the latest activities of the RCxB is also participating in the Iberian Congress "The City and the bike" held in Malaga in early May and are initiating contacts and ratings to attend both COPS in Brussels (innovation on sustainable transport) as cop21 (summit on climate change), to be held in December in Paris.
Murcia Mayor and President of the RCxB, Miguel Angel House, attend the meeting of the Parliamentary Group of the Bicycle to be held next week in the House of Representatives, where topics of great interest for cycling will be discussed, including The situation of the new Rules of the road.
Murcia City Council currently holds the presidency of the Network to the General Assembly to be held in October in Madrid, when a new city will be chosen.
The bike moves through these and other actions but still some way to pedal.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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