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In addition, on February 17, technicians from the Department of Mobility of the Lorca Consistory attended the conference "How to transform our cities to make them more cycling and safe" by the prestigious architect urban planning and urban mobility expert Michael Colville -Andering

The Councilor for Urban Mobility of the City Council of Lorca, Satur Martínez, reported that on 17 February members of the Lorca Consistory attended the conference "How to transform our cities to make them more cycling and safe" by the prestigious urbanist architect, expert in Planning and urban mobility, Michael Colville-Anders, founder of the Copenhagenize Design Company.

Satur Martínez stated that "this conference, which was attended by more than 100 representatives of municipalities across the country and shared views and learning, was framed within a new work meeting organized by the Network of Cities for the Bicycle (RCxB), Association to which the City of Lorca belongs. Being integrated in this Network is synonymous with a city that develops or plans the best practices in the application of policies favorable to the sweet modes of mobility: the bicycle And walking. "

The Councilor for Mobility explained that "the Network is a backbone for the application of good practices in the implementation of sustainable mobility systems, in the continuous improvement and efficiency of mobility by cycling by organizing days and sessions For its technicians, as well as for representatives of other administrations.In this area, the City Council of Lorca forms part of the working group of the "Promotion and Communication" group, constituted on October 28, 2016, and which met again in Seville with The following agenda:

Strategy of development and implementation of the subject of Road Education in schools using bicycle as a vehicle.

Creation of a digital repository on the bicycle in the cities.

Designs of the bases of a competition for the best municipal initiative whose objective is the promotion of bicycle transport.

Members' proposals on various initiatives related to cycling in the urban environment ".

This commission was attended by the representatives of Santander, Valladolid, Murcia, Lorca, Fuenlabrada, Bilbao, Jaca, Alovera, Sant Joan Despí, Leganés and El Prat.

And the meeting brought out different points of view and opinions coming to an end with interesting conclusions.

Martinez, on the other hand, has stressed that "Lorca is currently experiencing a strong urban transformation aimed at making the city more friendly to the pedestrian and cyclist." This transformation requires the execution of works with the problems that this generates for the Especially those of private vehicles, which are already running as avenue Juan Carlos I will soon be added new works in different neighborhoods.

The Edil Mobility, in this sense, has reported that "from the City Council we join other campaigns such as the one promoted by Lorca Biciudad in which they say" STOP the car SÚBETE to the BICI "and we encourage our neighbors to leave the car in House and to use more sustainable means of transport like to move on foot, by bike or in public transport.If we all put a bit of our part we will make the change for Lorca easier.In April there is a citizen movement called " 30 days in Bici "that promotes the daily and daily use of the bicycle, since using the bike enriches our lives, cares for the planet Earth and makes the cities a friendlier space.

Satur Martínez added that "the Lorca Consistory along with Lorca Biciudad have joined this movement that has only one rule:" pedals to any part every day during the 30 days of April - a return to the block, 20 kilometers to work , Or an evening stroll and share your adventures online. "Access the 30diasenbici.com website or through our mobility portal www.mozca.com and register on the" The Commitment "page and get ready to use your bicycle each Day in April, you can also tweet your stories with the tags # 30diasenbici or # 30DEB followed by #MovilidadLorca ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca