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The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, accompanied by Councillor for Infrastructure, José Vicente Albaladejo, has been commissioned to deliver this morning's II Awards for Sustainable Mobility Cartagena, an initiative of the City framed by the activities of the European Week Mobility is intended to recognize the work, effort and commitment of people, institutions, companies and organizations with sustainable mobility in the municipality of Cartagena.
With these awards also wants to raise public awareness cartagenera that their collaboration is key to an authentic model of sustainable mobility in the town and show you some initiatives undertaken in this area so they can be imitated.
The first edition of these awards were held last year and focused mainly on mobility and the cyclist in Cartagena municipal bicycle rental Bicity.
So, last year, the three were awarded prizes went to the Cartagena Free Way Association, the 20,000 th user of municipal services and user Bicity more faithful to the service which had until last year.
During this second year, the total number of awards is five.
The winners were selected by a technical committee composed of municipal, town councilors and members of the Bureau of the sustainable mobility of Cartagena.
With the five awards given this year, has sought to highlight those actions, plans and projects have been carried out in the town during the last twelve months and who have contributed to permeate Cartagena mobility of certain features of sustainability .
The winners in this second round of the Awards for Sustainable Mobility Cartagena were:
Alsa City.
With this award is to recognize the significant effort made by this company in recent months to improve the quality of public transport in the city.
The expansion of routes, improved frequencies, the expansion and modernization of the bus fleet, improved accessibility to them, the implementation of single ticket, the new bus pass, improving user information and commitment to environmental projects such as adding biodiesel to the fleet of buses are some of the factors to be considered for this award to Alsa City.
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Agency Energy Management in the Region of Murcia (ARGEM).
In appreciation of the support that has received the City of Cartagena during the last years of this institution in the field of sustainable mobility and energy eco-efficiency.
The municipal service bicycle hire Bicity the Plan on Sustainable Industrial Estate Beaza Cabezo, eco-efficient driving courses for cars and commercial vehicles, the advice they are providing to the City of Cartagena in energy eco-efficiency and sustainable mobility facing the municipal urban planning and implementation of Local Agenda 21, information campaigns and public awareness made in Cartagena and the proposed introduction of biodiesel in urban buses are some of these projects have come to Cartagena's hand ARGEM.
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St. Nicholas Training Centre.
In recognition of the work being done by this company of Cartagena has become a true reference to regional level in terms of both eco-efficient driving courses for cars and trucks and industrial vehicles.
Among other things, the St. Nicholas Training Centre and has performed with the City of Cartagena two years of eco-efficient driving of cars aimed at citizens of Cartagena and soon there will be a third specifically targeted at municipal officials.
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Public School Vicente Ros.
For their participation during 2007-2008 at an interesting initiative called 'With bike to school', in collaboration with the Via Libre and Conbici (Coordinator in defense of the bike).
"With bike to school 'is an educational program which aims to promote cycling as a means of transportation on the route from home to school.
Ros Vincent College has been the only center in the municipality of Cartagena, among the 37 who participated in this first experiment has been carried out nationwide.
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Francisco Martínez Riquelme.
For their commitment and loyalty to the municipal service bicycle hire Bicity.
Francisco Martinez is the most faithful user Bicity service, the user is more often used this service bikes when traveling around the city.
Until last week, and since it came into operation Bicity, Francisco Martinez has made a total of 221 vehicles use this service, representing a total distance of 1,105 kilometers (about the one between Cartagena and La Coruña).
Francisco Martinez's use of this service has resulted in a reduction of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere of 200 kilos over another person who has traveled the same distance by car, as indicated by the mayor.
INCORPORATION OF 5 NEW BIKES TO MUNICIPAL VEHICLE FLEET
The City of Cartagena, continuing with its policy of sustainable mobility, has acquired five electric bikes to be incorporated in the municipal fleet of vehicles are available to city officials to make them move around the city related to their work activities.
With these five new bikes, and 25 which are part of the municipal fleet, Pilar Barreiro recalled.
Archaeologists City Municipal Museum of Archaeology, the staff of Youth Resource Centre, technicians Ramón Alonso Luzzy Cultural Center, the Municipal Board of the Sports, of the Town Hall and Administration Building are some of the staff who already use these vehicles to get around the city.
These 5 new bikes will also be distributed among the various work of the Council.
These five new bikes have the particularity to be electric, ie have a small electric motor powered by a rechargeable lead supplementing or replacing the pedal fully, which is useful for climbing, circular in hot weather or help users who are not physically fit.
The use of these vehicles to replace cars for touring the town can bring significant fuel savings (1 euro/10 kilometers) and a significant reduction in CO2 emissions to the atmosphere (about 2 kg / 10 kms.) besides that in most cases would reduce travel times and would have a greater ability to reach certain parts of the city to which it is difficult to access by car.
This action is part of Agenda + bike which was introduced last week and has been supported by the Ministry of Development.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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