Murcia has been chosen today in Madrid to hold the vice-presidency of the Network CIVINET Spain-Portugal, which promotes sustainable urban mobility and now presides Santander.
Spain and Portugal the Civitas network is the only network to local authorities state that deals with all aspects of sustainable mobility, energy saving and emission reduction through reducing the impact on climate change, reducing the cost of transport and mobility and improving the health and quality of air.
The Councillor for Traffic and Public Safety, Lola Sanchez, participated this morning in the workshop Red CIVINET Spain and Portugal 'Cities and Bike' which was held at the national headquarters of the Association of Civil Engineers, Channels and Ports in Madrid .
This workshop presented the National Study "Cities and the Bicycle" prepared by CIVINET Transyt collaboration with the Group.
This study reflects advances in urban cycling in Spanish and Portuguese cities, where advances in Murcia are also collected in this regard.
The mayor has intervened in the conference presenting the Network of Cities for the Bicycle, representing the Mayor of Murcia, President of the Network, and as an active part of the presentation of the national study in which data on the use of bicycles are collected urban, accessibility, intermodality, security, infrastructure, among other items, which continues to advance and working Murcia.
The Councillor for Traffic and Public Safety has excelled in this conference held in Madrid the importance of networking, he has presented the progress of the Network of Cities for the Bicycle and the structure of the next Barometer Bicycle nationwide.
It has also emphasized the importance of belonging not only to the Network of Cities for the Bicycle, but CIVINET, which is responsible for facilitating, to develop safer and circulation of cyclists, particularly in urban areas.
To this day was attended by representatives of cities in Holland, Denmark, France and Portugal.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia